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I said under my own circumstances, I recently have multiple aphthous ulcer (mouth ulcers).
I had eaten outside, but when I took the meal I found a large wound on the chef's hand. Although the wound on the chef's hand had scabbed, I was concerned that the wounds in his hand would have excreted body fluids or blood that contaminated my meal. I would like to ask under this situation I have the risk of infection?
I had eaten outside, but when I took the meal I found a large wound on the chef's hand. Although the wound on the chef's hand had scabbed, I was concerned that the wounds in his hand would have excreted body fluids or blood that contaminated my meal. I would like to ask under this situation I have the risk of infection?
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I broke my gums one time brushing my teeth three days ago. Today has recovered almost, but there are still some small wounds can feel. Will I be infected through these wounds?
Thank you.
Thank you.
You had no risk of HIV and are so safe that you don't need to test.
HIV is instantly inactivated in air and also in saliva which means it is effectively dead so it can't infect from oral or contact activities outside the vagina or anus. It doesn't matter if you and they were actively bleeding or had cuts at the time either because the HIV is effectively dead.
Only adult risks are unprotected penetrating vaginal or anal sex or sharing needles that you inject with but you didn't do that so you had no risk. This sentence is all you need to know to protect yourself against HIV.
Even with blood, lactation, cuts, rashes, burns, etc the air or the saliva does not allow inactivated virus to infect from oral or air contact activities. The above HIV science is 40 years old and very well established so nothing you can add will make your situation a risk.
No one got HIV from oral or air contact activities in 40 years of HIV history, so likely no one will in the next 40 years of your life either.
HIV is instantly inactivated in air and also in saliva which means it is effectively dead so it can't infect from oral or contact activities outside the vagina or anus. It doesn't matter if you and they were actively bleeding or had cuts at the time either because the HIV is effectively dead.
Only adult risks are unprotected penetrating vaginal or anal sex or sharing needles that you inject with but you didn't do that so you had no risk. This sentence is all you need to know to protect yourself against HIV.
Even with blood, lactation, cuts, rashes, burns, etc the air or the saliva does not allow inactivated virus to infect from oral or air contact activities. The above HIV science is 40 years old and very well established so nothing you can add will make your situation a risk.
No one got HIV from oral or air contact activities in 40 years of HIV history, so likely no one will in the next 40 years of your life either.
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