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ririn
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small cut could get HIV?
      #256909 - 08/10/11 09:39 AM

Hi... i was having a small cut yesterday.. this morning my friend was having nosebleeding and i helped her wipe the blood with tissue paper. If there is chance that my friend is HIV positive, and if my small cut happened to be in contact with the blood from the tissue paper. could i get an HIV?

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Re: small cut could get HIV? new
      #256911 - 08/10/11 11:06 AM

Not a risk for HIV transmission. You both would have to be gushing blood and in direct contact. You had what is considered indirect contact.

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ririn
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Re: small cut could get HIV? new
      #256920 - 08/10/11 06:53 PM

thank you so much for your reply, such a relieve for me.. but im just wondering why indirect contact could not cause HIV to be transmitted, as i believe the virus is in the blood and could somehow in contact with my cut?

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Re: small cut could get HIV? new
      #256921 - 08/10/11 07:31 PM

Because hiv is very fragile and its kind of like trying to get pregant in that like sperm you need alot of it in the right conditions.

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