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Am I at risk of hiv?

I was at a meeting and accidentally touched someone’s hand. This person had a small cut that appeared fresh and bloody so I immediately went to wash my hands in the bathroom. But as soon as I opened the faucet and the water touched my hands a little bit splashed into my eye. Could I be at risk of hiv if the other person hand had blood from the cut which I touched and then could’ve gotten to my eye with water from washing my hands?
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20620809 tn?1504362969
What about treating your ocd?  You have that as your user name so are aware that your fears are likely related to mental health issues.  These are treatable and you should consider doing that.  Mike_no shared how HIV is transmitted.  Those are the only ways.  But if you can not live your life freely without experiencing great fear and panic over ordinary and harmless things, please talk to a doctor.
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This is an irrational fear. There is absolutely no scope for the virus to be transmitted in the fashion you have described.

Below are the only risk for transmission in adults:

1. Unprotected vaginal or anal intercourse.
2. Sharing needles to inject drugs with other users.

I repeat, no risk. Testing is not recommended.
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Thanks so much for your prompt answer and for calming my irrational fears.
I really appreciate you having taken time to answer my question. Forever thankful!
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