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dear teak ,
i ahve a surgery done on my neck to remove tumour on 19 th january 2009 , after around 11 days my stitches were removed and the area which has g\one surgery is healed , but still sort of red . after 5 days of my stitches removed a guy whos is a full blown aids patient touched my area were the operation is done for 1 minute , iam scared if he has acut on his finger which is bleeding , what will happen as my cut on neck is still red but , are there any chances ogf getting hiv like this bcoz my operation is still fresh although stitches removed plse help
i ahve a surgery done on my neck to remove tumour on 19 th january 2009 , after around 11 days my stitches were removed and the area which has g\one surgery is healed , but still sort of red . after 5 days of my stitches removed a guy whos is a full blown aids patient touched my area were the operation is done for 1 minute , iam scared if he has acut on his finger which is bleeding , what will happen as my cut on neck is still red but , are there any chances ogf getting hiv like this bcoz my operation is still fresh although stitches removed plse help
No. Even if you both had gaping wounds, it would take an excessive amount of blood to contract HIV in that manner.
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