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hiv sypthomes

hi,every body my name is Jonas, am 20 years old now about 3weeks ago in school i had small scar in my hand,and there was a blood in my table and touched it accidentally,two days after that i had some skin rash in my had they were two then it was headache, night sweat,pain in joint,and muscles and i had some pain in the chest and back,the first rashes were gone but now 3weeks after possible exposure they seem to spread all over my hands and moving to my shoulder,now am very worried and seek here i feel like commuting suicide,what i want to know is how likely can you get infected with such small scar,ad how accurate is HIV test 28 past exposure,please am very worried and i hope to get your replay very soon !!!!!!!
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1508374 tn?1380808510
You are welcome. Stay safe :)
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thanks for taking your time to replay me
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thanks for taking your time to replay me
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186166 tn?1385259382
hiv is not transmitted through scars.

also...hiv becomes inactive and unable to infect when exposed to air.  therefore, any blood you might have come in contact with, would not be infectious.

you had NO risk and do NOT need testing
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1508374 tn?1380808510
Hiv can not be transmitted this way..Keep calm :)
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