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The Barber and Hiv
I went to the barber for shave my beard but he use used razor(Not new) for shave my beard
Should I do the hiv test?
I am worrying if I got hiv virus because of used razor.
Should I do the hiv test?
I am worrying if I got hiv virus because of used razor.
We all need to go to the barber or hairdresser often, and nobody gets infected that way. If that were a normal way of transmission, everyone along the world would be affected.
The ways you can get HIV are:
-Unprotected vaginal/anal penetrations.
-Sharing needles to inject drugs with.
-Mother to child.
Even with traces of blood on that razor, once it's exposed to air, HIV looses its capacity of infecting. It's a different story when we share needles, as the virus is isolated from air and it can be kept alive for longer, and it's injected into the bloodstream.
You didn't have any risk, and that means that no test is needed.
All the best.
The ways you can get HIV are:
-Unprotected vaginal/anal penetrations.
-Sharing needles to inject drugs with.
-Mother to child.
Even with traces of blood on that razor, once it's exposed to air, HIV looses its capacity of infecting. It's a different story when we share needles, as the virus is isolated from air and it can be kept alive for longer, and it's injected into the bloodstream.
You didn't have any risk, and that means that no test is needed.
All the best.
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Even if the razor has some of blood with hiv virus
No need to worry or do hiv test?
No need to worry or do hiv test?
You had no risk for HIV so are safe and a test would be a waste of time.
HIV is instantly inactivated in air and also in saliva which means it is effectively dead so it can't infect from touching or oral activities. It doesn't matter if you and they were actively bleeding or had cuts at the time either because the HIV is effectively dead.
Only adult risks are unprotected penetrating vaginal or anal sex or sharing needles that you inject with. This sentence is all you need to know to protect yourself against HIV.
Even with blood, lactation, cuts, rashes, burns, etc the air or the saliva does not allow inactivated virus to infect from touching or oral activities. The above HIV science is 40 years old and very well established.
No one got HIV from touching or oral activities in 40 years of HIV history, so likely no one will in the next 40 years of your life either.
HIV is instantly inactivated in air and also in saliva which means it is effectively dead so it can't infect from touching or oral activities. It doesn't matter if you and they were actively bleeding or had cuts at the time either because the HIV is effectively dead.
Only adult risks are unprotected penetrating vaginal or anal sex or sharing needles that you inject with. This sentence is all you need to know to protect yourself against HIV.
Even with blood, lactation, cuts, rashes, burns, etc the air or the saliva does not allow inactivated virus to infect from touching or oral activities. The above HIV science is 40 years old and very well established.
No one got HIV from touching or oral activities in 40 years of HIV history, so likely no one will in the next 40 years of your life either.
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