Hi,
I have been on a travel trip to bangkok and got some serious questions, could you please help if these are high risks for me and if I will need PEP over these situations ...please help...
1>. At the airport, after eating at a food court near the airport, I have bleeding gum in my mouth. Then I came to the airport WC, spit out and notice blood. Then I use tap water there to wash my head and mouth-wash several times. I am afraid because water tap in this region might be impure, I had bleeding gum at that moment, and some oral ulcers in my mouth. Google said the tap water in this city is not clean enough and I am afraid it might also be contaminated with hiv virus...
2>. We booked a trip with a local tour-guide/driver and he showed us around the places. At lunch he introduced us a local restaurant, and ate together with us. At one time, while eating, he used his spoon to share with us some food on a dish, invite us to eat. I ate the food some seconds after that. I also had oral ulcers that moment and sometimes have bleeding gums while eating. I am afraid he might have left infected blood or saliva with blood on that food (brown roasted meat so I could not remember clearly any blood spot color), and the infected body fluid get in my mouth wounds.
3>. While I was walking on the street of bangkok, I bought from street vendor some fruits (watermelon) (packed in a nylon bag) and eat them & swallow watermelon seeds. I also bought a plastic bottle of pomegranate juice (assumedly handmade) and drink, due to too hot weather. I was having some oral ulcers in my mouth, and sometimes I got bleeding gum also. Because the watermelon and the pomegranate juice are both in red-ish colors I could not check for blood spots on them but I am scared that the seller might cut their hands during preparation of these fruits & juices and their bloods dropped on the fruits & juices which I had eaten and consumed. I am so scared that it’s a high risk for HIV contraction because my mouth have wounds (as said above) and these bloods could have touched my wounds... It's terrified that I learnt the hygiene is not good for these street foods in thailand and the rates of infection here is very high...
Please help me, I am so nervous... thank you...