Hiv Contaminated Food Risk

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Is it possible to get HIV from food contaminated with sperm?

I have seen some similar questions on this forum but they mostly had to do with HIV-contaminated blood being found in food. My question is: let's say somebody in a restaurant put some relatively fresh, contaminated sperm in your food and then...

Response from Shannon Southall

Rocky Mountain CARES

HiNo need to be anxious, HIV cannot be transmitted this way. Once HIV leaves the body it dies and is unable to infect. So even if someone were to put fluid with HIV in it on something you were to consume it would be dead and unable to harm you.Be... Read more »

Is my Family at Risk From a Possible Contaminated Water Supply???

Good Day Doc,I live in a rural area and we do not have constant running water as a result when we have water lockoffs (which is frequent) we resort to using stored water in a tank on top of our house.We had a break-in a few days ago and the upon...

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Hello,You live in an area so rural you don't even have consistent running water and yet there is a community nearby with a lot of HIV-positive persons??? Hmmm . . . I'm having a difficult time figuring out where such a place might exist,... Read more »

Risk from contaminated (?) water in eye

I was having my hair washed at a salon recently and some water splashed in my eye, just a few drops. I noticed afterward that the lady washing my hair had a little cut on her hand-it didn't seem to be bleeding any more-looked oldish- but I...

Response from Lisa Hightow-Weidman, M.D., M.P.H.

University of North Carolina

Hello-No there is no risk of transmission of HIV from this possible though improbable exposure. Take care,LHW... Read more »

Contracting HepC or B or HIV from contamined razor

My college son advised me last night that after his shower, he picked up the wrong razor and began shaving his face and neck and nikking himself (producing blood) all over the place. Our concern is contraction of HepC or B and HIV. What are the...

Response from Douglas T. Dieterich, M.D.

New York University, School of Medicine

If he is up to date with his hep B vaccines then he cant get HBV. The chances of acquiring HCV are low but not zero. However the razor would have to be contaminated with HCV for there to be any risk at all and the same would go for HIV. He should be... Read more »

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HIV via infected food!

Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply

Dear Experts,

I have some trouble, I need your help.

Although you establish that HIV could transmit in three ways: Unprotected sexual intercourse, used syringes, and blood transfusion ..But I have one question:

Could HIV transmis via contaminated food... Read more »

Contaminated Blood from redcross

Posted by nomoreworry4me, 1 Reply

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GETTING INJECTED WITH A CONTAMINATED NEEDLE . HELP

Posted by Anonymous, 3 Replies

I went to donate blood on may 9. They had only 2 nurses and a receptionist at the front desk. Since there were 2 people before that were donating already, and only 2 nurses, the receptionist took my temperature, blood pressure and pulse and also... Read more »

HIV from food?

Posted by Anonymous, 2 Replies

I just ate a macaroni salad at a restaurant and I've eaten it before but this time it had something that tasted weird, kind of sweet, or more like sweet and sour. I don't know if it was a vegetable or if it could be something else, like semen or... Read more »

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