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THANKS !tell me!

Two weeks ago I was sick, I go to the medical massage. In China, there is a kind of treatment method is to use a thin of stone rubbing the body.You konw sometimes  would damaged and blood, I'm worried about the virus in the stone . (Time is short and without anti-virus.)A week later my chest itchy red, then disappear, many times of one day.Is a risk?

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No risk for HIV from being rubbed and massaged with stones,Hiv becomes inactive and unable to infect once exposed to air.You're safe.
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You never had an exposure and it's been explained to you how HIV is transmitted.
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1.My chest has never been such the situation, believe me. It is very urticant and very red then soon been normal ,many times of one day . Is this a HIV symptoms?
2.The stone has blood across my skin is nothing too? I am sick and poor immunity.


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HIV is transmitted by;
Unprotected penetrative anal and/or vaginal sex
Sharing works with other IV drug abusers
Mother to child


You never had an exposure.
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