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Does hiv healing scabs

Hello i had a recent encounter where i had a handjob given by an acquaintance

I could not find any scratches on her fingers nor hands. She however had a scab, possibly from a cut/burn/scrape not sure.

The scab was not in contact with my penis nor my urethra area. However it might have gotten into contact with a reddish area on my pubic are that i have been scratching due to irritation

Is irritation red skin caused by scratching considered as skin that is prone to infection?

Do scabs getting in contact with irritated skin possible cause transmission? She used hand sanitizer on her hand prior to touching me does that kill off the HIV virus?

I have decided to the sexually responsible and decide to go for my tests at the proper time frame. I appreciate any and all guidance on this exposure
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15695260 tn?1549593113
Our members have answered your question here and in previous threads related to what risks are and all else are non risks.

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20620809 tn?1504362969
You've asked before about non risks. You were at that time told the risks. To remind you one more time . . . they include having unprotected vaginal or anal sex or sharing IV needles to inject drugs. Air and saliva inactivate the virus. All your previous posts said the same thing, no risk. This is also not a risk. Hand job is outside the body, Air is there. NO RISK. People don't get hiv from hand jobs. You need to memorize the risks and apply them on your own rather than continuing to ask.
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Hi Guitar, thank you for the reply. This question was about a new exposure that i had yesterday, unrelated to my previous question and posts
You need to apply the risks to every event you have from on out and ask yourself if it was unprotected vaginal sex, unprotected anal sex or did I share IV needles to inject drugs. If you didn't do those three, you had no risk. Writing to us with every time you have any type of sexual engagement is not realistic. Your anxiety may be bad but you need to apply the risk analysis yourself.
There isn't any reason to continue asking about events, old or new, that do not fall under the risk categories we have previously advised you about.  You are not suddenly going to encounter a brand new way to contract HIV.
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