Short Questions

[seasiders]

Hi Teak, Lizzie, Nurse Girl  and of course others of you who are in the know and have a vast experience of Hiv

A couple of questions which may help the worried well out there and stop many repeated questions on the forum.
I hope someone will take there time to answer the following..

Has anyone in the general public (so not in the hospital / clinic etc........ enviroment) ever been known to have caught Hiv from..

1) A discarded needle / syringe / glass
2) Someone elses blood in the eye, nose or ears
3) From shaking someones hands (including blood / cuts etc)
4) Infection through the mouth if the person has cuts / bad gums disease
5) Eating or drinking any infected food / drinks (ofcourse many people in the world have gum disease)
6) Playing sports (professional and non professional)
7) Contamination from enviromental surfaces ie fresh blood or seamen on bedsheets.

[Teak]

May be because of the one about the ice cream and fruit I too should stop listening and reading things on the web.


That may be a good place to start.

[seasiders]

Hi Lizzie,

It was just an honest question and I thought that I knew the answers to most but I also thought it would be good for other browsers to see in writing how difficult it is to get Hiv outside a  helthcare setting unless they are practising unsafe sex or injecting drugs. There is so much ignorant stuff on the web that I think it is good to see honest answers by experienced people on a site such as this. - May be because of the one about the ice cream and fruit I too should stop listening and reading things on the web.

Take care and regards

[LIZZIE LOU]

stop reading about hiv...geeeeeeez...do you like fueling your anxiety?

[seasiders]

Teak sorry just read again and presume when you say NO that it is answering the actual question that no one has ever been infected by the above and not concerning when I wrote is there anyone able to answer this question? Thanks just to be 100% clear.

I read once that someone could possibly have been infected via an ice cream / lolly (blood) and another with some blood on some fresh fruit after the seller had cut himself. Are  these just urban myths?

[seasiders]

Thanks Teak for the quick come back. That is good to know and it should make the worry wells......Well feel less worried! It shows that it is very hard to get infected unless you are having unprotected sex etc..  

Keep up the good work and all the best

[Teak]

NO

[seasiders]

Thanks for that and no disrespect but Is there anyone else such as Teak, Lizzie who would be able to answer these questions?

[Iammaxii]

NO...NO RISK