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wounded in a pool
Hi everyone,
I'm a HK student studying in the US.
2 weeks ago my thigh was burned by a scalding test tube in my lab, which became inflamed later and began to scab 2 days ago. However, yesterday I was invited to a birthday party in one of my friends' house. There were about 15 guys and I don't know most of them. We played in his private pool of contant temperature.
I saw 2 pairs of gays kissing in the pool and touched each other, which of course, did no harm to me. But when we were trying to catch a ball thrown nearby, my scar was unconvered by someone but I didn't realized at once, until several minutes later, another guy told me my thigh was bleeding.... I left the pool immediately and saw there were a few hemorrhagic spots on my lesion, some of which were indeed bleeding and some tissue fluid was coming out from the lesion. And after 10 min or so, they couldn't find the Iodophor, so poured some wine onto my lesion for sterilization.
Now I'm scared. If someone has HIV and his blood or semen secreted into the water somehow, am I likely to be infected? Please help me!!! Thank you in advance!
I'm a HK student studying in the US.
2 weeks ago my thigh was burned by a scalding test tube in my lab, which became inflamed later and began to scab 2 days ago. However, yesterday I was invited to a birthday party in one of my friends' house. There were about 15 guys and I don't know most of them. We played in his private pool of contant temperature.
I saw 2 pairs of gays kissing in the pool and touched each other, which of course, did no harm to me. But when we were trying to catch a ball thrown nearby, my scar was unconvered by someone but I didn't realized at once, until several minutes later, another guy told me my thigh was bleeding.... I left the pool immediately and saw there were a few hemorrhagic spots on my lesion, some of which were indeed bleeding and some tissue fluid was coming out from the lesion. And after 10 min or so, they couldn't find the Iodophor, so poured some wine onto my lesion for sterilization.
Now I'm scared. If someone has HIV and his blood or semen secreted into the water somehow, am I likely to be infected? Please help me!!! Thank you in advance!
HIV doesn't say active in the environment. Not in water or liquids of any type. You never had an exposure.
Thank you, I am a bit relieved now.
But in my case, if someone with HIV secreted some semen into the pool, the HIV did not expose to the air, and the water temperature was close to human temperature, why couldn't it maintain imfectiousness?
But in my case, if someone with HIV secreted some semen into the pool, the HIV did not expose to the air, and the water temperature was close to human temperature, why couldn't it maintain imfectiousness?
HIV is unable to reproduce outside its living host (unlike many bacteria or fungi, which may do so under suitable conditions), except under laboratory conditions; therefore, it does not spread or maintain infectiousness outside its host.
HIV is transmitted by;
Unprotected penetrative anal and/or vaginal sex
Sharing works with other IV drug users
Mother to child
HIV is transmitted by;
Unprotected penetrative anal and/or vaginal sex
Sharing works with other IV drug users
Mother to child
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