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DO I have anything?
I got a haircut and the clippers cut the person before my haircut. I asked the haircutter to sterilize the clippers but he refused saying now or never. Taking the free hair cut, I sat down, and he proceeded to cut my hair in a barbaric fashion, and managed to penetrate my skin with the very same clippers. The person that got the cut done was a long time intravenous drug user and I am unsure of his HIV status.
Is it possible I have HIV?
ps I have also been sneezing and having a sore throat.
Thank you for your time
Is it possible I have HIV?
ps I have also been sneezing and having a sore throat.
Thank you for your time
Obviously, we give our risk assessments based on the assumption that there would be blood or fluids from an infected person present. Hence the conversation.
Still no risk, no matter what spin you put on it.
NO need to worry. Time to move on.
Still no risk, no matter what spin you put on it.
NO need to worry. Time to move on.
I dont thinik my original post was concise enough....the person on the chair before me was cut as well. His blood could have possibly been on the clippers when they cut me, causing me to bleed as well.
I have swollen lymph nodes, a runny nose, im sweating (could be summertime) I have diahrea, im tired constantly and i sneeze and cough.
I know that i am sick, but i am sick of being worried.
Thank you for your previous replys and im sorry if i confused you.
Do I have risk?
I have swollen lymph nodes, a runny nose, im sweating (could be summertime) I have diahrea, im tired constantly and i sneeze and cough.
I know that i am sick, but i am sick of being worried.
Thank you for your previous replys and im sorry if i confused you.
Do I have risk?
Causing the same effect as a needle, hermetically sealing the blood until it can be exposed to underneath my skin .
That is absolutely NOTHING like a syringe situation with IV drug users, if that's your comparison. Cannot compare clipper and an air-tight syringe, nor can you compare a superficial cut with clippers, to someone injecting the contents of a syringe DIRECTLY into their bloddstream via a vein.
You are just making things up that sound good. You NEVER had a risk. No one in the history of the virus has been infected at a barber's shop, hair salon, nail salon, tattoo parlor. My husband gets nicks all the time when getting his hair cut, it's a normal occurence. If it was a risk, there would be people reporting new infections from those activities.
Quit thinking about it and trying to come up with a way you had a risk...you did not.
That is absolutely NOTHING like a syringe situation with IV drug users, if that's your comparison. Cannot compare clipper and an air-tight syringe, nor can you compare a superficial cut with clippers, to someone injecting the contents of a syringe DIRECTLY into their bloddstream via a vein.
You are just making things up that sound good. You NEVER had a risk. No one in the history of the virus has been infected at a barber's shop, hair salon, nail salon, tattoo parlor. My husband gets nicks all the time when getting his hair cut, it's a normal occurence. If it was a risk, there would be people reporting new infections from those activities.
Quit thinking about it and trying to come up with a way you had a risk...you did not.
Causing the same effect as a needle, hermetically sealing the blood until it can be exposed to underneath my skin
"Results from laboratory studies should not be used to assess specific personal risk of infection because (1) the amount of virus studied is not found in human specimens or elsewhere in nature, and (2) no one has been identified as infected with HIV due to contact with an environmental surface. Additionally, HIV is unable to reproduce outside its living host (unlike many bacteria or fungi, which may do so under suitable conditions), except under laboratory conditions; therefore, it does not spread or maintain infectiousness outside its host."
I saw that, however, if there were any crevices for tiny air pockets in the clippers, it may have preserved the virus well enough within the blood and punctured my skin
I saw that, however, if there were any crevices for tiny air pockets in the clippers, it may have preserved the virus well enough within the blood and punctured my skin
I don't understand how there is no risk. His blood had entered my bloodstream after only 5-10 minutes of being on the clippers.
I guess the heat and air probably killed the possible virus, however, that is not "No risk"
On the CDC's website, I saw that it was a possible risk.
If you or anyone could clarify I'd greatly appreciate it.
I guess the heat and air probably killed the possible virus, however, that is not "No risk"
On the CDC's website, I saw that it was a possible risk.
If you or anyone could clarify I'd greatly appreciate it.
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