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Cut on hand HIV?

About a week ago, i was out with a few mates and i crushed a beer can with my hand which led to a small cut, it stopped bleeding after about a minute, but my friends were saying i can get hiv. i have a stuffy nose now but nothing else? just want some advice?
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15695260 tn?1549593113
HIV is inactivated by air so, no, this is not a method of HIV transmission.  You did not risk HIV from this.  Best
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You probably had a stuffy nose lots of times in the past, but just started over-analyzing your body and noticed it today.
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