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Shared drinks/food with someone HIV+
Today I bit the inside of my cheek earlier today and shared a drink with someone I know that is HIV+ and not in treatment just now. Am I at risk of contracting it from them? I read that sharing food/toilets/utensils isnt a tranmission route but I am hypochondriac and think of the worse.
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What you already know is spot on. You can't acquire HIV through any thing that you have mentioned here today.
Below are the only potential risk for HIV transmission:
1. Unprotected vaginal or anal intercourse
2. Sharing needles - PWID
3.Transmission through blood transfusion. (This is rare as most blood products and blood transfusion are subjected to preliminary screening.)
Since you know you are a hypochondriac, you should work with a therapist to seek help for your irrational thoughts in general. For HIV risks from this incident, you shouldn't be worried, there was no risk involved, you do not need to test.
Below are the only potential risk for HIV transmission:
1. Unprotected vaginal or anal intercourse
2. Sharing needles - PWID
3.Transmission through blood transfusion. (This is rare as most blood products and blood transfusion are subjected to preliminary screening.)
Since you know you are a hypochondriac, you should work with a therapist to seek help for your irrational thoughts in general. For HIV risks from this incident, you shouldn't be worried, there was no risk involved, you do not need to test.
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