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HIV transmission through piercing needle?

HIV transmission through piercing needle?

Hi im 22 male. My girlfriend has a piercing on her lip. But she things that the needle and syringe which was used to numb lips were not clean while she was getting pierced. 2 weeks after getting pierced, she experienced flu like symptoms. Can these symptoms be acute hiv symptoms?

Thanks.
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No, nothing like that is reused and even if something happened to be reused (but not going to happen), the time frame would not allow the virus to be active.
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am i getting wrong, you said 2 weeks is not enough for the virus to be active?
and she says she's sure the guy sticking needle did not used a new one.
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thank you teak
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