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hi doctor,
i used a public toilet in a restaurant today and i vomited in the toilet putting my head down and the water splashed on my face and into my eye.
now i did not flush the toilet before vomiting and if there was blood or urine lying in the toilet which i think got into my eye as definately toilet water went into my eye and face(sorry this is a very disgusting incident unfortunately)
now i am worried about especially hiv as i could see something red in the toilet water may be it was someones blood with urine.
i have just two three questions:
1) am i at risk from (hiv positive) urine getting in my eye?
2) if there was ( hiv positive) blood in toilet water am i at risk?
3) can hiv positive blood survive in water ?
4) if water with hiv positive blood gets into eye is it dangerous?
sorry about discussing this horrible incident here...
i used a public toilet in a restaurant today and i vomited in the toilet putting my head down and the water splashed on my face and into my eye.
now i did not flush the toilet before vomiting and if there was blood or urine lying in the toilet which i think got into my eye as definately toilet water went into my eye and face(sorry this is a very disgusting incident unfortunately)
now i am worried about especially hiv as i could see something red in the toilet water may be it was someones blood with urine.
i have just two three questions:
1) am i at risk from (hiv positive) urine getting in my eye?
2) if there was ( hiv positive) blood in toilet water am i at risk?
3) can hiv positive blood survive in water ?
4) if water with hiv positive blood gets into eye is it dangerous?
sorry about discussing this horrible incident here...
MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL
I'm sure it is. HIV test technologies are very robust and probably no unreliable HIV tests are on the market anywhere in the world.
Thanks doc...
Just wanted to know about this hiv test which is actually done in a laboratory but its a rapid test done on a card kind of thing by putting blood plasma and the results come in 5 to 10 minutes.
Its by this company sd bio diagonistic www.standardia.com and kit says hiv 1 and 2 ag/ab combo .
Is this test reliable?
Just wanted to know about this hiv test which is actually done in a laboratory but its a rapid test done on a card kind of thing by putting blood plasma and the results come in 5 to 10 minutes.
Its by this company sd bio diagonistic www.standardia.com and kit says hiv 1 and 2 ag/ab combo .
Is this test reliable?
MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL
Thanks for the additional information. However, I already indirectly answered this question with my comments about lack of transmission in the household contacts of people with HIV. You are not at risk for HIV from sharing a room, towels, etc with your roommate, as long as you are not also sex partners. It's a good idea to avoid sharing cucumbers on the eyes, tissue paper, etc with any other person -- in order to prevent sharing of common colds, flu, etc, not because of HIV.
The combo test is virtualy 100% reliable at 4 weeks, but 3 weeks is a bit too soon. The combo test is done in a laboratory, not as a rapid test with immediate results.
I hope your roommate is getting medical care for her HIV infection. If her HIV is newly diagnosed, it is very important that she be professionally evaluated immediately by a doctor or clinic with lots of experience with HIV/AIDS.
The combo test is virtualy 100% reliable at 4 weeks, but 3 weeks is a bit too soon. The combo test is done in a laboratory, not as a rapid test with immediate results.
I hope your roommate is getting medical care for her HIV infection. If her HIV is newly diagnosed, it is very important that she be professionally evaluated immediately by a doctor or clinic with lots of experience with HIV/AIDS.
sorry forgot to ask one more question
is an hiv ag/ab combo test reliable at 3 weeks or 4 weeks?
this test is done rapidly just like pregnancy test and is done on a card also its called tridot test?
i cant get a test in laboratory here in qatar ?
is an hiv ag/ab combo test reliable at 3 weeks or 4 weeks?
this test is done rapidly just like pregnancy test and is done on a card also its called tridot test?
i cant get a test in laboratory here in qatar ?
yes doctor u are right i am working in doha qatar right now in a private company but i am worried about hiv as the girl i am sharing my room is hiv positive and i got to know this just a few days back as she was diagonosed in our regular medical insurance check up which are required every two years for visa.
we never shared any needles or had sex or any kind of physical relation but
what we did share are towels and eye masks (cucumbers masks used for dark circles) as we had just one bathroom in our apartment.
now is it possible for blood to get into eye from towels or cucumber masks made out of tissue papers?
i know its a silly question but i dont know much about hiv transmission and never thought it can be transmitted through eyes and i am freaking out ...
we never shared any needles or had sex or any kind of physical relation but
what we did share are towels and eye masks (cucumbers masks used for dark circles) as we had just one bathroom in our apartment.
now is it possible for blood to get into eye from towels or cucumber masks made out of tissue papers?
i know its a silly question but i dont know much about hiv transmission and never thought it can be transmitted through eyes and i am freaking out ...
MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL
Welcome to the forum.
There is absolutely no risk of HIV from this sort of event. Nobody ever gets HIV except by unprotected sex, direct exposure to blood by transfusion or needle sharing, and similar exposures. If this sort of event could result in HIV, then the household members of HIV infected people would sometimes catch the virus. But that never happens, despite many years of shaing toilets, kitchens, eating utensils, etc. So the direct answers to yoru questions are 1) No, 2) No, and 3) No. Question 4: blood in the eye can result in transmission, but it requires much more blood than is possible in this situation.
Finally, the chance an HIV infected person had used the toilet probably is very, very low anyway. HIV infection is very rare in all middle east countries, including Qatar (assuming from your username that's where you were exposed).
For those reasons, you shouldn't be at all worried about HIV from the events described.
Best regards-- HHH, MD
There is absolutely no risk of HIV from this sort of event. Nobody ever gets HIV except by unprotected sex, direct exposure to blood by transfusion or needle sharing, and similar exposures. If this sort of event could result in HIV, then the household members of HIV infected people would sometimes catch the virus. But that never happens, despite many years of shaing toilets, kitchens, eating utensils, etc. So the direct answers to yoru questions are 1) No, 2) No, and 3) No. Question 4: blood in the eye can result in transmission, but it requires much more blood than is possible in this situation.
Finally, the chance an HIV infected person had used the toilet probably is very, very low anyway. HIV infection is very rare in all middle east countries, including Qatar (assuming from your username that's where you were exposed).
For those reasons, you shouldn't be at all worried about HIV from the events described.
Best regards-- HHH, MD
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