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blood in the food

by bill020, Feb 17, 2008 11:24AM
hello. can someone answer this question for me.

I went out to eat on friday night and finished eating my food and drinking my drink. after i finished I then went to the bath room and cleaned my mouth out, there was little bit of blood from my mouth in the sink when i spat out the water. if this was blood from the food i ate, would this be a rish for HIV if I had a cut in my mouth? Would any HIV blood die fast once outside the body and inside hot food?
Member Comments (19)

by bill020, Feb 17, 2008 11:50AM
please answer this one.

by mechfab, Feb 17, 2008 11:52AM
No its not transmitted that way.

by bill020, Feb 17, 2008 11:58AM
even if there was a fair amount and i swolled it, still no risk?

by bill020, Feb 17, 2008 11:59AM
or a cut in my mouth?

by mechfab, Feb 17, 2008 12:05PM
Let me get this straight you are telling me that you think that someones blood got into your food that you ate?

by bill020, Feb 17, 2008 12:10PM
yes maybe.

i just want to know if that is a risk if a fair amount of blood entered my mouth from the food..

by bill020, Feb 17, 2008 12:11PM
i know i am being stupid but i guess i wanted to know.

by Teak, Feb 17, 2008 12:18PM
No risk what so ever.

by mechfab, Feb 17, 2008 12:19PM
No it can not be transmitted that way.

by bill020, Feb 17, 2008 12:20PM
thank you, teak.

by bill020, Feb 20, 2008 08:48AM
Hi. I am freaking out a little, again.

I had a bleeding gum on and off the day I went out to eat, if blood was in the food and got it in my mouth where the bleeding was, would this be a risk for hiv? the food was laying on the table for about 15 mins before I ate it. Also the food was pretty hot.

Once out of the body hiv blood can't infect?

by peekawho, Feb 20, 2008 09:07AM
Oh, for crying out loud.

Lets step back a second.  You had a bleeding gum issue that day.  You went out and had food and drink.  You went to the restroom to clean out your mouth and spat out a bit of blood.

What is the most likely thing to have happened?

1. You stirred up a bit of bleeding in your gums from eating.
2.  Someone in the kitchen stood over your food and spat, dripped, or spewed blood into it?

If you think the MOST LIKELY THING to have occured is #2, then you are not thinking clearly.

by LIZZIE LOU, Feb 20, 2008 09:09AM
To: peekawho
and a good morning to you...lol

welcome back :)

by bill020, Feb 20, 2008 09:41AM
my question is if blood entered my mouth and came in contact with an open bleeding gum or mouth cut, any risk?

by bill020, Feb 20, 2008 09:43AM
and if blood was swallowed, would it be a risk or would it be killed by stomach acids?

by LIZZIE LOU, Feb 20, 2008 09:48AM
when hiv is exposed to the air...it is almost immediately inactive.  

by bill020, Feb 20, 2008 09:53AM
has there ever been a case where someone was infected in such a way? with eating food that may contain hiv blood? or even a case of someone getting blood directly in their mouth from an hiv person?

by nonbeliever, Feb 20, 2008 09:59AM
forget it, no risk, did the cook come out of the kitchen and pour blood down your throat, learn how hiv is tranmitted.

by peekawho, Feb 20, 2008 11:18AM
Since you are obviously convinced that someone dripped blood in your food, rather than the obvious answer that your own gums were bleeding, you have things in your life to work on.

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