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anxiety will kill me.
hello sir, my problem is that i was having my HIV test in a lab(which came non reactive), the physician used new syringe and cotton to clean my vein, then he injected and gave me second cotton just after removing the syringe to press my vein. my concern is that there were drops of blood on the table where he kept the second cotton before giving me. the drops of the blood could be of previous patient assuming the blood hiv+ and the physician kept the cotton on the blood and gave me. (1) can i be infected?
(2) should i go for test? the difference between me and the previous customer was 2 minutes.
please don't give consolation words say clearly, as i asked helpline they asked 4 test at 12 weeks later to be sure
(2) should i go for test? the difference between me and the previous customer was 2 minutes.
please don't give consolation words say clearly, as i asked helpline they asked 4 test at 12 weeks later to be sure
HIV is not alive, it is active or inactive. HIV is a fragile virus and when exposed to air,PH change, temperature change it damages the outer shell of the virus and the virus cannot attach to the T cell which renders the virus inactive. You never had an exposure.
The general rule is that out in the environment HIV can't survive,if it could there would be transmissions from environmental surfaces which in 30+ years there never has been.This is why some uneducated people fear being around people who are HIV+ because they think they might get infected which is just not true,this is what has created the stigma.You know what the modes of transmission are and therefore you know you never had a risk.This will be my final answer.Please accept the facts.
I agree with what Teak said,you never had an exposure and you really already answered your own question about How long HIV can remain active outside the body and the answer is a few minutes,if that.Please accept the facts and move along now.
http://www.medhelp.org/posts/HIV-Prevention/Lancet-Sharing-10-Mins-Apart/show/1218725
but why expert in forum talking about chances.
even when the lancet don't have hollow point so it is quite in air. which is more than 10 minutes. (it was my vein the virus would have entered in my body, now the matter is whether it was active or not )
now i am ok, i full trust ur words. but answer it.
but why expert in forum talking about chances.
even when the lancet don't have hollow point so it is quite in air. which is more than 10 minutes. (it was my vein the virus would have entered in my body, now the matter is whether it was active or not )
now i am ok, i full trust ur words. but answer it.
you guys are doing so good work. thanks 4 that...... as i found it takes minutes to deactivate 90 -99%. i am concerned because i know there was blood on table, there only hiv test is made, every day good number of hiv+ are found there. so tell me it was not little cut on finger. it was my seconds punctured vein. you pls tell me should i undergo test again?
and pls answer the question don't answer it in hurry. take ur time because there is rule 4 posting for users like me. you please answer later on (please answer) i am asking to teak & others as well.
and pls answer the question don't answer it in hurry. take ur time because there is rule 4 posting for users like me. you please answer later on (please answer) i am asking to teak & others as well.
There is no exact answer but it's considered by many HIV experts to only be a few minutes,if that.The outer shell becomes damaged once exposed to air.
sir you all said that HIV can't survive outside the body more than one minute.
but here the link below expert talking about it chances even after 10 minutes.
http://www.medhelp.org/posts/HIV-Prevention/Lancet-Sharing-10-Mins-Apart/show/1218725
even when the lancet don't have hollow point so it is quite in air.
but here the link below expert talking about it chances even after 10 minutes.
http://www.medhelp.org/posts/HIV-Prevention/Lancet-Sharing-10-Mins-Apart/show/1218725
even when the lancet don't have hollow point so it is quite in air.
To detail everything that makes is no risk just takes up too much time. (Time, temp change, outside of body, little amount, ph changes etc...)
sorry i cant tell u the perfect time as the first person get out i sit there. so u can think the time. even i have become tired becoz i already waited 4 window period now again, so please tell me how much time it takes to get the deactivation (i know untill dry) of virus and even it depends on amount of blood, what temp means hot or cold as well would my vein have fixed just after pulling the syringe. thanks u NO RISK consolation consoled me a lot. sorry 4 bad english
Ask them, I can't say why they told you anything.. So your 1st post said 2 mins now it is less then a minute?
NO RISK.
NO RISK.
why the helpline asked for test? i am 100% sure that there was blood on table which was there less than 1 minute, there is only hiv test is made.
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