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HIV from Fingering

Hello,

What are the chances for a woman getting hiv from vaginal fingering with a cut or wound?  After I got fingered, there was blood on his finger (not period blood - maybe a cut or a torn hymen).  I don't think he had a cut but maybe.  Now, I'm concerned about HIV. It's 6 days later but I'm suffering from vertigo and a stomachache.  I plan to get tested in 3 months, comprehensively.

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You've been given good advice. You have been here awhile so hopefully the risks for HIV will stick this time. Only risks for HIV are to have unprotected vaginal or anal intercourse or share IV drug needles to inject drugs. You will NEVER get hiv from fingering.
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I'm going to let it sink in. Worrying is no fun. Thanks.
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Your situation involves personal contact with an object in air  ( finger, fluids , body  etc. ). You will be happy to learn that you had no risk, because you can't get hiv from personal contact except unprotected penetrating vaginal or anal with a penis, neither of which you did and you didn't share hollow needles to inject with which is the only other way to acquire hiv - there are ONLY 3 ways to get hiv. Note that 2 of them require a penis and the third requires a hollow injecting shared needle - there are no OTHER ways to get hiv. Analysis of large numbers of infected people over the 40 years of hiv history has proven that people don't get hiv in the way you are worried is a risk.
Hiv is a fragile virus in air or saliva and is effectively instantly dead in either air or saliva so the WORST that could happen is dead virus rubbed you, and obviously anything which is dead cannot live again so you are good. Blood and cuts would not be relevant in your situation since the hiv has become effectively dead, so you don't have to worry about them to be sure that you are safe.
There is no reason for a person to test when they are safe. The advice took into consideration that the other person might be positive, so move on and enjoy life instead of thinking about this non-event. hiv prevention is straightforward since there are only 3 ways you can become infected, so next time you wonder if you had a risk, ask yourself this QUESTION. "Did I do any of the 3?" Then after you say "No, I didn't" you will know that it's time to move on back to your happy life.
No one got hiv from what you did during 40 years of hiv history and no one will get it in the next 40 years of your life either.  You can do what you did any time and be safe from hiv.
The other person's status is irrelevant when you have no exposure to live virus.
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This is suprising news to me but I will take your word for it. Thanks.
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Nvm I'm basically asking if hiv blood gets into an open wound, there is definitely a chance to get HIV.  
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Not really. When people talk about cuts and wounds they often talk about a small cut or a healing wound. This is not a good method of transmission as the virus dies in air (before it gets to the skin) and then on contact with the body (if it happened to survive).

If it was a huge gushing would and the blood was of a good size from close proximity then MAYBE but the chances are still quite low.
Ok, thank you.  I understand.
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