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Please help Cut on finger , blood exposure, some worries
Hi all! I had a quick blood test ~ {finger pricking} on 35 days from last protected sex. Came out negative
%%After the test, the medical workers use small band-aid to cover my finger. But It not cover very well, cos my fresh wound is a little bit top on the finger, I can still see the my wound when I look at it from top and it's bleeding.
After I am back home, I take off the band-aid, and found blood near the wound, they are already dry, but when I push my wound a little, it is still bleeding, but very very litttle. At the same time, I found some dry blood on my right first finger, I remember I use my right first finger to touch the band-aid which is on my left hand. I start to worry again. where does the blood come from??? If other affected people's blood drop touch my fresh wound, would I be affected??? I don't touch any people after the test, I started to worry about the door handles, and some other things. I just think up some worst cases and lot of " what if " question.
Do i have risk in the case, I want to forget all about it and move on.
Thx!
%%After the test, the medical workers use small band-aid to cover my finger. But It not cover very well, cos my fresh wound is a little bit top on the finger, I can still see the my wound when I look at it from top and it's bleeding.
After I am back home, I take off the band-aid, and found blood near the wound, they are already dry, but when I push my wound a little, it is still bleeding, but very very litttle. At the same time, I found some dry blood on my right first finger, I remember I use my right first finger to touch the band-aid which is on my left hand. I start to worry again. where does the blood come from??? If other affected people's blood drop touch my fresh wound, would I be affected??? I don't touch any people after the test, I started to worry about the door handles, and some other things. I just think up some worst cases and lot of " what if " question.
Do i have risk in the case, I want to forget all about it and move on.
Thx!
So does it mean, EVEN IF some drops of affected blood touch my fresh wound on my finger, becasue it is surface-touched, it is still not an exposure, and it wont have any risk. Can I understand like that? cos this is the worst scenario I can think of, if this is safe, and I just dont any other worry.
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