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HIV Transmission?
In a medical setting what is the possibility of transmission of HIV through fresh blood of an unknown hiv status patient getting into eyes ears and mouth?
Each person that is positive lives their life to the best of their ability. There is all kinds of programs to help pay for medications, lab, Dr. visits etc.
Is it very difficult to live a normal life then? do you know how low income people afford medications and Dr visits?
No, living with HIV is not the same for all people or is the medical situations the same in each case. Just because you see all these medication that are available people still succumb to AIDS related illnesses everyday.
That statistic blows my mind. Hay thank you very much Teak. I have a few more questions about living with HIV. Do you have any forums where you discuss this topic with people?
In the US alone there are over 950 thousand needle sticks in the healthcare field. Since data collection to now. There has only been <250 people confirmed to test positive and note date collection started in 1985.
If you are up to still disscuss more? to your knowledge or findings Have there been many occupational hiv transmissions? i think i read about a cpl nurses in the 90s but that was from a deep accidental needlestick with hiv tainted blood?
Only if you are injecting it into your vein or you are a surgeon and you cut yourself ex: on a bone while having your hands in the chest or abdominal cavity.
Even through eyes? Aren't mucus membranes very susceptible to blood transmission?
yes i read the OSHA Guidelines and that jazz. I was just asking for some outside info on this from a normal humanbeing with some compassion. Unfortunately the people and procedure at work didn't help my anxiety.From what you have stated i do not have anything to worry about. Thank you for your time.
I know its no comparison Teak. The reason i asked my OP is last night while i was working in MICU and a patient came in with a deep atery injury and whilst the commotion i had blood spray into my face and eyes. I just wanted make sure i did not need a test.
The blood isn't exposed to air and ph change an it's injected into a vein. No comparison to your situations.
Oh okay wow so immediately outside body it becomes inactive? how can sharing needles transmit hiv then?
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.
thank you for the promt answer. . is it possible to elaborate why its not a risk? please and thank you
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