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Is it possible if a mosquito is smashed and there is blood that is released onto your skin for it to transmit a virus like HIV? Blood seems to have the highest viral load so if the blood isn’t yours and from someone possibly infected wouldn’t that make it a risk for infection?
I was sitting in my home last week when a bug flew by in which I grabbed it with my hand and sure enough there was some blood. I immediately washed it after, but now I’m fearful that it could have been a mode of transmission. I understand biting is no risk but what if the mosquito had blood from a positive individual whose blood I squashed on myself?
I was sitting in my home last week when a bug flew by in which I grabbed it with my hand and sure enough there was some blood. I immediately washed it after, but now I’m fearful that it could have been a mode of transmission. I understand biting is no risk but what if the mosquito had blood from a positive individual whose blood I squashed on myself?
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The only risks for HIV in adults are:
1) Having unprotected anal or vaginal sex, or
2) sharing intravenous needles with IV drug users.
If you do not engage in any of the activities I mentioned above with someone HIV+ or whose HIV status is unknown to you, you will NEVER have to worry about getting HIV. There is no "what if" question that you could imagine about this event that would make it a risk for HIV.
No one has EVER been infected in the manner you describe.
1) Having unprotected anal or vaginal sex, or
2) sharing intravenous needles with IV drug users.
If you do not engage in any of the activities I mentioned above with someone HIV+ or whose HIV status is unknown to you, you will NEVER have to worry about getting HIV. There is no "what if" question that you could imagine about this event that would make it a risk for HIV.
No one has EVER been infected in the manner you describe.
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So you wouldn’t recommend testing? I had another incident back in October where liquid spilled in my car from a homeless person that I recently got done testing for two weeks ago with a 4th gen test that came back negative. I don’t want to have to go through the worry and agony again of having to wait on testing.
That's not a risk either. Read my posts to know the ONLY risks for HIV.
You don't need testing. You don't need to go through the agony and worry of testing EVER again. What you would benefit from is some counseling to help with your irrational fears.
You don't need testing. You don't need to go through the agony and worry of testing EVER again. What you would benefit from is some counseling to help with your irrational fears.
I have and I appreciate your knowledge. My final question on this topic and I will drop it, is I’ve read that open wounds can be a transmission of there is blood contact, so how would that differs than swatting a mosquito which then releases blood especially if it had just bitten someone positive?
Open wounds refers to the kind of wounds that would be life-threatening. If you were not in the emergency room for your wounds, then HIV is not a concern for you.
If HIV were transmitted as easily as you imagine, everyone in the world would have HIV by now.
If HIV were transmitted as easily as you imagine, everyone in the world would have HIV by now.
There are thousands of diseases and conditions that you can actually get with no warning, so it's silly for you to fixate on hiv which you can't get from the encounters that you had. In the US, 7 people get plague every year and the last one died from it. You don't worry about getting plague, so it is time to move on from hiv fears.
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