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1807579 tn?1317173697

i really need help, please


im having a crisis now, i just think that im not going to have a cure, i think that im weaker now more and more...im really desesperated because i have a weird sense of contamination around me, i cant not travel by public transport without checking everywhere i go and i find many stains!! i dont know what they are but these freak me out!! im very sad, im angry with this disorder i just wanto to take this disorder off my mind, but i cant!!! i want my life back...
look...today i had a cut on my finger by a door, it was a little dot (i dont know how to explain)i didnt have blood or anything, any fluid, nothing but that event freaked me out anyway...do you think it's possible to get infected with hiv in that way?
second event: i had three stains on my jeans, i dont know what those were but i touched those, then i had the thoughts that they could  be semen or breast milk but anyway those stains were dry. however, i started to cry because i thought that i could get inffected with hiv by that way.WHAT DO YOU THINK???
my problem is that sometimes i think that many ways are possible of getting hiv, i dont know, sometimes i think they are irrational thoughts but sometimes i think they are possible!! what can i do??? how do i know they are impossible??? please help me!!! what do you think??
thank u so much, really...thank u and sorry for my english, im not a native speaker
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186166 tn?1385259382
hiv is transmitted through...
unprotected vaginal / anal intercourse
sharing iv drug works
mother to child

hiv is not transmitted through environmental surfaces or inanimate objects.  this is due to it's exposure to air, which renders it inactive and unable to infect.

you might want to post on the ocd forum here at medhelp
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Ok,This is a classic case of OCD related anxiety and fear of contamination concerning hiv and other infectious diseases,let me ease your mind right now.Hiv is ONLY transmitted through unprotected penerative vaginal or anal sex shared iv drug works with a known positive person or from hiv positive mother to infant and needlestick injuries in healthcare settings and thats it.The hiv virus becomes inactive as soon as it is exposed to air and therfore is unable to infect you.It does not survive on fomites of any kind like tables,chairs,door handles,public phones or public toilets etc,so you have nothing to fear.If you can overcome your OCD condition you won,t be afraid anymore.Beat the OCD fear and you will overcome the hiv fear.All the best.
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