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HIV - Blood in Eye & Glass Cut Risk

Hi, all. Please let me know if I am at risk for HIV from these to encounters.  I was in Canada on vacation a couple of weeks ago and we left at about in the morning and came back at about 3:00pm. When we left the maid was cleaning the suite beside our suite. We had already been staying in this suite for 4 nights and had a 1 night stay left. When we returned she was outside of the suite and she could barely speak English, but she said that she was finished cleaning our room. I thanked her and walked in. Within 5 minutes of entering the suite, I went to the bathroom to change clothes. I touched the door knob to enter the bathroom. I then laid down to take a nap and felt something in my eye that flew in from the sheet. I began probing my eye with my finger to get it out. I did not think anything of this until at approximately 9:00pm, I was sitting in the living room area and pulled up a stool to coin a scratch off ticket. As I was pushing the stool back under the table, I cut my finger on a piece of glass. It was bleeding pretty badly.  I thought that maybe the maid had broken a wine glass and tried to clean it up and did not get it all. I know that this glass was not on the stool before we left because I had used this stool continuous throughout our 4 day stay there.  I did not think anything of it, I washed it with warm water and put a bandaid on it. I awoke the next morning to brush my teeth at the vanity mirror and I saw smeared blood finger prints over the mirror. I know that these fingerprints were not there before because we had been staying in the suite for a few nights before.  Immediately, I began worrying on whether the maid cut herself on the same glass that I cut myself on. I know that she used the stool to stand on to reach the vanity mirror to clean it. I do not know the maid's HIV status. About 8 days after this, I had noticed that my eyes felt like there was something in it and felt swollen and crust buildup. Both sides of my jaw and neck swelled up. My ears felt full.  I did not have an earache, sore throat, fever, or anything. I went to the doctor and said that I had swollen glands in these areas and my ears did not look normal. I took antibiotics for 5 days in pill form and eye drops and went back to the doctor and the doc stated I had no swollen glands. She felt my entire body. HIV test taken on July 15, came back negative. She said that I had a reddish throat,  it was not sore. Then the next day, I had burning sensation on my back and the tip of my thumb went numb. I did not see a rash or anything I do not think. Currently I have tingling in my fingertips and dry mouth and joint pains. Also, the next day it felt like my glands started swelling up again in various areas of my body - neck, stomach, etc. I have also been sweating a couple of times a week since this incident (back, head, and neck, and sometimes chest).  I am afraid that I am infected with HIV.  The last HIV test I had was 2.5 weeks after the incident. It was an HIV antibody test.  I pose the same questions to you all:  

If the maid cut herself on the small piece of glass before 3:00pm and then I cut myself on the same piece of glass at 9:00pm,am I at risk for HIV?  I saw the piece of glass that cut me, it was very tiny, but I did not see any visible blood on it.

I know that the maid cut herself because of the fingerprints that I saw over the vanity. If the maid touched the bathroom door knob with her bleeding hand and I touched the door knob 5 minutes later, then touched my eye - Am I at risk for HIV?

I plan on taking a 6 week HIV test, but do you know how accurate% is 5 weeks from this particular risk???


thanks so much
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I wouldnt worry about taking a HIV test, i think you would be better off spending your money on getting some help for your mental state. HIV dosnt live outside the host you were never at risk of HIV.
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Also been having minor stiff neck.
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Sorry, this incident occurred on June 25 of this year....
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