Is this an HIV risk or not?

This is a long story but here goes! Today I had the builders come in to fit some lino in my bathroom and a new shower screen, at one point the guy said 'oh great I hate it when I stab myself with the stanley knife' so I said 'Oh do you need a plaster' he said 'no it's not that bad, not as bad as whoever fitted your bath panel before, there's blood all over the back of it'. I started to panic as I have a blood phobia and when I looked at the panel (which he had removed to fit the lino) it had about three blobs of dry blood on it, when he was about to put it back my mum said 'oh I will clean that because she has a thing about blood' and the guy said 'don't worry I will do it' he then pulled some of my toilet paper off and tried to rub it off but it wouldn't come off then he tried with a baby wipe and it still wouldn't come off, he then said 'it feels like it has glue or something on top of it because it has gone hard' he then put it back in place and sealed it all up. It must have been there from when the panel was fitted originally 3 years ago or about 7 months ago when we had some work done. I then felt that the flat was dirty and contaminated, as he had possibly touched it when he removed the panel and then proceeded to do the work in my bathroom and touch everything, plus he moved the furniture out of my lounge so I could have some carpet fitted. Both my mum and husband say I am being paranoid and that the blood was probably from someone who was HIV negative and that it is dry blood so that nothing could happen, also that they couldn't see any blood from when the builder stabbed himself with the stanley blade and maybe he was exaggeratingg, and didn't draw blood, am I paranoid or is my whole flat now dirty? Really worried for my childrenn

[Teak]

Take it to the HIV Anxiety Support Forum.

[bloomingfox]

Hi, I know I have HIV phobia nad have seen a mental health professional plus I am on medication for it but this is NOT a story and I thought that it maybe was a genuine possible HIV risk especially from the builder stabbing his finger, I just worry for the sake of my children.

[Dob24]

yes i agree with you i have hiv phobia pritty bad but im not that bad i have hiv anxiety only because i had sex with someone who i think might of had hiv but what ur saying is just abit silly really i dont mean to be rude in anyway if u think there is hiv anywhere in ur flat or house just simply clean the area with bleech not that you would catch anything anyway hiv carnt magically move around ur flat

[Teak]

Take it to the HIV Anxiety Support Forum.