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very scared! please help me
hi,
tonight i went to a barber to have my hair cut,
the barber shop did not seem a hygienic place (of course i am not sure about that, it was just a small barber shop with street tugs youths in it),
anyway, he used a small shaving machine on my brow and near my eyebrows to cut the small hairs,
i did not notice any pain at that time, but after i arrived home i noticed a pimple (or rash) near my eyebrow which the barber used his shaving machine on there, the pimple looked somewhat fresh, i am scared if his shaving machine blade (which is not single-use) was infected with hiv and then touched my pimple, or even it itself created that pimple, is there any hiv risk? please help me i have a breastfeeding wife, thanks,
tonight i went to a barber to have my hair cut,
the barber shop did not seem a hygienic place (of course i am not sure about that, it was just a small barber shop with street tugs youths in it),
anyway, he used a small shaving machine on my brow and near my eyebrows to cut the small hairs,
i did not notice any pain at that time, but after i arrived home i noticed a pimple (or rash) near my eyebrow which the barber used his shaving machine on there, the pimple looked somewhat fresh, i am scared if his shaving machine blade (which is not single-use) was infected with hiv and then touched my pimple, or even it itself created that pimple, is there any hiv risk? please help me i have a breastfeeding wife, thanks,
Do not hijack other people's threads to ask questions, keep your questions and concerns in your own thread.
sorry, dunno if its appropriate to post a follow up in other's thread. but just a simple one.
when you say hiv is unable to reproduce outside its living host. How can the needle transmit the HIV? so except the needle, everything else( imean the objects) cannot transmit the HIV, right?
Thanks a lot!
when you say hiv is unable to reproduce outside its living host. How can the needle transmit the HIV? so except the needle, everything else( imean the objects) cannot transmit the HIV, right?
Thanks a lot!
No it doesn't happen that way. It isn't even an exposure. 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.
is there any documented case that says this could be a transmission risk , or not?
or can i be sure this is not a risk even if we assume there was hiv on the blade in the worst situation?
the time between me and the previous costumer was about 5-10 minutes,
thanks you
or can i be sure this is not a risk even if we assume there was hiv on the blade in the worst situation?
the time between me and the previous costumer was about 5-10 minutes,
thanks you
HIV is transmitted by;
Unprotected penetrative anal and/or vaginal sex
Sharing works with other IV drug abusers
Mother to child
Unprotected penetrative anal and/or vaginal sex
Sharing works with other IV drug abusers
Mother to child
No risk at all,HIV is not transmitted via fomities and becomes inactive once exposed to the environment.You're safe.
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