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HIV Prevention (Expert Forum)
hiv blood
Answered by
Edward W Hook, MD - HIV Prevention, stds
This forum is limited to prevention of HIV and to safe sex in general. If you believe you might have been exposed to HIV and want help to judge your risk, would like advice about HIV testing, or have questions about the effectiveness of condoms or the risks associated with specific sexual practices, this is the site for you.
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If you have not done so, please review other threads in our archives for questions similar to yours and Dr. Handsfield's replies. Questions that duplicate other frequent ones, for which abundant replies exist, and that have little educational value for other forum users, will be DELETED WITHOUT RESPONSE. YOUR PAYMENT WILL NOT BE REFUNDED. The most common examples of such questions are those about low risk exposures to HIV, such as oral sex, condom- protected intercourse hand-to-genital exposure, and nonsexual contact with possibly infected blood or body fluids as well as symptoms of early HIV infection.
hiv blood
by ajf005299, May 06, 2008 10:18AM
I know this is going to sound silly but please bear with me...I got into a little spat with a person at a fast food restaurant. I have been afraid that they could have contaminated my food. If there were to be blood or any bodily fluids in a hamburger could this transmit hiv...I know i have a couple ulcers/blisters in my mouth...should i test to be safe?
Doctor's Answer
by Edward W Hook, MD, May 06, 2008 05:57PM
, May 06, 2008 05:57PM
No one has ever gotten HIV by ingesting contaminated food, you will not be the first. If there was HIV on your food (which I find incredibly unlikely for a number of reasons), the mouth is a hostile environment where the virus dies quickly. Once the virus gets to the high acid environment of the stomach, that would kill any virus that remains.
There is no medical reason for testing. If you must get tested to alleviate your anxiety, I would wait till 8 weeks to do so. At that time 98-99% of tests that are going to be positive will be and when you get your negative test result you can know that you do not have HIV. I know it now.
Hope this helps. EWH
There is no medical reason for testing. If you must get tested to alleviate your anxiety, I would wait till 8 weeks to do so. At that time 98-99% of tests that are going to be positive will be and when you get your negative test result you can know that you do not have HIV. I know it now.
Hope this helps. EWH
I believe that even if you swallow semen that is HIV infected, the transmission rate is VERY LOW.
You should get tested JUST TO RELIEVE YOUR ANXIETY.