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HIV from feces
Is it possible to get HIV from touching feces contaminated with some blood?
I accidentally sat on some feces (so disgusting!) on the train without realizing it,
and then noticed when cleaning it off that there was some blood mixed in as well.
Since I touched some of it with my hands, is it possible that I inadvertently infected myself?
Thanks for the help.
I accidentally sat on some feces (so disgusting!) on the train without realizing it,
and then noticed when cleaning it off that there was some blood mixed in as well.
Since I touched some of it with my hands, is it possible that I inadvertently infected myself?
Thanks for the help.
There are a lot more blood-borne pathogens that are not as fragile as HIV. Plus you do not want to be transferring something from one patent to another.
So why do medical professionals tell us to wear gloves when working with someone infected who has a cut? That's what I can't figure out. if it can't transmit like that then we shouldn't have to wear gloves.
Hiv is no longer infectious once outside the body in any bodily fluids because it becomes damaged once exposed to air.
HIV is unable to reproduce outside its living host (unlike many bacteria or fungi, which may do so under suitable conditions), except under laboratory conditions; therefore, it does not spread or maintain infectiousness outside its host.
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