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A great dillema in Sweden
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University of Washington
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A great dillema in Sweden
by Max79, Apr 10, 2006 12:00AM
Dear Doctor,
I had a strange situation. I was coming back from a party, paid for the car-park and received some coins from the machine.
Then I drove home (some 20 minutes) took out the coins from my wallet and I saw that one of the coins had a big red spot (in a shape of a line).
I was afraid that it could have been someone’s dried blood and I was trying to scrape it off with my nail but it did not want to come off (however some of it could have gotten under my nail – a really small bit).
Given the worst scenario (30 minutes before someone’s hiv positive blood found itself on the coin, and later it got under my nail) is it possible for me to get infected?
Is “under the nail” musous membrane?????????????
I know that when blood dries the hiv virus dies within hours (I read an article by CDC saying something like that) but if it was still alive in the dried blood and got under my nail?
Thanks a lot because this situation is really worrying me.
Minia
I had a strange situation. I was coming back from a party, paid for the car-park and received some coins from the machine.
Then I drove home (some 20 minutes) took out the coins from my wallet and I saw that one of the coins had a big red spot (in a shape of a line).
I was afraid that it could have been someone’s dried blood and I was trying to scrape it off with my nail but it did not want to come off (however some of it could have gotten under my nail – a really small bit).
Given the worst scenario (30 minutes before someone’s hiv positive blood found itself on the coin, and later it got under my nail) is it possible for me to get infected?
Is “under the nail” musous membrane?????????????
I know that when blood dries the hiv virus dies within hours (I read an article by CDC saying something like that) but if it was still alive in the dried blood and got under my nail?
Thanks a lot because this situation is really worrying me.
Minia
Doctor's Answer
by H. Hunter Handsfield, M.D., Apr 10, 2006 12:00AM
, Apr 10, 2006 12:00AM
Mucous membranes are the moist linings of most body openings (mouth, nose, genitals, rectum, eyes). The sort of exposure you describe has zero chance of HIV transmission; you have to be exposed to much more blood or other infected secretions than is remotely possible by scratching dried blood on a coin.
If this situation is "really worrying" you, I assume you have stopped crossing busy streets, will no longer be riding in automobiles, and plan on never swimming again. All those activities carry far higher risks of death than handling coins or other things that might have blood or body secretions on them.
HHH, MD
If this situation is "really worrying" you, I assume you have stopped crossing busy streets, will no longer be riding in automobiles, and plan on never swimming again. All those activities carry far higher risks of death than handling coins or other things that might have blood or body secretions on them.
HHH, MD
Member Comments (3)
by Soscared81, Apr 10, 2006 12:00AM
Man, I lost the chance to post my important question to that question!?!?!
by needitresolved, Apr 12, 2006 12:00AM
hehe tell me about it!
