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Getting HIV From Touching Blood
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HIV From touching a shirt that may or may not had a blood stain on it?Good Morning I started working and they had me do trash pick-up and sweeping but I forgot to wear latex gloves and when I was picking up trash on the driveway I found a shirt and other clothing that may or may not had a blood stain on them. I...
Response from Lisa Hightow-Weidman, M.D., M.P.H.
University of North Carolina
Hello, No, HIV dies within minutes (or sooner) after being exposed to air. Therefore any possible HIV in the possible blood would have died. ALso, to be infected it requires fluid with live HIV to enter your body- and this cannot happen through...
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"Risk from getting open wound and fingerprick touched"Hi there. I just tested negative ytd 3 months post an unprotected sexual exposure. What I did was... Read more »touched bloodrecently as a joke I ran my hand down my sister in law's leg right after washing my hands with... Read more »
Articles
HIV Awareness Gets MTV TouchMTV will reach out to teens and young adults today on World AIDS Day by airing two programs on HIV/AIDS. The shows, which feature pop stars Nelly Furtado and Justin Timberlake, are being supplemented by MTV's news broadcasts and its campaign... Read more »
Sharing, Caring and Touching Lives . . .National HIV Testing Day in Atlanta was a great success! Over 1,000 people were tested in four metro locations, including street outreach at Five Points MARTA Station (151 tested); Lindbergh MARTA Station (167 tested); American Red Cross (211... Read more »
Atripla Week 8 Blood Draw: Getting Closer to Undetectable (Video)This video blog is part of the series "My HIV Journey: Videos of My First Months on HIV Meds, and Where I Am Now." Check out a full list of entries in the series . Just a quick video that I shot with my cell phone during a doctor's visit for my... Read more »
Aussies Getting Blood Transfusions When Not NeededUp to 30 percent of non-urgent blood transfusions in Australia are unnecessary and possibly dangerous, and they occur partly due to a misperception that a blood "pep up" is good for patients, a health expert warned Tuesday. Speaking at an... Read more »
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touched blood in water
Posted by 613, 2 Replies
I think this is my OCD getting the better of me but here goes.Last night at a Halloween punk/metal show I and a friend of mine had fake blood on our hands. We washed them together in a bucket of water. He then said he cut his hand and was washing the... Read more » My child touch blood of my HIV+ Husband
Posted by Anonymous, 2 Replies
My husband is HIV+He cut his finger bad and ran into the bathroom and he was dripping blood on the floor. My young daugher touch the blood and ran to the basement ( I was washing clothes) and said "daddy is bleeding, daddy is bleeding") Although im... Read more » touching wet blood on floor
Posted by 613, 4 Replies
These blood fears are sickening but here goes:About 6-7 months ago in capoeira class I was doing a hand stand and there was a spot of blood on the floor. I accidentally got one of my fingers in it. I wiped it off on my pants as there was no water. I... Read more » Chances of getting HIV
Posted by cookie, 3 Replies
Hi,One day at school, i found a drop of blood on my skin and i don't know who it was. I want to ask the cances of me getting HIV and how much blood is needed to transmit HIV? Thx Read more »
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