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hiv thru blood in food
Hi, Recently i travelled in a train in india and i opened my food. it was rice biriyani. in between i had to go and wash my hands and there was no one in that area near to the food. when i came back, i saw a railway sweeper coming out from the place where this food was kept in an open posiion. when i came back i took the food immediately. Now i am tensed thinking about this, and worries whether that fellow had mixed some infected blood in that food. to increase the worry, i had a small cut on my lips at that point of time. Since i immediately had the food, the time gap was hardly a few seconds. i know the fact that the hiv virus dies quickly in outside environment but this was only a few seconds. Can any one tellme what is the risk involved, if any sort of this kind has happened? Do i need to test for hiv? i am completely worried and has sleepless nights after this incident.
the blood in a needle is not exposed to air...it is trapped inside...not on the outside of the needle
thanks a lot for the reply. but i have one doubt here. for a drug user who shares the needle also the blood on that nedle is exposed to the air.but still there is a risk. why not here?
Hiv doesn,t die,it,s either active or inactive and in your situation it would be inactive as soon as it is exposed to the air so you never had a risk and don,t require any testing for this situation.You can stop worrying and start sleeping again.All the best.
for starters...that is TOTALLY IRRATIONAL thinking ! ! !
there is no risk and testing is not needed.
there is no risk and testing is not needed.
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