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Can I get HIV ? I shared food with my friend ?
Hello ,
Me and my friend ordered a soup in a bowl and only 1 spoon , he consumed 75% of soup from the bowl and handed over me the remaining soup to finish and me with that same spoon used by him finished the remaining soup , now I am really worried that I have contracted HIV , but still I am not sure that he has HIV or not because once he told that he had sex with a prostitute and his gums also bleed (he has scurvy) , we both are in 1st m.b.b.s professional year students , I think that a medical student who is fit can not have HIV but still this scenario poses a chance of HIV , because I have sores in mouth , he has scurvy and most important that I used same spoon immediately after he handed over me soup and after all its not dry food its "soup" something easily contaminated by virus, I know HIV can't be transmitted like this , but I suspect that this still pose some risk , kindly help me out , Thanks alot
Me and my friend ordered a soup in a bowl and only 1 spoon , he consumed 75% of soup from the bowl and handed over me the remaining soup to finish and me with that same spoon used by him finished the remaining soup , now I am really worried that I have contracted HIV , but still I am not sure that he has HIV or not because once he told that he had sex with a prostitute and his gums also bleed (he has scurvy) , we both are in 1st m.b.b.s professional year students , I think that a medical student who is fit can not have HIV but still this scenario poses a chance of HIV , because I have sores in mouth , he has scurvy and most important that I used same spoon immediately after he handed over me soup and after all its not dry food its "soup" something easily contaminated by virus, I know HIV can't be transmitted like this , but I suspect that this still pose some risk , kindly help me out , Thanks alot
Hi, as stated by our members, you can not get HIV from sharing food. We wish you the best and are now closing this thread.
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You have been told by two members here that you had no risk. I don't comment on what other people say on different sites. You simply had no risk. Period. You are not going be the first to be infected by cutlery.
See a doctor if you are not well. It has NOTHING to do with hiv. Be well.
See a doctor if you are not well. It has NOTHING to do with hiv. Be well.
You cannot get HIV from what you've described. Sharing food and eating utensils or glasses for that matter will not lead to infection.
The only shared item that would cause you to get infected is if you shared needles to inject drugs into your veins. Obviously that's not what happened here so you have nothing to worry about.
The only shared item that would cause you to get infected is if you shared needles to inject drugs into your veins. Obviously that's not what happened here so you have nothing to worry about.
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@Chima7 - A huge Thanks to you for your much elaborated and well explained reply here , I have taken your piece of information into my knowledge that this doesn't by any chance make transmission/infection possible , Thanks alot ...
No, Absolutely not. HIV cannot be transmitted through sharing of any item.
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@worred_canada , Thanks alot for taking time and giving me a reply , I have taken this into my account of knowledge that HIV can't be transmitted in this scenario , Thanks a LOAD :)
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