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Wound contact

bxy
I was upstairs things hit head bled a lot.
A good man, he helped me with a towel to stop the bleeding, and I thank him, and then returned home to rest.
At this time I began to worry. Towels HIV body fluids, it is my dangerous?
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hiv is not transmitted through environmental surfaces or inanimate objects.  once exposed to air...it becomes inactive and unable to infect.

you had NO risk
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bxy
If towel AIDS virus blood contact my wound.
This is a dangerous contact.
The doctor told me I need to check, I am from China, my English is not good



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