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HIV through food
So my dad is HIV positive hes had it for about 20 years is not doing to good in health my question is we went to eat we both ordered different kinds of burritos he got my by accident and started eating it he noticed I wasn't hes so he handed it to me and without thinking twice I started eating it can this be risk of transmission if there's was blood in the food and hes blood count is low? And also my throat is very irritated rigth now because I suffer from stomach acid would that be a gateway for the virus to enter my body?
No it is still no risk as the virus doesnt survive well in an environment outside the body. The viral envelope degrades in air, and exposure to different hypotonicity, free radicals etc...
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How long does HIV survive outside the body?
This answers all of your HIV questions, and if you can think of any more just reread about the 3. You had zero risk and a test would be a waste of time.
HIV is instantly inactivated in air and also in saliva which means it is effectively dead so it can't infect from touching, external rubbing or oral activities. It doesn't matter if you and they were actively bleeding or had cuts at the time either because the HIV is effectively dead.
Only 3 adult risks are the following:
1. unprotected penetrating vaginal with a penis
2. unprotected penetrating anal sex with a penis
3. sharing needles that you inject with. Knowing these 3 are all you need to know to protect yourself against HIV. The situation you describe is a long way from any of these 3.
Even with blood, lactation, cuts, rashes, burns, etc the air or the saliva does not allow inactivated virus to infect from touching, external rubbing or oral activities. Doctors have calculated the risk from what you describe to be less than that of being hit by a meteor, therefore no one will get HIV from what you did in the next 40 years of your life either. The above HIV science is 40 years old and very well established, so no detail that you can add to your encounter will change it from zero risk.
HIV is instantly inactivated in air and also in saliva which means it is effectively dead so it can't infect from touching, external rubbing or oral activities. It doesn't matter if you and they were actively bleeding or had cuts at the time either because the HIV is effectively dead.
Only 3 adult risks are the following:
1. unprotected penetrating vaginal with a penis
2. unprotected penetrating anal sex with a penis
3. sharing needles that you inject with. Knowing these 3 are all you need to know to protect yourself against HIV. The situation you describe is a long way from any of these 3.
Even with blood, lactation, cuts, rashes, burns, etc the air or the saliva does not allow inactivated virus to infect from touching, external rubbing or oral activities. Doctors have calculated the risk from what you describe to be less than that of being hit by a meteor, therefore no one will get HIV from what you did in the next 40 years of your life either. The above HIV science is 40 years old and very well established, so no detail that you can add to your encounter will change it from zero risk.
Thank you
No. The virus isnt spread like this. If what u said is true, the whole world would have gotten hiv
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Hes been having a lot of issues with hes mouth, mouth sores and gum issues to name a few that wouldn't be a way of risk specially cause my throat is so raw??
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