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Accidental blood exposure
Hello everyone,
Today I was helping injured person - venous bleeding, lots of blood... but not too serious, nothing live endangering.
However after the wound I have touched the skin covered by dried blood and I have licked my finger (can't tell you why... just did it...). The blood was freshly dried and I believe there were no visible traces of it when I have licked the finger. Complication is that I have fresh braces on both jaws - and due this abraded and painful buccal caxity, not bleeding so far I can tell, it means I'm likely to more prone to infection.
So I would like to ask for your assessment - am I safe, or shall I be careful? I have a girlfriend and I don't want to take chances that I could have it and infect her.
Thank you
Today I was helping injured person - venous bleeding, lots of blood... but not too serious, nothing live endangering.
However after the wound I have touched the skin covered by dried blood and I have licked my finger (can't tell you why... just did it...). The blood was freshly dried and I believe there were no visible traces of it when I have licked the finger. Complication is that I have fresh braces on both jaws - and due this abraded and painful buccal caxity, not bleeding so far I can tell, it means I'm likely to more prone to infection.
So I would like to ask for your assessment - am I safe, or shall I be careful? I have a girlfriend and I don't want to take chances that I could have it and infect her.
Thank you
Hi, biker86,
No testing is needed because you were not exposed. HIV cannot be transmitted this way.
No testing is needed because you were not exposed. HIV cannot be transmitted this way.
So I have informed my GF about what was happened... it seems that she is not concerned.
But I feel that we should be carefull (no intercourse without protection) for three weeks till I can get p24 test - what do you think?
But I feel that we should be carefull (no intercourse without protection) for three weeks till I can get p24 test - what do you think?
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