Just a regular day.

[greenandyellow]

Today after a long day at work in an office, co-workers using scissors, staplers etc, people sneezing&coughing inches away from me,shopping in a busy mall, walking past builders working, shop workers in supermarkets cutting open boxes of food with knives while walking inches past them, having dinner & watching the chef cutting up food while I was just inches away, standing inches away from friends while they are cutting up food with sharp knives, watching a soccer game among crowds of people so close people bumped into me. At times during the day people would wave their hands, fingers & arms inches from my face. Just a usual everyday day like everyone has. When I got home about midnight I looked in the mirror & saw a speck of blood under my eye, next to my nose. I started to think what “if” “maybe” at some point during the day someone cut themselves & flung the injury (maybe hand) & blood flew out of them into my eyes or into one of my mucus membranes or maybe someone had a cut already & flung that injury & blood flew out into one of my mucus membranes or someone cut themselves & blood squirted out into one of my mucus membranes. Maybe while friends were cutting up food this happened or some other time during the day. So became paranoid what if it wasn’t my blood as I couldn't see where it had come from & I hadn't shaved for 1 week, & started to think what if it was someone else’s blood and what if that blood had gone into my eyes or one of my mucus membranes or infected me some other way. I don't remember seeing anyone cut themselves during the day or seeing anything like this happen but of course I am not watching everybody at every single second during the day
1) Do I need to be tested for HIV based on the events I describe?
2) Was I at risk of HIV from the events I describe?
I've a phobia of blood & HIV &my mind reads into the slightest thing such as words like “theoretical” etc so if possible could you answer with a straight yes or no to my questions please Dr?

[greenandyellow]

OK thank you Dr, I appreciate your help very much.

[greenandyellow]

Hi,

Sorry I do not understand the rules. I posted a thread in Nov this year and one Sep 02, 2010 that is only 2 correct? and over 1 year apart? yes there were comments I made in those threads but does that count as another thread?

Thanks

[H. Hunter Handsfield, M.D.]

OK, you're right.  I misread some comment dates as if they were the starting dates.  Sorry.

But you must know it's your OCD that's driving this question.  HIV is not transmitted through the air or by personal contact except unprotected vaginal, anal, or (rarely) oral sex.  Nobody in the world ever caught HIV through the sorts of events you describe here.  You can go through all the "what if" scenarios you can think of -- it won't change the fact that there is no risk.  The direct answers to your two questions are 1) no and 2) no.  There will be no discussion; I won't play "what if" or "theoretical" games.

This forum is not an appropriate venue to assuage your OCD.  Please do not post similar questions in the future -- even within the 2 questions per 6 months limit.

HHH, MD

[greenandyellow]

Nov 12, 2011

Sep 02, 2010

These are the dates of my previous two questions and that is it.

[H. Hunter Handsfield, M.D.]

MedHelp permits a maximum of 2 questions every 6 months on each of the professionally moderated forums (see Terms and Conditions).  The purpose is to prevent domination of the forums by anxious persons with questions that have no educational value for most users -- much like yours.  This is your third in a little over a month, and it will be deleted without reply.  You may not post another question on this forum for at least a year.

HHH, MD