Thanks a lot everyone.
A feel a lot relieved now.
Your anxiety is clouding your judgment. You are clearly at no risk for HIV. If you were at any realistic risk, HIV would not be classified as a sexually transmitted disease. My advice to you is either to accept this truth and move on, or to seek counseling regarding your current emotional state - I know from personal experience how difficult it is to move beyond certain levels of anxiety, whether imagined or real.
There is still no risk ....
Still no risk at all, zero. Knock off the ridiculous scenarios that you are makiing up and move on with life. No more "what if" posts.
No testing is warranted at all, but if it makes your anxiety go away then by all means go ahead and get a rapid test at the clinic, it will be negative.
No you should NOT get tested, you should seek for a therapist or shrink to help you with your OCD and anxiety.
Hi,
Thanks a lot for the replies.
The thing that is worrying me is that I have a few cuts in my mouth and on one previous occasion the dental assistant had forgotten to replace the cup.
I also read somewhere that mouthwash weakens the mucous membrane of the mouth/gums and should not be used. It took me about an hour to reach my place after the appointment with the dentist, and then I rinsed my mouth with mouthwash.
I think I have to do something for my anxiety levels. I can get tested for this but then tomorrow it may be something else. It could be a never ending cycle.
So, I'll ask this once more (and please scold me if you want to) Considering the entire scenario Should I get tested for this?
Thanks for bearing with me.
There is water in a cup assuming there was blood, assuming further that it would be that of an HIV positive person which is unlikely you would still have 0 risk. That blood would have been exposed to oxygen, and there would be too little blood inthe cup anyway. If that water was "bloodied" you would never have drank from it anyway.
NO risk, forget about and you should stop worring for this,
You are assuming way too much without even having an understading about how HIV is transmitted.
You were never at risk, move on and dont think about it anymore.