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Blood in drink
Hi Ieft my drink on my desk and I am worried that a colleague has put blood or spit in to my drink and I drank it hours later ?
Thankyou sorry I'm just a bit parinoid and scared
MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL
No comment. I won't have any additional advice.
Thank you I write this as I left a herbal mixture I. My desk and when I can back I colleague of mine was near it whom is homosexual and was unattended. Thank you for your reply I am concerned as I don't know I if he did, it just keeos playing in my mind when I did drink it roughly 4-5 hrs later it was 2.5mls diluted in 4mls of water followed by another 5mls of water. I than remembered I left the bottle unattended and made myself throw everything up
MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL
Welcome to the forum.
First, I would say that the chance anyone bled or spit into your glass is exceedingly low. What does that possibility even enter your mind?
Second, if it happened, what are the odds it would have been from a person with HIV? Extremely low, obviously.
Third, even if this had happend, with HIV contaminated blood, there would be little or no risk of infection. Swallowing small amounts of blood carries little or no risk. Also, the contents of the drink would have diluted the material, probably to a point that would have reduced the risk to nil. An saliva doesn't carry HIV (it kills the virus) -- so spit would be risk free.
For all those reasons, my advice is to ignore these thoughts and not to worry about it. Don't get tested for HIV or anything else.
Regards-- HHH, MD
First, I would say that the chance anyone bled or spit into your glass is exceedingly low. What does that possibility even enter your mind?
Second, if it happened, what are the odds it would have been from a person with HIV? Extremely low, obviously.
Third, even if this had happend, with HIV contaminated blood, there would be little or no risk of infection. Swallowing small amounts of blood carries little or no risk. Also, the contents of the drink would have diluted the material, probably to a point that would have reduced the risk to nil. An saliva doesn't carry HIV (it kills the virus) -- so spit would be risk free.
For all those reasons, my advice is to ignore these thoughts and not to worry about it. Don't get tested for HIV or anything else.
Regards-- HHH, MD
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