please save me from this fear

[tomorrowisanewday]

hello doctor:

here is my case: I scraped off a lay of my skin by the corner of the furniture. It was really BLEEDING at that time, and i peeled off the top layer of the skin. And my wife put on a bandage for me. 18 hours later, i went out to work, was riding the subway in the morning, and came back by client's ride. What worries me is on the subway, it was really crowded, i m worried about my *wound* (if it counts as a wound) still counts as a fresh open wound, that can be infected by infectious fluid. is it deep enough to reach my blood stream? or 18 hours of healing is good enough to block the virus.

and from the information i ve found online, i ve seen two answers relating to my case. since i m worried about the wound to wound contact.

1.once hiv leaves a host and exposed to air, it will be instantly inactivated.due to enviormental elements.
(so does blood counts or other infectious fluid, once it leaves its host)


2.hiv can survive if remains in fluid such as sperm or blood(etc), for at least hours maybe days if kept at the right temp.


mostly i m worried about if someone else has the same small cut and some blood got onto my hand wound (but to my recollection, i didn't see any, i think i should of notice if there was any.. or it doesn't need the amount which i didn't feel nor see.



i m about to have a baby right, and i m being sent to Beijing atm, by my company. I have no one trustable to ask this question, and i m in deep fear, since me and my wife is trying to have a baby very soon.


i took a rapid test by 23 days, and i m about to take one (rapid test)tomorrow, which will be the 31st day . If it turns out to be negative, can i move on and forget about hiv?

or i don't really need to take a test at all ?


thank you very much and deeply from my heart in advance.


sincerely



a newly married man with little guts.

[H. Hunter Handsfield, M.D.]

You had accurate replies in the community forum, which you said you accepted and understood.  To repeat what you were told:  HIV is not transmitted in the environment in the ways you are worried about and you definitely were not at risk, did not need testing, and should not have any more testing.  It doesn't matter whether or how long HIV survives in the environment; the fact that matters is that nobody in the world is known to have ever been infected by HIV in this way.

Please also read the information in the Disclaimer message at the top of the forum, including this statement:  "Duplicate questions for which abundant replies exist with little educational value for other forum users, will be DELETED WITHOUT RESPONSE. YOUR PAYMENT WILL NOT BE REFUNDED. Common examples of such questions are those about low risk exposures to HIV, such as...nonsexual contact with possibly infected blood or body fluids...."

If you continue to obsess irrationally about such no-risk HIV issues, it suggests a need for professional counseling.  I suggest it out of compasssion, not criticism.  But there will be no follow-up comments or discussion on this thread; there is nothing you can add that would change my opinion or advice.

HHH, MD

[H. Hunter Handsfield, M.D.]

The last sentence of my reply above meant what it said and I deleted your latest comment.  This is not a support service for people who cannot or will not accept reasonable reassurance.  Any more will result in immediate deletion of the entire thread.

[tomorrowisanewday]

actually i was looking for more of an answer with reasons towards my questions. but nevertheless, thank you for the time for answering my question. and i will try my best to shake off the fear.

[tomorrowisanewday]

btw , typo on the first line, IT WASN'T really bleeding at that time.