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1901989 tn?1321618991

Is there a risk of eating a flea (or mosquito) full of HIV blood?

Excuse me,doctors and friends:)
Now i get a question:If a flea (or a mosquito) inhaled the blood of  aids patient,maybe 10 hours past,it still full of blood and another person ate it careless when dinner,maybe somewhere small wound in his oral,is there a risk ?
Though several hours past but the blood in the flea was not esposed in environment,so is this sitiation a "immediate exchange of body fluids"?
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1901989 tn?1321618991
So you mean when into the flea's stomach,the aids virus of HIV blood will die at once and the environment in a flea is just like in air?
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NO RISK.
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1901989 tn?1321618991
Thank you,but i did not mean the flea's bite,it's no risk of course.I mean when ate a flea filled with hiv blood,and the blood squit in wounded month:)
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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.

HIV is transmitted by;
Unprotected penetrative anal and/or vaginal sex
Sharing works with other IV drug users
Mother to child
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1901989 tn?1321618991
Thank you sir,sorry to reply you late because i'm a student and have few free time to use internet,and i will follow the rules of Medhelp you gave me:) But I'm serious and really worry about this situation.

I did not mean a flea's bite ,it's no risk.I know the HIV can't infect the flea and replicate in it, but when flea sucked the blood from aids patient , like a container of exsanguination,the HIV blood was not exposed in air (from one's body to flea's stomach,the environment is similar?)  ,so the HIV virus won't die in a short time .

It'll take 2 or 3 days for the flea to digest  the blood, so 10 hours past it still filled with blood,and I ate it carelessly ,the flea was chewed in month and the blood squirted the fresh wound of my month.Isn't the situation a "exchange of body fluids"
Please point out my mistakes:)
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This not possible flea n mosquitos can exchange body fluid the hiv virus wont leave at the insect body the mean of exchangr body fluid is unprotected sex and infected mother breast milk.
Hiv virus never can live inside the insect body that's the fact.
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HIV="Human" immunodeficiency virus
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Please check:

http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Can_mosquitoes_spread_HIV
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1901989 tn?1321618991
If google can give me the answer,i won't consult you my friend:) I know for HIV spreading,blood is most dangerous.The blood from hiv patient inhaled into a flea(or a mosquito) was not exposed in air ,so can it be regarded as "Fresh blood"?
And "fresh blood" to possible wound in mouth,  maybe my mind get into a blind alley,but would you please tell me why there's no risk of eating the flea?
or maybe the flea is too small to inhale enough blood? or in flea the hiv virus will be killed (10 hours past)by the insect?or this situation is not "immediately blood exchange"?
Sorry i'm too earnest, and thanks for your reply:)
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I guess i wouldnt stop you from googling this. Go ahead use the web....
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1901989 tn?1321618991
thanks for your reply,but now i sill can't understand . there are 3 ways of hiv spreading:1)Sexual encounter2)blood spread(body fluids exchange 3)Mother-to-child transmission.
And i said "the blood in the flea was not esposed in environment...”,so i suspect if this situation matches the way 2)..........:))
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No. Hiv does not spread this way!
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