Transmission Through Blood To Blood Contact

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transmission thru casual blood contact

Why is it a miniscule risk when someone comes in contact with infected blood. Many people have microscopic cuts on their hands. Why aren't more health workers infected?I was also wondering if their is a percentage of people that have been...

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

Columbia University's Health & Related Services

Because HIV is not transmitted that easily. This should be reassuring to those who are concerned about contact that does not involve sex or needle-sharing.RMK... Read more »

What's the chance I've contacted HIV through blood contact?

Today I was down at the beach when two homeless men got into a serious fight. One drew a knife and... Read more »

Response from Jacques Chambers, C.L.U. »

blood to blood contact??

Whenever I read about hepatitis or HIV, it says you can get it from blood to blood contact. Someone... Read more »

Response from Barbara McGovern, M.D. »

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Hepatitis C Transmission

How hepatits C is caught and passed on Hepatitis C, blood products and blood transfusions Injecting drug use and hepatitis C Hepatitis C and other (non-injecting) drug use HIV, hepatitis C and sex Heterosexual transmission of hepatitis C ... Read more »

Sexual Transmission of Hepatitis C Happens Through Blood, Not Semen, in Gay Men With HIV, Study Says

Sexual transmission of hepatitis C (HCV) has been documented since 2000 among gay, HIV-positive men in several major cities, including Amsterdam, Berlin, London and New York. The sexual practice of fisting has been particularly associated with the... Read more »

Herpes Drug That Lowers HIV Virus in Patients' Blood Does Not Reduce Transmission Rates, Study Finds

"Treating herpes in people who are also infected with HIV does not reduce the chances that they will pass on the AIDS virus," according to a study published last week in the New England Journal of Medicine , the New York Times reports. Though... Read more »

U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Syringe Design Change Could Cut HIV Transmission

To prevent HIV and other blood-borne infections, syringes should never be shared. However, many injecting drug users ignore this warning, thus significantly contributing to the spread of HIV and other infectious diseases. In a recently released... Read more »

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Contact with Dried Blood on School Desk

Posted by SkilledWorrier, 1 Reply

Hi. I'm a moderate worrier... having sudden acute concerns that result every so often.

At school a couple days ago, there was a decent amount (1-2 sq. in., or so) of dried blood on the desk next to me. And it's possible that blood on the table could... Read more »

Blood Contact

Posted by Anonymous, 3 Replies

I was wondering if there was a possibility of contracting hiv through a small amount of blood on chapped lips... Read more »

blood contact

Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply

I received a splash of infected blood on my arm while giving first aid to a friend of mine who is hiv+.My skin was intact in that point but I didn't wash it immediately couse I saw it later.I didn't ask for PEP.Am I at risk?
Six months after the... Read more »

Contact with blood and scared!

Posted by Anonymous, 2 Replies

Hi everyone,

Something happened to me at work the other night that really scared me and I was hoping someone could help. I work in retail, and a guy (maybe 60 years old) and his wife came in the store to make a purchase. I rang them up, but I noticed... Read more »

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