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hiv from rubbing eyes
Goodevening Doctor,
I touched a door handle today to open the door in a very busy public toilet and about a minute after that i rubbed my eyes.
After rubbing my eyes i saw a little blood on my fingers which i am sure i got from that door handle.
I read here that blood getting into eye is a risk?
am i at risk if there was hiv positive blood on the door handle?
should i need to test or need pep?
Also i have an hiv phobia since my best friend tested hiv positive and also learning how hiv transmission takes place?
I touched a door handle today to open the door in a very busy public toilet and about a minute after that i rubbed my eyes.
After rubbing my eyes i saw a little blood on my fingers which i am sure i got from that door handle.
I read here that blood getting into eye is a risk?
am i at risk if there was hiv positive blood on the door handle?
should i need to test or need pep?
Also i have an hiv phobia since my best friend tested hiv positive and also learning how hiv transmission takes place?
No, getting poked by a needle lying on the ground is not a risk. You definitely need to seek some professional help with your phobias.
i know i have a phobia and will take care it for sure
but can u explain me whether it is a risk if i get poked (not injected) by a syringe in park used by a hiv positive person minutes before?
please answer so that i can play cricket football again without any hiv fear?
help me guys as correct knowledge is the key for coming out of this phobia?
my best regards,
kary
but can u explain me whether it is a risk if i get poked (not injected) by a syringe in park used by a hiv positive person minutes before?
please answer so that i can play cricket football again without any hiv fear?
help me guys as correct knowledge is the key for coming out of this phobia?
my best regards,
kary
i know lizze lou thanks but at the first place is getting poked by a syringe in a park a risk or not ?
ok i believe getting injected is a different thing all together but is mere poking a risk??
ok i believe getting injected is a different thing all together but is mere poking a risk??
your chance of getting poked by a syringe are less than you getting killed while driving to the park
thanks teak,
i got the same answer from the doctor also.
Can you explain me something when they say that 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.
then why hiv can survive in syringes and hollow needles left in parks and outside hospital garbage?
My hiv phobia started when i got poked by a needle/syringe while playing cricket in the park.
What was my fault just playing cricked i mean i was not having unprotected sex or sharing drugs in the park and i end up at a counsellor who says it is low risk but u shut not worry and get tested and i say how can i not worry? how can i play cricket again fearing needle accident won't happen again.
i tested negative after three months which were like hell for me but what if i am not lucky next time.
and i wonder if playing cricket and getting poked by syringe is a risk why government does not ban playing such games in such not cleaned parks or clean them properly?
they say i have a phobia but don't you think i have a logic when i say that.
i got the same answer from the doctor also.
Can you explain me something when they say that 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.
then why hiv can survive in syringes and hollow needles left in parks and outside hospital garbage?
My hiv phobia started when i got poked by a needle/syringe while playing cricket in the park.
What was my fault just playing cricked i mean i was not having unprotected sex or sharing drugs in the park and i end up at a counsellor who says it is low risk but u shut not worry and get tested and i say how can i not worry? how can i play cricket again fearing needle accident won't happen again.
i tested negative after three months which were like hell for me but what if i am not lucky next time.
and i wonder if playing cricket and getting poked by syringe is a risk why government does not ban playing such games in such not cleaned parks or clean them properly?
they say i have a phobia but don't you think i have a logic when i say that.
No you cannot contract HIV from rubbing your eyes with blood on your finger from a door know.
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.
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.
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