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ayo12
can i get hiv if i pricked myself with a neddle from a broach i found by mistake?
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ayo12
thx
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ExtremeStress
dried blood would mean that oxygen got to the HIV! HIV doesn't survive outside the body. In short! No way possible!
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ayo12
but what if there was dried blood on that needle.i know it sounds stupid but i experience flu simptoms...and i wonder
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ExtremeStress
no way
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ExtremeStress
Not really!
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