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Am I at risk of HIV infection?

Hello, my English may not be very good.
I went to the hospital for a physical examination before.When drawing blood, the nurse accidentally pressed her finger on my bleeding wound when she pulled out the needle.I'm panicked about that.
Is there a risk of HIV infection?
Can you explain it to me? Thank you very much.
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At this point, our members have patiently answered your question that you had no risk and explained what the risks are.  We wish you the best.

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You need to see a mental health therapist since you think you can get hiv from a cup.
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i 'm sorry.Because in my country, some doctors tell you that it's dangerous to touch the blood in the cup when your mouth ulcer,But some doctors said there was no problem.soDifferent answers lead to my anxiety.so I hope to get an accurate answer.
If I didn't 1. unprotected vaginal sex. 2. unprotected anal sex.  and 3. INJECTING with shared drug needles.Then I'm sure I won't be infected, right.
Please,Can you reply me to the above question, because it is very helpful to improve my anxiety?
Thank you very much.
Can you tell me clearly that I have no risk of infection at all?
I want to know an absolute answer.
And I want to know if I have done four generations of tests after 28 days, can the infection be completely ruled out.
Asking for your help .  Is very important to relieve my psychological problems.
You already got the answer here. The answer was absolute. The answer can't change so it is time to stop asking the same questions that you already asked and were answered. It is time to stop hunting all over the internet for sites that you can keep asking these questions because you already got the right answer here.

You need to see a mental health therapist if you even think you can get hiv from a cup.

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People do not get HIV from blood draws or nurses touching the spot the blood draw occurred. That falls under the category of irrational thinking.  Do you have anxiety?  This sounds like an anxiety loop you are stuck in. Anxiety is a treatable disorder!  In your country, how is the mental health system? The only ways that adults get HIV is from unprotected vaginal or anal sex or sharing IV (injectable) needles.  Air inactivates the virus. You wouldn't get it from a blood draw needle and you wouldn't get it from a nurse's thumb. NO RISK. You can not touch a person or object and get HIV.  
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yes,I feel anxious.It's serious.
I tested seven times in a row after last year's one-off.Because of lymphadenopathy,But I had sex with a condom.
It wasn't until last month that I believed that I didn't have AIDS during that sex.
But this week my roommate drank my glass,And he had a bleeding wound in his mouth,A minute later I drank the same cup,And I had mouth ulcers at that time.
so I started a serious panic again.
I want to know that my roommate drank my cup and had a bleeding wound in his mouth. A minute later, I drank the same cup. Is there any risk of infection? Because I had mouth ulcers at that time.Because I had mouth ulcers at that timeAnd my roommate is an AIDS patient.
Is there a risk of infection when mouth ulcers come into contact with water containing HIV blood?
Thank you for your reply. It's very important to me.
Because my country doesn't give enough publicity to this.
we can't keep doing this with you.  You do seem to suffer from hiv phobia or an anxiety disorder. We've shared the risks with you and they won't change.  1. unprotected vaginal sex. 2. unprotected anal sex.  and 3. INJECTING with shared drug needles. Everything else you can come up with is not a risk.  We've already answered you.  Air and saliva inactivate the virus.  So, as you clearly have a bit of anxiety, I'm going to end by just saying that if it is not one of those three risks, the answer will be NO risk from this forum.  Seek help for anxiety as that is a disease like any other to be treated.
Do I have no risk at all?
Can you tell me clearly?
Thank you very much for your help.
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Hiv is dead in air so you had no risk from the nurse touching. You had no risk and should move on from paranoid thoughts that hospitals spread hiv.
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Is there no risk of HIV infection in all cases of blood test.
If the nurse's last patient before blood test with me was AIDS, and the nurse came into contact with his blood or body fluid.
He gave me a blood test in one minute. He accidentally put his finger on my pinhole.
He touched the blood and touched my wound.
Isn't that fluid exchange? Or blood contact?
Is there no risk at all? Can you explain it to me.Because I'm very anxious now.
Thank you for your reply.
And How long will HIV die from exposure to air?
Because I was touched by the nurse within a minute after a patient's blood test. So I'm scared now
Your situation involves personal contact with an object in air  ( fingers, maybe liquids, maybe blood etc.). You will be happy to learn that you had no risk, because you can't get hiv from personal contact except unprotected penetrating vaginal or anal, neither of which you did and you didn't share hollow needles to inject with which is the only other way to acquire hiv. Analysis of large numbers of infected people over the 40 years of hiv history has proven that people don't get hiv in the way you are worried is a risk.
HIV is a fragile virus in air or saliva and is effectively instantly dead in either air or saliva so the worst that could happen is dead virus rubbed you, and obviously anything which is dead cannot live again so you are good. Blood and cuts would not be relevant in your situation since the hiv has become effectively dead, so you don't have to worry about them to be sure that you are safe.
There is no reason for a person to test when they are safe. The advice took into consideration that the other person might be positive, so move on and enjoy life instead of thinking about this non-event. hiv prevention is straightforward since there are only 3 ways you can become infected, so next time you wonder if you had a risk, ask yourself this QUESTION. "Did I do any of the 3?" Then after you say "No, I didn't" you will know that it's time to move on back to your happy life.
No one got hiv from what you did during 40 years of hiv history and no one will get it in the next 40 years of your life either. You can do what you did any time and be safe.
The first step to peace is to stop googling cold turkey and the second is to stop examining your body for hiv cold turkey since there is nothing to find.
Your questions in all of your posts are all the same as the first one, just rephrased.
Both things happen,so I'm anxious.Can you answer my question in another post, because it is important to me.
I want to know that my roommate drank my cup and had a bleeding wound in his mouth. A minute later, I drank the same cup. Is there any risk of infection? Because I had mouth ulcers at that time.Because I had mouth ulcers at that timeAnd my roommate is an AIDS patient.
Is there a risk of infection when mouth ulcers come into contact with water containing HIV blood?
How long will the blood containing HIV leave the human body to die?30 seconds or one minute?
Do you mean immediate death is within a minute or within a second?
Does the virus die immediately when it leaves the body?How long will it take?30 seconds or one minute?
It's important to me.
Thank you for your reply. It's very important to me.
Because my country doesn't give enough publicity to this.
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