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respected doctors,some problems have been bothering me for two weeks. Could you give me some help?
1.I have gingival dleeding.If somebody put AIDS blood into water (water:half of goblet;AIDS blood into water:about 1 minute ),will I be infected?
2.There are many data in the Internet says that AIDS blood in water can also infected people.Can you tell me how long can they survive(can infect other people)?
Thank you very much!
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You didn't have any risk so you don't need to test.

Only sex risks are penetrating unprotected anal or vaginal. HIV is instantly inactivated in air (which means it instantly can't infect) so can't infect outside the vagina or anus. It doesn't matter if you were cut where you touched or swallowed the blood, because it is fragile and is not like a cold virus that can be transmitted outside the lungs of the other person's by coughing.
The only other way it can infect an adult is from sharing needles then injecting which you didn't do.
All this HIV science is 40 years old and well proven over that time so nothing you can add to your situation will make it a risk.
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HIV can't infect in water so you must be looking at theoretical sites. Besides no one puts HIV blood in water or anything else in water.
I am sorry, it's my first time to use this website. Could I ask you whether you are a doctor?(I have never doubted your professional knowledge.)  
The doctors left here years ago but we rely on expert doctor's advice and the CDC. Also this is a moderated forum and everyone posts the same advice. Anyone who posts incorrect information gets banned.
Whatever "numerous sites" you refer to say about water infection is incorrect and doesn't even make sense to be honest since HIV is so fragile.
I am week at English...Can I understand your last sentence means: HIV is so fragile,it can never infect people by water,even though  I have bleeding gums. because HIV had been killed when they touched water.
ok, since you don't have much English I don't want to give you too much information.  So let's start over and I will tell you the only 2 things you need to know.
1. The only sex risks for HIV are penetrating unprotected anal or vaginal.
2. The only other way HIV can infect an adult is from sharing needles then injecting.

You can see that drinking water with HIV blood is not a risk for HIV, so the other person lied to you.
One question~   WHO says that AIDS’s window phase is 14-21 days. Which means that three weeks later,4 generation can help me to eliminate this worry?   I don't know whether your countries' stipulate. But in china, many doctors four weeks with 4 generation will be OK.
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