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Last week, I went to a HIV Prevention Center to donate some funds to them. While talking to the officers there, I felt thirsty so I asked them for a water glass. Then I saw them taking a glass from a room where the children were infected with HIV were staying. At that time, I didn't pay attention to the fact that I was having an ulcer below my tongue.
My concern is if a certain child there was having the illness of stump bleeding and used the glass before I did, would I have any risk of HIV infection through my mouth ulcer as aforementioned? If yes, when should I need to undertake an HIV test? By what method?
My concern is if a certain child there was having the illness of stump bleeding and used the glass before I did, would I have any risk of HIV infection through my mouth ulcer as aforementioned? If yes, when should I need to undertake an HIV test? By what method?
Best Answer
There is still no risk because hiv is unable to reproduce outside its living host.It becomes inactive and therefore unable to infect.You never had a risk of hiv transmission even with your ulcer.
Thank you for your comment, but would you help me explain the case where the blood from previous child is mixed with water which was then swallowed by me and accidentally got in touch with my ulcer?
You were already told you had no risk of hiv transmission from the situation you described on a previous post.
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