How Likely Is It To Get AIDS From Blood Splash

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blood splash in eye from an advanced AIDS person, what are chances of contacting HIV/AIDS?...

Response from Andrew T. Pavia, M.D.

University of Utah, School of Medicine

There is a fair bit of information on what makes a needle stick risky. The things that increase the risk, beyond the average risk of about 1 in 400 are: Patient with high viral load or advanced AIDS, volume of blood and type and depth of... Read more »

splash of hiv infected blood in the eye

I was at work and I was washing the instruments that were used on a hiv pt. the blood that was in... Read more »

Response from Edwin DeJesus, M.D., F.A.C.P. »

eye splash exposure with HIV and hepatitis infected blood

I had an exposure to blood from a pt who was both HIV positive and Hepatitis C positive blood. He... Read more »

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Blood splash risk?

Posted by lizzy, 1 Reply

So I am probably worrying over nothing. I work in a lab and felt very stupid as was not wearing gloves at the time. I was uncapping blood samples and whilst doing so a couple of drops of serum (blood) flicked onto my thumb. I washed it thoroughly... Read more »

What's it gonna be like?

Posted by Anonymous, 2 Replies

Hello everybody. I'm writing from Europe, Italy. I'm 28 and I was diagnosed with HIV just two weeks ago; I didn't expect it because I've had no symptoms so far. It was like a fist in my chest, my mind was reeling as I felt like falling from the 7th... Read more »

testing for HIV Aids: urgent pls help!

Posted by Anonymous, 2 Replies

by the way i used a condom but forgot to remove it after the act. then what happened is that it slipped out as i was asleep n rolled on the bed. the fluid must have gotten intach with my penis cuz otherwise i wdnt hav contracted ghonorrea. do you... Read more »

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World AIDS Day 2006: Raising 'HIV/AIDS' Awareness

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