Monday, March 8, 2010

Serious question regarding HIV/ Aids and the possibility of transmission

Serious question regarding HIV/ Aids and the possibility of transmission?
Hi, I want to know what are the chances of being infected with HIV/ Aids while i had a small cut on my lips and was bleeding a small amount. I used some paper towels i got from a meat department in a grocery store to stop the bleeding. So what are my chances that i can contract HIV/Aids in that situation? or is it even possible?
Infectious Diseases - 4 Answers
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1 :
If bodily fluid (saliva doesn't count) came into contact with the open wound from someone who is currently infected with HIV/AIDS, then yes, it is possible to contract it.
2 :
In that manner, you cannot catch HIV. HIV dies in the air; it must remain in blood or another fluid to remain alive. Since you got those paper towels while they were exposed to air, HIV would have died even if someone had put the virus on the paper towel (which the chance of that is so small that it is practically impossible). You can catch some things doing that, but nothing dangerous and certainly not HIV.
3 :
not possible. you get it from sexual contact.
4 :
i highly doubt u contracted HIV/AIDS from the cut on ur lip unless someone with the disease helped u and also had a cut on a finger that was bleeding and touched u with said finger on ur lip. u cant contract the disease from a paper towel and HIV/AIDS only lives outside the body for a few minutes.

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