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hiv blood in alcohol
hi....i was at a new year's party with friends n cousins....suddenly someone stamped on my right foot and my foot thumb started bleeding very badly...i immidiately washed it with water and tried to wipe it but it was still bleeding a bit....after some seconds i covered it with lots of long tissues...them i went out n was enjoying when suddenly one of my friend's drink fell n some of it fell on my injured bleeding thumb.....but first it fell on the tissue and then inside my thumb.....i immidiately pulled off the tissue and washed the injured area with soap and water....but im really really scared if the drink contained any blood of that person which could have gone inside my injured bleeding thumb....the drink contained vodka and pepsi......please help me and guide me if i got infected with HIV from that person....
HIV is not a guessing game and your replies are taken from other people that are educated in HIV and you are cutting and pasting their replies.
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Actually there's a consultation fee of $230 for talking to me.....
No, just joking. Reread my previous post :)
No, just joking. Reread my previous post :)
Here it's free. But you have to pay like $20 to speak to the doctors and this is no doctor forum.
sir i just wanted to know that the question i asked is fee of charge i suppose.......i do not have to pay anything for your answers....right???
"HIV is a very difficult virus to transmit. Comparable to other viruses (ie influenza), it is a very WEAK and unstable virus that succombs to the environment rapidly. It needs basically a set of near perfect circumstances to allow for infection. Therefore, a person CANNOT get HIV from environmental surfaces, like toilet seats, manicure/barber equipment, shower stalls, drinking glasses, toothbrushes, etc etc. The virus quickly becomes inactive when it is outside of its host (the body). This is why infection from inanimate objects is impossible. This is also why mutual masturbation with exposure to a partner's gential fluids is also NOT a risk in any way. This also is the case with cuts, abrasions, cracked cuticles, etc. Those things make no difference when it comes to risk, as the virus is outside of its host, rendering it inactive."
my only concern is what if the drink fell on my wound while the virus was still active??? is there a slight chance of this happening???
sir i understood ur point that HIV cant reproduce outside its host.....just wanted to know if the HIV virus was immidiately inactive in his drink or it is still active for sometime.....thats all im worried about.....the time thing makes me think im infected.....
sir im really grateful to you for ur time and advice but can you please explain to me the reason for no risk of HIV.....???? sorry if im bothering u.....but im going crazyy
thank u so much sir.....i have read somewhere that alcohol makes HIV blood inactive....is that true sir???? and for the last time sir can u tell me if im infected with HIV from this incident..??? really sorry to waste your time sir......
No. 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.
sir, i mean that if that person is HIV+ and his blood was there in the drink which fell on my bleeding thumb do i have contracted HIV because blood from his drink may have entered my wound (which was covered with lots of tissues) through the drink.......please help me with an explanation sir.......im really tensed and cant convince myself....
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