Can U Get Hiv Through A Dried Up Cut

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Fresh cut means blood has not been completely dried?

When you said that "fresh cut"does it mean that the bloods have not been dried? If I have a dry hand with a little creak, does it consider as a cut? Thanks...

Response from Judith Feinberg, M.D.

University of Cincinnati, College of Medicine

What is at issue here is a way for HIV to gain access to your tissues and your bloodstream through the skin. If you have a crack in the skin that is completely dry, with the surface sealed off, then it is highly unlikely that you can contract HIV... Read more »

fingered a girl and had a dried cut on finger

I recently met a girl at a college party later on in the night I ended up fingering her after the... Read more »

Response from Ryan M. Kull, C.S.W »

FINGERING WITH DRY CUTS

ITS ME AGAIN SIR, 1. ILL FINGERED THE CHINESSE PROSTITUTE WITH MY DRY CUTS (3 DAYS OLD CUT, NOT... Read more »

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D. »

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Dry Humping that wasn't so dry...

Posted by Sharpie, 1 Reply

Hi,

The other day I was with a guy and he was grinding himself against my anus. He was leaking a lot of precum and he tried to insert himself (no condom) a few times. He never actually inserted himself but he was poking quite hard. Risk or no?

thanks Read more »

HIV in dry blood

Posted by Anonymous, 3 Replies

Does anyone have an idea how long HIV can live outside of the body in blood? Is it 5 min? Is it one hr?

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HIV Risk - Blood in Eye & Glass Cut

Posted by pupiz, 2 Replies

Hi, all. Please let me know if I am at risk for HIV from these to encounters. I was in Canada on vacation a couple of weeks ago and we left at about in the morning and came back at about 3:00pm. When we left the maid was cleaning the suite beside... Read more »

So is hiv from surface cut to cut more theoretical than what really happens?

Posted by AZT, 1 Reply

I've also found a doc who thinks that hiv is possible from deep tissuse wounds and not surface wounds?

http://www.medhelp.org/posts/HIV-Prevention/Open-cut---blood-transmission-/show/1173000
http://www.medhelp.org/posts/HIV-Prevention/Hiv-RIsk-from-Cut... Read more »

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