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Blood getting in mouth

This morning I was went to get food from a vending machine in a hotel I was staying at. I got my potato chips and ate them without washing my hands. I went back a few minutes later to get ice and noticed that by the ice machine there were large drops of blood. I then got concerned that since the vending machine was right next to the ice machine, it too could have had blood on it, which I could have gotten on my fingers and then into my mouth when I ate the potato chips. Would there be any risk for HIV from this? I do have some sores in my mouth and I recently had a cap tooth put in that feel out yesterday. Thank you.
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You are welcome buddy and dont worry please.
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Thank you so much for your responses. It was so scary to see the blood and I was nervous.
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not hiv related
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but sir y m experiance the symtoms of hiv from the past 9 months
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HIV becomes inactive and unable to infect once exposed to air.
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Shellibelli,

No risk from your scenario.

Hiv is unable to infect someone when exposed to air and therefore it cannot spread and cannot remain active because environment elements are very TOXIC TO HIV.

You're SAFE. NO RISK .
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