Im living in a dangerous place,

[oilyboy]

Dear All

I have a soft skin with soft hands, and in my country thier is a very crowd shoping area where you can find so many cheep chines stuff, I went their today and I scratched my both hands and pricked with those items while I was searching and by the edge of the table, now I got about 4-5 scratches on my hands one of them bleed ( only 2 drops)

I'm at risk this is not my risk?

[mike_no]

You are welcome :)

[oilyboy]

Thank you very much Mike,  

[oilyboy]

Thanks a lot but just to learn more about this Virus, how long one small blood drop does servive outside the host ?

[mike_no]

Just don't be so concious all the time and if you really have a fragile skin, try optimum clothing with gloves for pricks and bruises. HIV still wouldn't be an area of concern.

[oilyboy]

Thanks Bierce and Mike ( I'm in the right place) but as  mentioned im a person with a soft skin where this experince of pricks and scratches would be repeated again at home,office and in the shopping areas, any advise to protect my self in the future? or just ignore them and live happy

[mike_no]

No risk.

[bierce]

Your scratches are NOT a risk dor HIV infection in any way. Be well.

-B