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blood on arm experts and doctors help
i am new to this chat today i was doing submission wrestling and i was wrestling this guy as soon as the coach said time i got up and noticed there was blood on over my forearm i was like wtf so i told the guy i was vsing and he looked around and all the skin had gone off his elbow he went and washed i washed my arm i am worried because i have a cut on my forearm which has completely sealed but if a few days old and there was blood all around it and on it can i get hiv if the guy that i was wrestling has it should i get tested am i at risk
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. You did not have an exposure.
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