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cut on lip and eye
Dear all: I wanted to get some feedback on what happened to me. My friend who is hiv positive (not on treatment) got bitten by her dog on the lip (inside and outside). When she got to the office, she was with me on the elevator and was speaking and gesticulating a lot, which is why I felt a splash of her saliva on my eyes. Since her lip´s injury was fresh, the saliva splash was probably full of blood. I got worried this might put me at risk since it was a splash of blood into my eyes. Could you please advise on whether I was at risk. Should I worry and go test? Has there been any similar situation resulting in a risk of hiv? Many thanks
You are having irrational concerns. The only risks for HIV are to have unprotected vaginal or anal sex or to share IV needles to inject drugs. Air and saliva inactivate the virus. Someone spitting on you is saliva and air together so zero risk. And people do not get hiv from dogs. So, the initiating concern of your friend with the dog is also zero risk.
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