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HIV transmission through small cut
Hi,
I was at the supermarket yesterday and while picking fruits from a wooden basket I got a finger cut from a sharp edge of an iron nail which was sticking outside the wooden frame. The cut was superficial with only a tiny bleeding spot. As I do not know if someone before me got a skin cut in the same manner, I am wondering if this has put me in a risk of HIV transmission. There was not visible blood on the sharp edge.
I read in the medhelp website (doctors forum) that small cuts do not impose a risk, however there is also occasionally a time parameter mentioned that is related to how long the virus lives outside the body. My question is the following (maybe trivial question): is this incident a theoretical risk?
Thank you in advance
I was at the supermarket yesterday and while picking fruits from a wooden basket I got a finger cut from a sharp edge of an iron nail which was sticking outside the wooden frame. The cut was superficial with only a tiny bleeding spot. As I do not know if someone before me got a skin cut in the same manner, I am wondering if this has put me in a risk of HIV transmission. There was not visible blood on the sharp edge.
I read in the medhelp website (doctors forum) that small cuts do not impose a risk, however there is also occasionally a time parameter mentioned that is related to how long the virus lives outside the body. My question is the following (maybe trivial question): is this incident a theoretical risk?
Thank you in advance
Cuts can transmit hiv but only if you have unsafe sex with someone who is hiv +.
You cannot get hiv from environmental surfaces.even in case of theoretical possibility there is need of huge amount of fresh hiv infected blood that too it must go very quickly from infected to non infected body , even in that case you need to get deep cut and you need to bleed profusely even in that case chances would be low . YOU HAVE NO RISK ...........
You cannot get hiv from environmental surfaces.even in case of theoretical possibility there is need of huge amount of fresh hiv infected blood that too it must go very quickly from infected to non infected body , even in that case you need to get deep cut and you need to bleed profusely even in that case chances would be low . YOU HAVE NO RISK ...........
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