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is it fear
Is it fear that drives someone into believing that they were exposed to HIV when they probably werent or is it lack of education. I feel like i have gained alot of knowlede from this sight about HIV but yet i still find myself in fear of having contracted the virus when i dont even do anything risky to get it. My current issue is the barber shop horror. I went there last tuesday on the 16th just to get a haircut and my barbor used one of those old fashioned straight razors to clean up my edge up. I didnt think anything about it because they have used them before. When all was said and done i left the shop and went home and when i did i looked in the mirror and saw what it appeared to be a pimple or something in the area of where the blade was used. Now i didnt see any visable bleeding from a visibile cut from the blade. Everyone here knows tha when you get cut from a blade even the tiniest nick it bleeds alot. I examined the head and i never noticed any cuts or blood from a cut but that one pimple or whatever it was from what i can remember is whats worrying me. What if that was a cut from the blade (but i doubt it) or what if it was a pimple and what if the blade went over it causeing it to bleed. But then again i never noticed that spot bleeding. I know that its my imagingation thats getting the best of me, i keep thinking that the blade was dirty and i was cut and blood from the blade got into my cut but i should know better right? There are to much stuff in the world to worry about other than getting HIV from a barber shop straight razr from an experienced barber who knows what they are doing. I just cant believe that i am letting this get the best of me and i just want to beat this fear.
You can get hep c from sharing shaving stuff, but barbers are always cleaning their tools with alchohol.
There is a site with a doctor in a streaming video at the top, who not only states towels as a risk, But his opinion completely went out the window when he says for people with eczema dealing with HIV positive people, because of cracked skin on hands "obviously, gloves should be worn for regular social contact" Typo I hope?
Anyways, just an example of bad information
HHH is one of the best online sources as we can see the reasons and justifications for his claims.
"It's a consuming fear. I've experienced it first hand, man."
It certainly is, still got me consumed.
Anyways, just an example of bad information
HHH is one of the best online sources as we can see the reasons and justifications for his claims.
"It's a consuming fear. I've experienced it first hand, man."
It certainly is, still got me consumed.
I agree with your "modes of transmission" post mainly. But with all the false info out there, and hyped up risks, you can see where he's coming from in a way...
it is blood donor.
I think MedHelp will contact the local authorities for their constant harrassment. They have this person's ip address.
They have violated numerous polciies...and some are legal infringements. (copyrighted info.)
MedHelp seems to be vigilant on that
I think MedHelp will contact the local authorities for their constant harrassment. They have this person's ip address.
They have violated numerous polciies...and some are legal infringements. (copyrighted info.)
MedHelp seems to be vigilant on that
what the **** ever. I aint crazy, maybe just a little more paranoid than what you guys are.
yup. I called the owner of the barber shop, he is my friend and i asked him about this and he said that they dont use the old school straight razors anymore, they use ones that look just like them but the blade is diposable. But that certainly doesnt meant that it was a brand new blade that was used on my head. It could have been used for a while who knows. I am just hpoing that it was sterolized before used on me.
its fear. as fear goes up intelligence and logic go down. i probably know more about this disease than most people i know, yet i worry about it more than anyone else i know. it doesn't matter how educated i am, i still believe that i could be that 1/10000 first time freak occurance. it's a shame.
i hope so, i thought that i seen them just grab it off the counter and start using it.
i know little things freak me out, they always do and always have. Im just hoping that the razor was cleaned off by the barbor before he used it on me
im in the same boat, even though I really didnt have a risk (long term monog hetero relationship with a partner who tested negative after we broke up). It's called obsessive compulsive disorder, you're just trying to find a route to vent it through.
THATS MY POINT THANKS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
have you talked to him about this do research you are fine trust me i get a haircut once a week with a razor from my barbour been doing this for years he probably used the same razor on 200 heads befor mine CALM YOUR FEARS
thats whats also freaking me out., i saw him just grab it off his station and use it
then calm down my friend and enjoy get this off your mind most barbers sanitize razors after they use it
i think so to, matter of fact i know that i worry to much. I cut from a straight razor that a barbor would use would be an obviouse cut with bleeding. I didnt see that.
show me a case that proves you can contract hiv from a barber then you will get indefinate replys i think you are to worried on this issue at hand
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