Anxious About Contracting HIV, Had Nose Bleed, Have OCD. Can I Get HIV By Touching Infected Blood?
Hello doc This is 29 year old male and is a seafarer by profession.before my last contract during pre joining medicals my hiv test says non reactive.am a kind of a person who is mentally have a lot of anxiety and when I recently started learning more about hiv am getting more and more worried abt it even though I don’t have any risk factors and more worried of contracting it from day to day life even thoug I knw how it transmits but my mind is not at peace,the reason ill explain.one day when we were fishing onboard I was also present there and was jus observing.there was a lot of fish blood on the deck.i was jus touching the metal railings on the deck,and due to the climate change I was having a small nose bleeding.suddenly there was some emergency in the engine room and I went down once when I was down I jus put my finger in my nose to check whether there was any blood in my nose and found a little amounts of blood.suddenly I realized that I was on deck touching the railings and people were catching fish so I was apprehensive that somebodys blood was there on the railings and accidently I touched and then I put my finger inside my nose so the both bloods mixed.actually I am not sure whether there was any blood on the railings,but I doudt wat if somebody cut his finger from fish hook and his blood spill on the surface and I touched it put inside my nose and both blood mixed?if at all there is any chance am I at risk? All these things happened in a matter of 4 minutes.i hope u will please clarify my boubt as such am diagnosed with obsessive compulsive disorder so lts of things goin on my mind……….pls help
Thank you and best regards
Thu, 9 May 2013
Pathologist and Microbiologist, Dr. Siddartha's Response
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Regarding HIV, it doesn't transmit by touching the +ve person,,or using his clothes,,,sharing their daily utilities..
It spreads through contamination of blood or semen..(body Secretions)...
And the important thing,the virus can't survive out side the body..
Even though it is transmitted through blood,,you can't get hiv by the bite of mosquito..
You will not get HIV from that bloody railings..
hope you understand the given suggestion and answer
Thank you
Dr.siddartha
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Anxious About Contracting HIV, Had Nose Bleed, Have OCD. Can I Get HIV By Touching Infected Blood?
Hello welcome to health care magic Regarding HIV, it doesn t transmit by touching the +ve person,,or using his clothes,,,sharing their daily utilities.. It spreads through contamination of blood or semen..(body Secretions)... And the important thing,the virus can t survive out side the body.. Even though it is transmitted through blood,,you can t get hiv by the bite of mosquito.. You will not get HIV from that bloody railings.. hope you understand the given suggestion and answer Thank you Dr.siddartha