Friend diagnosed with HIV - I have recently come into contact with their vomit

[JoggyJames]

Hi guys. Basically, my friend has been recently diagnosed with HIV and we spend a lot of time together. Last night he become very ill after we had both eaten something sketchy and he was sick in my toilet. After he was sick i flushed the toilet and pulled the toilet seat down. However, as i was pulling the seating down, a s significant amount of water (and what I am presuming was also vomit) splashed onto my hand and onto an open paper cut I had on the top of my finger. I did not check to see whether there was blood in the vomit so i don't know but i was just wondering what the chances are of catching HIV from such an event even if there was blood in the vomit.

I am reasonably educated on HIV and know that it is a considerably difficult disease to catch but I just want more information on whether i am at any risk?

Cheers

Jog

[CurfewX]

Absolutely ZERO risk.  HIV isn't transmitted through vomit, and in any case, is unable to infect once it's outside of the body, and then you throw the fact that it was in toilet water in there, and splashed into a small cut (never a method of transmission), you can be 100% confident that you did not get HIV this way.

[JoggyJames]

Thanks for the reply!. Yeah I'm fully aware that I'm probably being paranoid here, but just to clarify - even if there was blood in it, there is no way i could have been infected?

[AnxiousNoMore]

No, otherwise everyone in America would have it from accidentally rubbing their bleeding cut against someone else's bleeding cut, toilet seats, Etc.