cold sore

[aussiet]

if you have a cold sore on your lip that is 1 day old redish and not visibly bleeding can you get hiv if blood comes in contact with it. can it absorb the blood? is a cold sore considered an open wound? thanks

[LearnFromMistakes]

No, you are fine.  I would not worry about that.  I think the virus really needs to be forced into your body for infection to take place, not just contact.  (Sex, IV injections, etc.)  I would not worry about this and really think you are fine.  Relax a bit, you'll be fine.

[nursegirl6572]

Youve been in this forum long enough to answer your own questions.

Seek help/

[LIZZIE LOU]

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

[aussiet]

i agree. they are the only type of documented cases outside of health care settings. However, my question relates to the theoretical risk of transmission from blood to wound and wether a cold sore would be considered as a wound capable of absorbing the virus?

[LIZZIE LOU]

how about this.

HIV IS TRANSMITTED THROUGH...
UNPROTECTED VAGINAL/ANAL INTERCOURSE
SHARING IV DRUG WORKS
MOTHER TO CHILD

period

[aussiet]

Thanks, i am trying to understand the virus and how it works. there is nothing on the internet about hiv from cold sore on lips. am i right in my assumtion that if it is not bleeding or an open cut then there is no risk because the virus cant get in?

[LIZZIE LOU]

seek professional mental help for your hiv phobia.

[aussiet]

so if a cold sore is not bleeding it is not an open wound and hiv cant be absorbed or get in, is this a correct assumption? or is a cold sore like a mucus membrane? the cold sore was probably only 12 hours old.

[LearnFromMistakes]

I would HIGHLY doubt that you would or could be infected with HIV due to having a cold sore on your lip.