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Stressed and worried

My story a family friend was holding my daughter. We looked down and seen our friend was bleeding got it on my daughters clothes not a lot. The thing that worries me is our daughter is teething so putting her hands in her mouth. Could my daughter get hiv if she touched the blood then put her hands in her mouth??
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186166 tn?1385259382
hiv is not transmitted in the manner that you are describing.

once exposed to air, hiv becomes inactive and unable to infect.

NO risk !
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Not sure if she does. She cut her arm and didnt notice until we seen it on her clothes
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So this family friend has HIV? And how does someone just start bleeding?

No it's not a risk, but your story seems a little far fetched.
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