HIV infection and contact with blood Posted: 07-01-08 10:46am
was at my gym the mon evening. when came
back to the canteen after my shower there
was another member seated there who had
hurt his finger badly and it was bleeding
profusely. After about two minutes when he
left from there i sat on the same table
and unknowingly kept my hand there. but
the minute i saw blood stains( both blood
droplets and blood with water) i got up
from there. but at moment i just forgot to
wash my hands and ate with the same hand.
although i did not see any fresh blood on
my hand I am scared there might a
possiblity of a droplet. There are no cuts
or abrasions on my hands but what about
the sandwhich i ate. what if the blood
went on my sandwhich and went into my
system. is there a chance of me being
infected with this. i repeat i saw no
blood drooping from my hand but can a li'l
droplet pass through my food and infect
me.
i have no knowhow about the actual status
of my mouth during the incident occurred;
although i do have gum problems more
often, however not deep
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HIV and AIDS Answer A4349 Posted: 07-03-08 07:12am
You can’t be infected with HIV if blood
drops entered into your sandwich and you
ate them. HIV can’t enter into the body
through the digestive system. HIV needs to
reach your blood through open cuts of the
skin or mucosa. Even if you had a cut in
your mouth the blood should be fresh and
would need to have direct contact with the
cut. Blood in the sandwich can’t be
fresh and can’t get in to direct contact
with the eventual cuts.
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