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Beggar cut my hand w/fingernail - can I get HIV? Posted: 10-09-07 10:15am


Well recently a drug addicted walked to me and asked me a coin after some minutes of begging I gave it to him , while i was taking the coin from my wallet he forced is hand into my wallet and did a small cut on my hand with his nails (that were kinda big). He didn't seem to have any cuts on his fingers but he did a small cut on my finger with his nail that bleed for a few seconds. Is there any chances that i'm infected or just some slim chance or really not even possible? Just worried cause he was a junkie and many of the drug users are HIV positive since they share needles to drug themselfs. Once again I repeat I didn't see any cuts on his hands, tho he did a small cut on my hand that bleed for some time. Thanks for the help (sorry for the not so correct english but i'm not from a english country)

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Posted: 10-14-07 21:48pm


You are unlikely to have gotten AIDS in that fashion. There needs to be mucous-membrane or direct fluid (such as blood or semen) exchange.

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