HIV from blood on tissue with mouth contact

[DF101]

I had phlegm and used a tissue to remove it from it from my mouth (my tongue touched the tissue) and after using it I discovered that it  had blood on it which I may have inadvertently touched with my tongue.  Is there a chance of HIV transmission in this scenario and should I be tested?

[AnxiousNoMore]

You didn't have any risk so you don't need to test.

Only sex risks are penetrating unprotected anal or vaginal. HIV is instantly inactivated in air (which means it instantly can't infect) so can't infect outside the vagina or anus. It doesn't matter if you were cut where you touched or swallowed the blood, because it is fragile and is not like a cold virus that can be transmitted outside the lungs of the other person's by coughing.
The only other way it can infect an adult is from sharing needles then injecting which you didn't do.
All this HIV science is 40 years old and well proven over that time so nothing you can add to your situation will make it a risk.

[AnxiousNoMore]

HIV is also instantly inactivated and effectively killed in saliva so double zero risk.

[DF101]

Thanks for your quick response, much appreciated. I had read that licking infected blood carries some risk of HIV transmission, albeit I hadn't licked the blood on the tissue but touched it with my tongue.  Can I confirm that the risk is zero and that what I read is incorrect?

Many thanks

[CurfewX]

ZERO RISK.  Just don't have unprotected, penetrative sex (penis in a vagina or anus) or share IV drug needles with anyone, and you will NEVER have to worry about HIV,