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cracks on feet.. hiv risk?
7 Years ago I used to visit a tailor often. After two years he was diagnosed with last stage of aids and died in a couple of months. I'm scared of HIV infection because at that time I used to have big cracks on the thumb of my feet (sometimes it would have dry blood on it).is there a risk of HIV infection if those deep cracks came in contact with his cuts.do big cracks give an opening for the HIV virus to enter the bloodstream.please help
cracks or no cracks...hiv is NOT transmitted in that manner ! ! !
kindly move along...you do not have a hiv concern.
kindly move along...you do not have a hiv concern.
Sir, is your answer in accordance to my main question or my last question in the thread which is says ' what if some of his hiv blood entered my cracks' ? please clarify.
HIV is unable to reproduce outside its living host (unlike many bacteria or fungi, which may do so under suitable conditions), except under laboratory conditions; therefore, it does not spread or maintain infectiousness outside its host.
Many of the sites on the internet are stating that 'if hiv blood enters an open wound then there is a chance of the virus entering the bloodstream', in my case is there any risk if any blood from the cuts of the tailor might have entered my big cracks.I'm really scared.please help.
Thank you so much..!! I just need to know if the deep cracks on feet are an opening for the virus to enter the bloodstream.thank u
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