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HIV risk in public shower place?
Hi, I really appreciate you reading this. I had a cut on my ankle the day before I went swimming. The cut did hurt when I was in the pool. After swimming, I took a shower in a public showering place and there was a guy right next to me also taking a shower (there's no divider between us so whatever that's on him can be easily sprayed to me).
My questions is:
What if his blood or semen sprayed on my cut? From reading all the threads here, I predict this will be no risk, but my fear is, since my cut was socked in water (from swimming pool and also shower), would the water make the cut bigger and more susceptible to possible HIV virus? Please help my concern! Thank you for all the great work you've done here!
My questions is:
What if his blood or semen sprayed on my cut? From reading all the threads here, I predict this will be no risk, but my fear is, since my cut was socked in water (from swimming pool and also shower), would the water make the cut bigger and more susceptible to possible HIV virus? Please help my concern! Thank you for all the great work you've done here!
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