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Why is there no risk of HIV infection in blood and body fluids exposed to the air
Dear experts, I am an Asian, so English is not very good. I would like to ask the forum to point out that HIV is immediately inactivated in the air, but if there is a large amount of blood and body fluids in the air, these HIV exist in these blood and body fluids, and these blood and body fluids are fresh, so it will not give HIV a living environment ? Is HIV not contagious when exposed to the air? Is there no danger of the wound coming into contact with such a liquid?
There is no scenario in which a "large amount of blood and bodily fluids" would be in the air. Therefore your risk is likely non existent.
You are trying to overthink something that is not complex. The only way adults get HIV is from unprotected and penetrating vaginal or anal sex or sharing IV drug needles. That's it. Transmission is inside the host. What was your exposure?
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