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HIV through blisters
Hello everyone,
During my holidays, as usual, I walked barefoot on the beach. But I don't know if it a risk or not, because I got blisters after an intense hiking. I don't remember if they had healed at this moment, but I quickly put a dressing on them, which came out.
Are they "open wounds" that can allow HIV to enter in my body, for example if I walked on a trace of blood on the sand or on a rock where other vacationers cut themselves?
Can you explain why there is a risk or not?
Thank you!
During my holidays, as usual, I walked barefoot on the beach. But I don't know if it a risk or not, because I got blisters after an intense hiking. I don't remember if they had healed at this moment, but I quickly put a dressing on them, which came out.
Are they "open wounds" that can allow HIV to enter in my body, for example if I walked on a trace of blood on the sand or on a rock where other vacationers cut themselves?
Can you explain why there is a risk or not?
Thank you!
Best Answer
HIV is unable to reproduce outside it's living host,it becomes inactive and therefore unable to infect you.
Yes, but is it instantaneous?
And is a blister (almost healed) a wound that could allow HIV to enter?
And is a blister (almost healed) a wound that could allow HIV to enter?
any blood that you might have encountered would not be infectious. once hiv is exposed to air, it becomes unable to infect.
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there is NO risk from what you are describing...NONE