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Finger sheds skin and touches fresh blood
Hello doctor When I took blood from the woman’s fingertips, my finger accidentally touched her fresh blood. My finger was molting, but there was no open bleeding wound. Will I get infected in this situation?
Your question has been fully answered that you had no risk.
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"next time you wonder if you had a risk, ask yourself this QUESTION. "Did I do any of the 3?" Then after you say "No, I didn't" you will know that it's time to move on back to your happy life."
Since you didn't answer the question I will do it for you here.> No I didn't do any of the 3 so I should move on from hiv fears and stop wasting my time asking endless questions.
Since you didn't answer the question I will do it for you here.> No I didn't do any of the 3 so I should move on from hiv fears and stop wasting my time asking endless questions.
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Okay, thank you again, doctor
Something like this is never a risk for HIV. The HIV virus is fragile and is inactivated by air. So, your finger that was 'molting' touching her fingertip that had blood would not be any risk at all. The only risks are having unprotected vaginal or anal sex or sharing IV drug needles. You had zero risk.
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Thank you, doctor. I would like you to consult one more thing. The other party will work on my hands a few minutes after the blood is taken from the fingertips. I am afraid that her fingers will bleed again and contaminate my lower body. Will this situation be infected?
Still no risk. As in zero. Air inactivates the virus. You can not get HIV from touching blood on someone else's fingers even if you are bleeding yourself. Air is involved. This will not transmit HIV. Nothing you add but the above three risks will change this. No risk.
Thank you, doctor. Thank you very much
The doctor still wants to ask you one last question My finger shed skin and a small wound appeared. The wound did not bleed. The wound didn’t seem to touch her blood at the time. If the wound touched her blood, would it be infected?
Your question was answered no risk and you were told what the risks are.
And when told what the risks are, you should note and understand you didn't do anything that is in the risk category so should not continue to overask this about this situation. It is NO RISK.
Sorry, doctor, my English is not very good. Do you mean that the small wound I mentioned above will not be infected if it touches the fresh blood of the other party
Your situation involves personal contact with an object in air (hands, blood, etc.). You will be happy to learn that you had no risk, because you can't get hiv from personal contact except unprotected penetrating vaginal or anal, neither of which you did and you didn't share hollow needles to inject with which is the only other way to acquire hiv - there are only 3 ways to get hiv. Analysis of large numbers of infected people over the 40 years of hiv history has proven that people don't get hiv in the way you are worried is a risk.
HIV is a fragile virus in air or saliva and is effectively instantly dead in either air or saliva so the WORST that could happen is dead virus rubbed you, and obviously anything which is dead cannot live again so you are good. Blood and cuts would not be relevant in your situation since the hiv has become effectively dead, so you don't have to worry about them to be sure that you are safe.
There is no reason for a person to test when they are safe. The advice took into consideration that the other person might be positive, so move on and enjoy life instead of thinking about this non-event. hiv prevention is straightforward since there are only 3 ways you can become infected, so next time you wonder if you had a risk, ask yourself this QUESTION. "Did I do any of the 3?" Then after you say "No, I didn't" you will know that it's time to move on back to your happy life.
No one got hiv from what you did during 40 years of hiv history and no one will get it in the next 40 years of your life either. You can do what you did any time and be safe.
HIV is a fragile virus in air or saliva and is effectively instantly dead in either air or saliva so the WORST that could happen is dead virus rubbed you, and obviously anything which is dead cannot live again so you are good. Blood and cuts would not be relevant in your situation since the hiv has become effectively dead, so you don't have to worry about them to be sure that you are safe.
There is no reason for a person to test when they are safe. The advice took into consideration that the other person might be positive, so move on and enjoy life instead of thinking about this non-event. hiv prevention is straightforward since there are only 3 ways you can become infected, so next time you wonder if you had a risk, ask yourself this QUESTION. "Did I do any of the 3?" Then after you say "No, I didn't" you will know that it's time to move on back to your happy life.
No one got hiv from what you did during 40 years of hiv history and no one will get it in the next 40 years of your life either. You can do what you did any time and be safe.
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Thank you doctor My finger shed skin and there was a small wound, but it didn’t bleed. The other party’s blood didn’t seem to be contaminated with this wound. If her blood contaminated this non-bleeding wound, would it be infected?
Doctor, please help answer this question again. Thank you.
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