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how hiv contracted enviromentally
OK, I also have OCD specifically regarding HIV. The thing that is the most frustrating to me is that it is impossible to find exact answers on how it can be contracted. Even the doctor told me that no one knows for sure if it is possible to contract it by a paper cut or exactly how much blood is needed, possible even less than a drop. According to him a study regarding this has never been conducted. This was not helpful, as I used to believe it could only be transferred by sex, needles or transfusions. My life is ruined.
There must be reputable studies out there, which excludes these types of this to be possible and also how much blood is needed, how large the cut would need to be..exactly how long it could live outside the body. I wonder if it would be helpful to look at some kind of reputable study which shows all causes of infections...and this way knowing that environmental transmission is excluded.
PLEASE HELP. All the contradicting info on the internet is not helping either. There must be someone who knows a knowledgeable source with these answers. I sure cannot find one.
There must be reputable studies out there, which excludes these types of this to be possible and also how much blood is needed, how large the cut would need to be..exactly how long it could live outside the body. I wonder if it would be helpful to look at some kind of reputable study which shows all causes of infections...and this way knowing that environmental transmission is excluded.
PLEASE HELP. All the contradicting info on the internet is not helping either. There must be someone who knows a knowledgeable source with these answers. I sure cannot find one.
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Life ruined, huh? I disagree.
Let's say you find some literature or someone tells you the answers to all your questions. Will your OCD go away? I bet you a million bucks it won't.
I often wondered would my OCD go away if I actually got HIV. Ever think about that? I think mine would, but I'm not sure. Anyway, it's about your brain thinking your in danger 24/7. It's not about HIV. If this was the 1920's, we'd be all jacked up about polio or something. I've had OCD for so long, the whole HIV thing is old hat for me.
All I can say is I take about 15g of inositol a day, and I spent 3 months doing CBT. Now, I rarely get fear spikes, my hands are normal looking, and I don't have to buy cleaning products every other day. Everybody has their own flavor of ocd, but I recommend inositol and CBT.
Let's say you find some literature or someone tells you the answers to all your questions. Will your OCD go away? I bet you a million bucks it won't.
I often wondered would my OCD go away if I actually got HIV. Ever think about that? I think mine would, but I'm not sure. Anyway, it's about your brain thinking your in danger 24/7. It's not about HIV. If this was the 1920's, we'd be all jacked up about polio or something. I've had OCD for so long, the whole HIV thing is old hat for me.
All I can say is I take about 15g of inositol a day, and I spent 3 months doing CBT. Now, I rarely get fear spikes, my hands are normal looking, and I don't have to buy cleaning products every other day. Everybody has their own flavor of ocd, but I recommend inositol and CBT.
Telling her to trust the doctor when he is saying they don't know if it is contracted enviromentally is not helpful to the situation, I think you meant the other way around, right? Anyways, HIV is blood to blood direct contact. It cannot be contracted enviromentally. SO if you have a cut that is bleeding and someone else also has a bleeding cut and you touch those two cuts together or are letting someone drip blood into your cut, then yes, there's a chance you're going to become infected.
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Your OCD is ruling your life just like mine is at this time too. Do not read everything on the net it will fry your brain and even make you more scared. Maybe the best way to work on your OCD about HIV is to face it is to get educated in it, learn how it is transmitted and how it is not.