Seroconverting After Picking Your Nose

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Picked my nose after touching semen

I recently came into contact with semen of unknown HIV status at a sauna - the semen was on a seat and I touched it with my fingers as I left the room I was in - I wiped my hands to rid of the semen and being an idiot I picked my nose (probably...

Response from Shannon Southall

Rocky Mountain CARES

HiYou are fine. The chances of getting HIV this way, none. The virus dies within minutes of leaving the body and if it had been sitting there that long, you touched it, wiped it off and picked your nose, all that time in between and the wiping of... Read more »

HIV / Picking your nose?

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would i have seroconverted by now?

Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply

I hope you guys can help me with this. 2 weeks after sex i got swollen nodes, very fatigued and sore throat. this all lasted util 4and a half weeks. I took a test at 4 weeks and it came out negative. Now its been six weeks and all my symptoms are... Read more »

Can HIV be transmitted through nose-mucousmembrane

Posted by madeinkorea, 1 Reply

Hi All,
Can HIV be transmitted through nose mucous membranes?
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Blood in the Nose

Posted by Anonymous, 2 Replies

Hi all! Please help - I have dry blood inside my nose, stuck to the sides. It's not that close to the openings of the nostrils but rather deeper. Has anyone had the same problem before? The blood IS NOT coming out of my nose, but when I scrape off... Read more »

Fingering & HIV infection(Via Nose)

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