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Whether HIV virus Can Survive & Infect, if it exists in Water & in Eatables

Sorry for my english. Please tell that whether HIV Virus can Survive & can it Infect, if it exists in the following Places?.
If yes, then for how much time?

In a closed small Water Tank
In a semi hot cooked liquid vegetable meal.
In the eatble flour Meal.

It may seem strange but Perhaps I am infected with HIV by consuming above stated eatable.

Now I have symptoms i.e. white plaque coated tongue, small 3 & 3 red scars at the end of left & right sides of tongue, fatigue, slight headache.
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Sorry for asking again but Even after Properly Wiping Tongue, these Tiny White Dots (beneath Scar like Erected Unusual Blemishes), appear again & formed a thick layer in just few hours. After wiping tongue, they just become Less Obvious & Rise Again.

If these dots are not HIV Thrush, then please tell what they are?

Whether HIV thrush looks same, as I mentioned?
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Resp. Sir, Thanks for referring rules & regulations.

Sorry for asking again. Please try to understand my mental state, those were my last queries. Please answer.
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The tiny white dots formed in Groups, at the end of my tongue, really scaring me & make me ask again, sorry for that.

With your comments, I got relief that HIV Virus can't survive in vegetable meal & therefore satisfied in this regard only. But still worried about possible "Water HIV infection".

Actually, I consumed vegetable meal and drank half of water from my friend's bottle, who is HIV infected, in his house.

Please tell, if Alive HIV viruses present in that water, can they infect?.

In our body, whether consumed water, directly mix with blood?
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The testing types do not matter as you do not need testing from anything you describe. Kindly Move Along...
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am from India & deciding to get tested.

About HIV tests, I inquired from a Clinical Lab, they told about 2 tests, which are usually conducted after 3 months from exposure as follows: -

1st Test: They told, this is 1st HIV test & it can only detect that whether One is HIV Positive or Negative. I asked them, name of this test but they unable to tell its name & mere told that this test can only detect, whether One is HIV Positive or Negative. Further I asked them that whether this test is conducted with the ELISA Method, they told no.  

Please tell, which kind of test is this & whether they are right?

2nd Test: They told, this is Western Blot Test and conducted with ELISA method.

Please tell Whether Western Blot Test is done with ELISA method?? And Whether their information is correct?.
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Reproduction is about survival. MOVE ON.
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Guys you all rocks. Your suggestion works. Please carry on. am feeling better, your comments help me to focus on daily works beside risk of hiv  infection.

@ Sting - I am at your service. I didnt know that our digestive system is so much advanced and developed like this, that it can extracts viruses like HIV into wastage but whether it can extract all kind of viruses, in case of consumed accidently?. Please tell why digestive system take poison in to blood, as it is harmful.

@ Teak- Sir, sorry, am asking about survival of hiv, rather than its reproduction.

please tell, at which minimum & maximum temperature, hiv die outside its host.
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HIV is unable to reproduce outside its living host (unlike many bacteria or fungi, which may do so under suitable conditions), except under laboratory conditions, therefore, it does not spread or maintain infectiousness outside its host.
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Thanks To Argentineguy760, Sting20 & NickOne7

Your Goodselves Comments relief me but am still worried.

Do your goodself mean that HIV virus dies at the VERY moment, Either, if the 'Vegetable liquid meal'  put in the infected utensil OR if the small quantity of Infected 'liquid/blood' accidently dragged in the 'vegitable liquid meal'. It is humble request, please comment, your experienced comments are precious for me.

Thank ful regards
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HIV is inactive in all the ways you state,

As for your questions -

In a closed small Water Tank - NO
In a semi hot cooked liquid vegetable meal. - NO
In the eatble flour Meal. - NO

I am infected with HIV by consuming above stated eatable - NO CHANCE

Also you DO NOT need ANY testing for anything you describe above.

your chances of developing HIV infection is ZERO!

Hope this helps!.
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The human digestive system is an extremely hostile environment for just about anything ... including a *lot* of things far more resilient than HIV. It is pretty much designed to extract nutrients into the blood without allowing other life forms to enter ... otherwise we would be bombarded with food-borne infections every day. furthermore HIV lasts about two hours when produced in excess under artificial conditions but dries up or loses its infection when change in temperature hot or cold, HIV only survives a couple of hours in water too. as for your symptoms you could well be suffering from some  other problems, the best thing is to get yourself checked out at the 6 week point, but your chances of developing HIV infection are extremley low.
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