My question is probably too trivial to
you. But I really hope that you guys can
give me an answer to help me calm down.
Thanks.
Here`s my story. When I was in a cinema,
a guy stepped on my left foot, which made
my foot a little painful and dirty. So I
went to the women`s restroom in the cinema
and put my left foot into one washroom
sink to check if there was any wound. But
now I began to worry, for I didn`t check
if the restroom sink I put my foot into
was clean enough. Besides, I had a small
sore on my left heel at that time. What
if there was some stain or blood in the
sink that my leg and heel might have
touched? Is there any risk for me to be
infected by hiv in this way?
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x0x011
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Posted: 07-17-05 17:20pm
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unless there were drops of someone's blood
in the sink from someone else, that has
been there for less than a few hours, and
your wound was gaping open, and it was
touching the blood, I wouldn't worry about
it.
Aids is a fragile virus and is only viable
outside of the body for a few hours.
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Finess150
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Should I Worry? No Posted: 07-25-05 12:07pm
This, i'm afraid, is a question based on
paranoia and misinformation.
You did not recieve hiv from this
episode.
Your foot in a sink is not a route of
transmission.
If the virus was in the sink (which is
extremely unlikely) it would be dead
even if the virus was alive (which it
wasn't), it has no way to enter your
bloodstream unless it was on a space
hopper - the virus simply can't jump from
place to place
even if it could jump from place to place,
there isn't a way for it to enter your
foot unless there was a fresh, open
wound.
Now stop worrying.
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vivekananda
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 02 Sep 2005 Posts: 2 Location: United States of AmeriKKKa
Insitutional Sprays Posted: 09-02-05 16:42pm
It is interesting to me how some
institutional sprays label the type of
infections it can clean. One of them
lists hiv. This particular cleaning spray
is for sinks, counters, toilets. These
types of cleaning products are most likely
found in schools, daycare centers,
theatres, etc...
