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developer solution?!
Dear Drs., I have tested for HIV with a home-test kit and it turned out to be negative.
However, during the procedure I think the 'developer solution'(buffer sloution?) have touched my finger-pricked area.
I am worried this might be bad for me. Will I be okay if the 'developer solution' had entered into my body through the open scar(finger prick hole from the needle)?
Thank you for reading this!
However, during the procedure I think the 'developer solution'(buffer sloution?) have touched my finger-pricked area.
I am worried this might be bad for me. Will I be okay if the 'developer solution' had entered into my body through the open scar(finger prick hole from the needle)?
Thank you for reading this!
Best Answer
You cannot get HIV from a test or any of it's components, if that's what you're asking. A small drop of the solution going into a little skin opening will not harm you in any way.
I know I am being a pain in the *** but, just to be clear, is it true that HIV virus cannot survive outside human body- thus not in the solutions? (becase I heard the virus, it needs protein in order to survive)
The fact that I do not know for sure the test kit and the solution are in any ways 'virus-free,' I am getting this irrational fears that the developer solution might have been contaminated with HIV.
I guess this is just crazy talks and I should not worry about those kind of possibilities right? :)
The fact that I do not know for sure the test kit and the solution are in any ways 'virus-free,' I am getting this irrational fears that the developer solution might have been contaminated with HIV.
I guess this is just crazy talks and I should not worry about those kind of possibilities right? :)
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