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Hello, Here is the story

I have a friend of mine who is sexually active and I know that a few times he had condom break in the past weeks.
A few days ago we were in the workshop where we work and he cut his hands while rotating an object (it was like a big screw)
His hand started to bleed. He continued to work

After a few minutes he went to clean his hand and we didn’t have gloves. So I had to finish the work, I took some tissues and tried to rotate the screw with them, unfortunately my finger got cut badly and started bleeding. I immediately stopped but I don’t know what to do bow...
Please help me
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3191940 tn?1447268717
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Same answer you received on your previous post about fearing blood transfer.  NO RISK. If the blood isn't being injected into your bloodstream, you don't have a risk.  No point in assuming he's HIV+ either, just because of a few condom breaks.  Most people don't have HIV, and he probably doesn't either.

If you are continually having anxious thoughts about getting HIV without 1) having unprotected, penetrative anal/vaginal sex or 2) sharing intravenous needles, you should probably discuss this anxiety with a professional, because you won't get HIV any other way.
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The object that cut my finger had fresh blood on it
This is my concern
It cut me in w way that my finger started to bleed as well
And thank you for your response
You had no risk for HIV and a test would be a waste of time if you read the second paragraph curfew wrote..

HIV is instantly inactivated in air and also in saliva which means it is effectively dead so it can't infect from touching, rubbing or oral activities. It doesn't matter if you and they were actively bleeding or had cuts at the time either because the HIV is effectively dead.  

Only adult risks are the following:
1. unprotected penetrating vaginal
2. unprotected penetrating anal sex
3. sharing needles that you inject with. Knowing these 3 are all you need to know to protect yourself against HIV. Your situation is a long way from any of these 3.
Even with blood, lactation, cuts, rashes, burns, etc the air or the saliva does not allow inactivated virus to infect from touching or oral activities. The above HIV science is 40 years old and very well established so there is no detail that you can add that will make your encounter a risk for HIV.
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