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Dear Doctor
Today a refrigeration electrician came to my house to fix the air conditioner.while I lifted his side machine, he unfortunately had his hands scratched with blood, the water from the air conditioner flowed through his scratched hands and into my hands and feet. So I would like to ask the doctor if he has H, am I at risk?
Thank you, doctor.
Today a refrigeration electrician came to my house to fix the air conditioner.while I lifted his side machine, he unfortunately had his hands scratched with blood, the water from the air conditioner flowed through his scratched hands and into my hands and feet. So I would like to ask the doctor if he has H, am I at risk?
Thank you, doctor.
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Thank you, what I'm worried about is that if my hands and feet have bloody scratches, I don't know if I'm at risk in this case.
Through what you shared, I have learned more about HIV, thank you.
Through what you shared, I have learned more about HIV, thank you.
Since you didn't answer the QUESTION I'll do it for you. Answer > No there wasn't a penis in my anus when I touched the bloody water, and the repairman didn't inject me with a hollow shared needle. So I should move on from the silly idea that hiv infects people in water, instead of asking purposeless questions.
Thank you a lot
No, this isn't how someone gets HIV. The ONLY risks for HIV are to have unprotected vaginal or anal sex or to share IV needles to inject drugs. You can't get hiv from someone who has a scratch and blood on their hands onto your on hands. Nope. Air inactivates the virus. This is zero risk. Do NOT ask him anything, you don't need to. No risk, no need to test.
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Thank you, what I'm worried about is that if my hands and feet have bloody scratches, I don't know if I'm at risk in this case.
Through what you shared, I have learned more about HIV, thank you.
Through what you shared, I have learned more about HIV, thank you.
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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.
Everyone would have hiv by now if it was as infectious as you fear. Any playground has surfaces that are touched by cut people but no one gets hiv playing there.