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hiv by bite

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i had an exposure 2 days back in that a girl bite me on my neck.i got irritated a bit but didnt see any blood coming out but next day while trimming blood came out from the same spot may be just enough to see..i requested that girl to do test nd we got non reactive report for hiv antibody test with hepatitis surface antigen non reactive as well..now my question is is there any risk from that exposure in first place then if yes antibody test non reactive with as per her she didnt had his boufriend availabe due to corona so she didnt had sex in las 5 months so i should do the test for my self or its ok to move on...since im going home country next month so would like to be sure 100% since i will have to meet my wife there
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one thing to add.since she has non reactive result but its a antibody test only so thats why im asking if  i need to do test or not
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We rely on the opinion of expert doctors so do not pay attention to what people find on the net, otherwise we will be arguing all day. Not sure why you asked for the answer here since you immediately said it wasn't right.  My original advice can't change, and includes answers to all of your questions.
Agreed to ur advise...thanks for that
Good. hiv science is 40 years old so even if 1 person had got it this way there would likely only be 1 more in the next 40 years of your life.  Los of people die from E Coli every year, but no one tests their burger before they put it on the grill.
yes you are right but as an extra peecautions as i said the biter has done hiv antibody test thats came non reactive so that is an assuaring thing on another side as well
Enjoy your good health. No one got it from biting in 40 years of hiv history and no one will get it in the next 40 of your life.
thanks a lot for ur supportive guidance...May Allah protect us all
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Your situation involves personal contact with an object in air  (her lips, teeth, etc. which is not a risk for hiv.) No worries, because you can't get hiv from personal contact except unprotected penetrating vaginal or anal, neither of which you did and you didn't share hollow needles to inject with which is the only other way to acquire hiv. Analysis of large numbers of infected people over the 40 years of hiv history has proven that people don't get hiv in the way you are worried is a risk.
HIV is a fragile virus in air or saliva and is effectively instantly dead in either air or saliva so the worst that could happen is dead virus rubbed you, and obviously anything which is dead cannot live again so you are good. Blood and cuts would not be relevant in your situation since the hiv has become effectively dead, so you don't have to worry about them to be sure that you are safe.
There is no reason for a person to test when they are safe.
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thanks a lot for ur comment.since i saw on net its mentioned in history some cases has reported by bite so i was worried nd requested test that is non reactive  but since its only antibody so i was bit confused
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