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Can I get HIV from Blood flying in eye
Is blood in the eye a viable transmission medium? A homeless man, (high risk of HIV, I know he does drugs as he is seen around the area often) was bleeding severely while he walked past me flailing around and yelling. Just as we crossed I felt something enter my eye. Assuming it was blood am I at risk of HIV?
1) virus exposed to air and degrades
2) eye although is mucous membrane, contain little blood vessel at front part ie. Cornea
So there is no risk
2) eye although is mucous membrane, contain little blood vessel at front part ie. Cornea
So there is no risk
This answers all your HIV questions and if you think of any others, then you can get the answer if you just reread about the 3.
You had no risk for HIV so 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.
It doesn't matter how much you fear he has HIV, doesn't change your zero risk situation. Besides you just guessed there was blood in the air, but it could be anything.
You had no risk for HIV so 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.
It doesn't matter how much you fear he has HIV, doesn't change your zero risk situation. Besides you just guessed there was blood in the air, but it could be anything.
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Thank you for the response. The reason I'm confused is because the eye is a mucous membrane but unlike the mouth it does not produce saliva which inhibits the virus, are sites like the CDC overly conservative with their risk assessments because they list it as a route of transmission.
We rely on the opinion of expert doctors, so don't pay attention to other sites claims otherwise we will be here all day arguing with what you locate on the net.
You don't have any medical training so are wasting your life with HIV fixation. It is unrealistic for you to have so much confidence in science fiction ideas that have never manifested in real life. Just because you googled some shards of info doesn't make you into a doctor.
Your encounter on your other thread was also zero risk but you didn't believe any of the advice there either, so I'm not sure why you keep asking questions here, then disagreeing with the reality provided. See doc and a therapist to help you realize that there are more interesting things to do with your life than fixate on a disease you can't have.
You don't have any medical training so are wasting your life with HIV fixation. It is unrealistic for you to have so much confidence in science fiction ideas that have never manifested in real life. Just because you googled some shards of info doesn't make you into a doctor.
Your encounter on your other thread was also zero risk but you didn't believe any of the advice there either, so I'm not sure why you keep asking questions here, then disagreeing with the reality provided. See doc and a therapist to help you realize that there are more interesting things to do with your life than fixate on a disease you can't have.
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