Contracting Hiv From Used Hair Trimming Machine

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it is possible to contract hiv from surface of shaving machine

hallo i used a shaving machine and cut my skin when i was using it and bled. it wasn't stearlized but used it 2 hours after anybody had used it and i know many people use that machine. I am scared of contracting hiv or hepatitis. is it possible...

Response from Erik Glenn, M.A.

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Thanks for your questions,There is no risk for HIV from what you're talking about. There needs to be HIV+ body fluid coming out of someone's body and going directly/immediately inside of your body. That didn't happen at all in this... Read more »

Trimmed my penis and testicles

Hello, this is going to sound really uninformed but I am freaking out. A few days ago I had... Read more »

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Dr Bob,I cannot believe my luck (or lack thereof...)I have just recovered from the testing and... Read more »

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Needles in the vending machine

Posted by Anonymous, 2 Replies

Say you were to get pricked by a needle on the finger how deep would the wound have to be in order for the HIV fluid to get into your body ? what is the risk ? and would you even bleed ? im not the needle guy on here, just a guy who read alot of... Read more »

cut my finger in veding machine

Posted by Anonymous, 2 Replies

...I have a question regarding transmission. I am pretty sure that this would be low risk but it has been bothering me. Yesterday I stuck my hand in a vending machine to retreive the soda I purchased, while grabbing the soda, I scratched my finger... Read more »

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Posted by Anonymous, 3 Replies

Recently my husband found out he is HIV+. At this time I am HIV - but I have only had one test and no viral load test done. We know he was negative in the beginning of last year and now he ha HIV. When I asked him about how he got this he told me... Read more »

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