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Suggest Treatment For Fungal Infection On The Hand And Eczema
Question: hello, today i came across someone with an open cut. I cannot remember if my hand touched the cut but if it did here is the story. i have a fungus on my hand and eczema of dry skin. because i peeled the dry skin off in a little section i had a dot of blood bleed. very small dot maybe 10 minutes before the encounter. the woman i hugged had a cut looked fresh because she was picking at it on her fore arm. is it possible i could contracted hiv? If she has hiv
Brief Answer:
There exist a very low risk to get HIV .
Detailed Answer:
Hello! I have been through your question.
Based on your data ( very small dot of blood bleed) I think there exist a very low risk to get HIV infection but only if the woman is HIV positive and with high viral load.
I hope my answer helps you.
Feel free to ask me further.
Regards.
There exist a very low risk to get HIV .
Detailed Answer:
Hello! I have been through your question.
Based on your data ( very small dot of blood bleed) I think there exist a very low risk to get HIV infection but only if the woman is HIV positive and with high viral load.
I hope my answer helps you.
Feel free to ask me further.
Regards.
Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Kampana
By small I'm talking about the size a tip of a pen mark dot would leave if you were to put a dot of ink on your skin. Does it matter the size of cut?
Brief Answer:
Please don't worry.There is no reason for concern.
Detailed Answer:
Hello! Thank you writing back in healthcaremagic.
If you have a cut with a tip of a pan mark dot size, you should know that this cut cannot transmit HIV because a superficial cut is barely visible on the surface of the skin and is not deep where it is hollow with flesh showing or excessive amounts of blood gushing out of the wound.
So the HIV transmission needs to have direct access to your bloodstream and this not happen in superficial cut( as you have).
Yes it is important the size of cut because there were no confirmed reports of having cuts being a method of transmission except during one knife fight where there was plenty of infected blood that has entered the system of the uninfected individual.
I hope my answer helps you.
Regards.
Please don't worry.There is no reason for concern.
Detailed Answer:
Hello! Thank you writing back in healthcaremagic.
If you have a cut with a tip of a pan mark dot size, you should know that this cut cannot transmit HIV because a superficial cut is barely visible on the surface of the skin and is not deep where it is hollow with flesh showing or excessive amounts of blood gushing out of the wound.
So the HIV transmission needs to have direct access to your bloodstream and this not happen in superficial cut( as you have).
Yes it is important the size of cut because there were no confirmed reports of having cuts being a method of transmission except during one knife fight where there was plenty of infected blood that has entered the system of the uninfected individual.
I hope my answer helps you.
Regards.
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Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Nagamani Ng
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