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HIV IN WATER

DOCOTOR,,I AM PARANOIA I KNOW!
BUT I NEED TO KNOW THIS
I HAD LIL BLOOD FOR SOME BODY  ELSES,,BELOW MY FINGER(AT THE ENDO F THE FINGER) I GO AND WASH MY FINGER,WITH COLD WATER AT THE SINK,,,IN THE BLOOD SPOT,,IN MY FINGER ,THERE IS NOT ANY WOUNDED,,OR BRAKE SKIN,,,,,THE SKIN IS OK,,,,,,,,,BUT NEXT DAY I REALISE,THAT ON THE TOP OF MY FINGER BEHID AROUND  NAIL,,,IS WHERE SOMETIMES I  BITE WITH  WITH MY TEETH R,,AND I HAVE LIKE LIL BRAKE SKING,,,(NOT BLOODY)    MY QUESTION IS
WHEN I WASH MY FINGER,, THE WATER SPLASH IN THE HOLD AREA,,,,,,,DOES THE HIV VIRUS CAN USE WATER GET INTO A SYSTEM???????????????????
THE BLOOD WAS BLEOW MY FINGER, THE(SKING BITE IS ON TOP OF MY FINGER,RIGHT AROUD MY NAIL)
NO CONTACT AT ALL,STRIGHT WITH THIS AREA,,,,,BUT WHEN WASHING,,I AM AFRAID SOME WATER (WITH THAT LIL BLOOD) CAN GO AROUND MY NAIL AND CUT SKING (BECAUSE THE BITING)
THEHIV VIRUS CAN GO ON WATER? AND GET INTO A LIL SKING BITE(THE ONES PEOPLE HAVE AROUND THE NAILS?
I HEAR HIV ONLY CAN GET INTO,,,,AND SURVIVE IN SERUM OR PLASMA(BODY LIQUIDS) IS THAT TRUTH?
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A related discussion, hiv survival in utensils? was started.
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300980 tn?1194929400
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Last answer.  HIV would die immediatedly in pure water.  This thread is over.  EWH
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so hiv virus cant survive in water?
it mean inmidatly ,hiv got contact with water?
or it die after a while to be in the water?
means water with blod(let see the bloss cares de hiv virus( canot infect anywounded in the body?
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300980 tn?1194929400
MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL
There4 is no risk to this exposure.  You do not need testing and do not need to worry. HIV cannot survive in water and is not transmitted in the way you describe.

There will be no follow-ups to this quesiton.  EWH
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