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Blood on hands= HIV?

Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply

Last week I went to a concert and there a guy busted his head open. I didnt come into contact with him and they took him off to get it checked. A few minutes later I saw him and we shook hands because we thought the band was good. Anyways I noticed... Read more »

I have HIV from Hand job or sex?

Posted by goloka, 3 Replies

Hi guys, I am very concern, because of my symptoms, that I may have HIV.
My recent exposure was went to the massage parlor and had a hand job and a massage with a massage oil. Then next day, I had felt the urge of urination and went to a doc and got... 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 »

HIV infection from dried blood?

Posted by panic05, 5 Replies

I got a question on HIV infection from dried blood. I know no one has been infected with HIV due to contact with toilet seat so far. But I am still worrying about its possibility.

Today, I went to a public washroom. After flushing the toilet, I... Read more »

HIV Risk - Blood in Eye & Glass Cut

Posted by pupiz, 2 Replies

Hi, all. Please let me know if I am at risk for HIV from these to encounters. I was in Canada on vacation a couple of weeks ago and we left at about in the morning and came back at about 3:00pm. When we left the maid was cleaning the suite beside... Read more »

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percentage of transmitting HIV infected blood thru a cut on hands

To Doctor Bob.I am a nurse with patient newly diagnosed with HIV. Before he had this diagnosis, i happen to obtain blood samples from him to be send to laboratory for some routine tests.and by accident, some blood spilled on my cut hands. i have a...

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Hello.All occupational exposures should be reported to your occupational health division so that the incident can be documented and the exposure evaluated and treated if needed. If you had done this, you wouldn't be panicking now, as you would... Read more »

HIV Infection via Hand Job and Kissing in Manstrual blood

I hired a bar girl in Bangkok 3 days back and I donot have the condemn as I did not intend to have sex. I did not touch her vagina, no frenck kiss, or sucking of boobs/vagina, and neither she had any. I only had few kisses over her mouth and other...

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Hey Stressed John,You hired a bar girl for a "one night in Bangkok" experience and didn't have a condom because you "did not intend to have sex"???? You really weren't planning to bang cock in Bangkok? Hmm. Hard to... Read more »

blood on hands

I was recently exposed to the blood of a known HIV+,HCV+, and HBV+ individual in a health care setting. Only a small amount of blood got on my hand and I had no visible cuts/wounds on my hand (at least that I could see). Immediately after the...

Response from Ryan M. Kull, C.S.W

Columbia University's Health & Related Services

It sounds like the information you received was accurate. Your skin--including the skin on your hands--serves as an effective barrier to the bloodborne viruses you describe (HIV and hepatitis B and C) if there are no visible cuts or lesions on the... Read more »

Blood from a Cut on Hand

Hi Doc,Thanks for your tension defusing humor along with serious messages. My brother and sister did something helpful but stupid too. They helped a kid who severely cut herself while playing and she was bleeding badly. The problem is that my...

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Hi,Assuming that your brother and sister did not have any open wounds, no, I do not believe HIV and hepatitis testing is warranted. These viruses cannot permeate intact skin. So as long as the blood in question did not get into an open wound or onto... Read more »

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