Hipatitis B,c, Open Cut Contact To Blood On Surfaces

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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
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Blood Contact

Posted by Whizkid, 1 Reply

the incident i am talking about originally happened 10 weeks ago while i was sitting out in the ground of my university working on my assignment and there a student of the same uni whom i didnt know came to me and ask me for a spare Pen. i gave it... Read more »

Open cut Vs. Vaginal Fluids

Posted by luisferreira, 1 Reply

Hi,

Some weeks ago and few hours before having protected sex
with a sex worker, I did shave my scrotum and had a one small bleeding cut
Is it possible to get infected from her vagina fluids if they did reach my cut, which I am sure it did happen? What... Read more »

blood contact

Posted by Anonymous

hi there,i was reading some posts about how hiv can infect through cuts,Why does the cdc say that all cuts should be bandaged up when dealing with hiv ppl?

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bloody surface

Posted by adrian18, 1 Reply

Hello,

Yesterday I removed snow from the driveway with a shovel, that wasn't mine.
Outside were about 0 degrees Celsius. The shovel was broken in the middle, and it was held together with some scotch tape.

After 30 minutes of working, in the right hand... Read more »

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hiv hipatitis b,c

can you get hepatitis b,c from environmental surfaces for example i bought a candy in a store and while i was eating the candy my inner lips, were the mucus membranes are touched the external part of the candy wrapper that could have been...

Response from Barbara McGovern, M.D.

Tufts University School of Medicine

Absolutely no risk. HBV and HCV are spread by blood to blood exposure.... Read more »

bloody surfaces?

What are the chances of contracting HCV through contaminated surfaces? What type of open wound would you have to have for this to be a risk and would the risk still be low even if you had a weeping cut? Would a good amount of blood have to be...

Response from Barbara McGovern, M.D.

Tufts University School of Medicine

I agree with you..If it were that easy, more people would be infected. The vast majority of people with hepatitis C at this time admit to injection drug use - even a one time use can do it.Dr. McGovern... Read more »

hipatitis b,c

i cut my self shaving and than i went to my computer i touched the mouse key and than i touched an open cut on my face i am telling you this because i had a friend positive to hip b,c 2 days ago who was using my computer and touching the mouse key,...

Response from Barbara McGovern, M.D.

Tufts University School of Medicine

I strongly doubt that this is an issue. I would not recommend testing.... Read more »

open cuts

Dr., a few recent questions now have me concerned. Can you quickly delineate how great a concern incfected blood on fresh, possibly open, but not clearly bleeding cuts is? I realize it's a tough question, but just generally assess risk,...

Response from Mark Holodniy, M.D., F.A.C.P., C.I.C.

Stanford University, School of Medicine

That type of exposure would be considered low risk, but not no risk. There are no good numbers to go by. The virus will remain viable in fluid secretions as long as the material is moist. When it dries, it's dead.MH... Read more »

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