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Hi Doctor, Hope You Are Doing Well. Below Is My

Posted on Thu, 23 Jun 2022

Question: Hi Doctor, Hope you are doing well. Below is my scenario.

If HIV positive person touched my fresh bleeding lips wound with his finger transmit HIV? He don't have any cuts on his finger and its intact....

Answered by Dr. Sankaranantham Murugan (32 hours later)

Brief Answer:
No risk of transmission through touching of HIV positive people.

Detailed Answer:
Hi XXXXXXX
Welcome once again.
In our country nearly 24 lakh people are living with HIV (it could be even more). If their touch would be infectious, how can we able to manage the HIV incidence remaining low?
All these people who are on ART are as healthy as anyone of us. They are moving everywhere (Buses, trains, crowds of festivals, marketing area etc,) There is every possibility of them touching us at various situations. If it is infectious, by this time, we every one of us would have been infected with HIV infection. Thank God, there is nothing like that.
HIV patients are living with their families and cared by them. HIV children are cared by their parents or their care takers and they are going to schools, No such transmission had occurred so far. HIV positive individuals are not untouchables.
Not to worry. HIV would not spread in this way.
Dr S. Murugan

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar

Follow up: Dr. Sankaranantham Murugan (33 hours later)

Thanks Doctor . Need a help from you.

I have a fear and phobia about HIV. I need a advice from you to overcome from this fear and Phobia of HIV. Kindy help, what should I do get rid of this fear?

Answered by Dr. Sankaranantham Murugan (17 hours later)

Brief Answer:
Consult a HIV physician and psychiatrist if necessary

Detailed Answer:
Hi,
Welcome back.
First of all go to a Venereologist or a physician who manages HIV patients quite often and understand the real facts about the HIV infection and its modes of transmission.
If you have still phobia, then don't hesitate to meet a good psychiatrist and get clarified and become alright.
You will be back to normal.
Dr S Murugan

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Saisudha Kotla

Follow up: Dr. Sankaranantham Murugan (32 hours later)

Thanks Doctor. Sure will do. My final question.

Yesterday, i touched very fresh urine with my penis head urethra. ( within 5 seconds before persons came out from toilet) and it touched fresh urine. Does this transmit HIV? Do I need any test?

Answered by Dr. Sankaranantham Murugan (10 hours later)

Brief Answer:
HIV transmission risk through urine is nil

Detailed Answer:
Hi,
Welcome back.
Urine, sweat and stools are free from HIV. HIV cannot spread through the contact with urine.
Dr S Murugan

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Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Raju A.T