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I was scratched by an HIV positive person that has a bleeding wound and I bled, if her blood enter my body through the bleeding scratch, am i at risk, secondly I was at the mall buying clothes and there was pin in the cloth, when the person that was selling the cloth was selling the cloth wanted to bring it out she was poked by the pin, when I wanted to collect the cloth from her to bring the pin out I was also poked by the same pin, of she is hiv positive am i at risk, I read somewhere in the internet where they said hiv can occur with this two incidents
Your situation involves personal contact with an object in air ( pin, hiv person's blood, etc. ). You will be happy to learn that you had no risk, because you can't get hiv from personal contact except unprotected penetrating vaginal or anal with a penis, neither of which you did and you didn't share hollow needles to inject with which is the only other way to acquire hiv - there are ONLY 3 ways to get hiv. Note that 2 of them require a penis and the third requires a hollow injecting shared needle - there are no OTHER ways to get hiv. Analysis of large numbers of infected people over the 40 years of hiv history has proven that people don't get hiv in the way you are worried is a risk.
Hiv is a fragile virus in air or saliva and is effectively instantly dead in either air or saliva so the WORST that could happen is dead virus rubbed you, and obviously anything which is dead cannot live again so you are good. Blood and cuts would not be relevant in your situation since the hiv has become effectively dead, so you don't have to worry about them to be sure that you are safe.
There is no reason for a person to test when they are safe. The advice took into consideration that the other person might be positive, so move on and enjoy life instead of thinking about this non-event. hiv prevention is straightforward since there are only 3 ways you can become infected, so next time you wonder if you had a risk, ask yourself this QUESTION. "Did I do any of the 3?" Then after you say "No, I didn't" you will know that it's time to move on back to your happy life.
No one got hiv from what you did during 40 years of hiv history and no one will get it in the next 40 years of your life either. You can do what you did any time and be safe from hiv.
The other person's status is irrelevant when you have no exposure to live virus.
If hiv was as infectious as you worry, everyone would have it by now. Everyone gets cut cuts and touches other people's blood but no one gets hiv that way.
Hiv is a fragile virus in air or saliva and is effectively instantly dead in either air or saliva so the WORST that could happen is dead virus rubbed you, and obviously anything which is dead cannot live again so you are good. Blood and cuts would not be relevant in your situation since the hiv has become effectively dead, so you don't have to worry about them to be sure that you are safe.
There is no reason for a person to test when they are safe. The advice took into consideration that the other person might be positive, so move on and enjoy life instead of thinking about this non-event. hiv prevention is straightforward since there are only 3 ways you can become infected, so next time you wonder if you had a risk, ask yourself this QUESTION. "Did I do any of the 3?" Then after you say "No, I didn't" you will know that it's time to move on back to your happy life.
No one got hiv from what you did during 40 years of hiv history and no one will get it in the next 40 years of your life either. You can do what you did any time and be safe from hiv.
The other person's status is irrelevant when you have no exposure to live virus.
If hiv was as infectious as you worry, everyone would have it by now. Everyone gets cut cuts and touches other people's blood but no one gets hiv that way.
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AnxiousNoMore and CurfewX, thank you for answering my questions
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A pin is not a hollow-bore needle with a syringe. I repeat: There is no detail that you could add to these events that would make them risks for HIV
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The only risks for HIV in adults are:
1) Having unprotected anal or vaginal sex, or
2) sharing intravenous needles with IV drug users.
NOTHING else you can think of, including the situations you asked about, would put you at risk for HIV. There is no detail that you could add to these events that would make them risks for HIV.
Of course you do not need to test for these no-risk events.
1) Having unprotected anal or vaginal sex, or
2) sharing intravenous needles with IV drug users.
NOTHING else you can think of, including the situations you asked about, would put you at risk for HIV. There is no detail that you could add to these events that would make them risks for HIV.
Of course you do not need to test for these no-risk events.
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But the pin poked me almost immediately it poked the other person
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