Am I at any risk for HIV?

[johnson22510]

Hello

About a month ago I found a pocket knife and I figured I'd keep it... Anyways, I accidentally gave myself a papercut and I noticed there was some brown spots on the knife. I figured that is probably rust, but isn't blood also a brownish color? Anyways, what I'm asking is if the knife once had fresh blood that was HIV positive, would it still be alive and contagious? I had a tetanus shot like 3 years ago so rust isn't a concern for me, but is there any chance at all of getting HIV? I don't wanna be paranoiac, but I guess I am a little and I'm also just curious. Doesn't HIV die rather quickly outside the body, and dried blood cannot contain HIV? So even if there was fresh blood with HIV on the blade, I would be fine cause it would have been dead. What about Hepatitis? Would that be killed too?

Thank you.

[Teak]

This forum is HIV specific. You'll need to post your hepatitis questions in their forum.

[johnson22510]

Okay that's cool and good to hear. Thanks for the rather quick reply.

So, even if there was any HIV. It would have died way before it came in contact with me?

What about Hepatitis? I'm pretty sure I'm immune for hepatitis B (I believe it's a mandatory vaccine for public schools) , but I assume any other virus would have died as well?

Thank you

[Teak]

You never had an exposure.
HIV is unable to reproduce outside its living host (unlike many bacteria or fungi, which may do so under suitable conditions), except under laboratory conditions; therefore, it does not spread or maintain infectiousness outside its host.