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Can A Bleeding Cut Get Infected With Hepatitis B, C Or HIV?

if i have a cut and it comes in contact on surfaces that have blood that i could not see in the public like pay phone computer key board on my job and so on can i get hipatitis b,c and hiv? also what about i touch my inside of my nose, eyes or inside my mouth
Mon, 6 Oct 2014
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Hello
This is a very delicate question , so read following carefully .Although it is in detail but also important for your question and for answer:
Large, multi-institutional studies have indicated that the risk of HIV transmission following skin puncture by a sharp object that was contaminated with blood from a documented HIV infection is ~35 and after a mucous membrane exposure it is 0.09%( inside of nose , eyes and mouth is having mucous membrane ) .
All the diseases which , you mentioned in your query are viral disease and apply the same rule .
HIV transmission after NON-INTACT ( as in your case cut was there but wound was not there ) skin exposure has been documented , but the average risk for transmission by this route has NOT been precisely determined .
In your case on both accounts , there is no chance of transmission of HIV infection.
Further HIV infection transmission depend on many factors :
=Higher titer of HIV in the blood.
=Presence of more virulent strains of virus
=Advanced stage-disease.
=Antiviral treatment .
So I want to mention that you are HIV free.
Hope this will help you.
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Can A Bleeding Cut Get Infected With Hepatitis B, C Or HIV?

Hello This is a very delicate question , so read following carefully .Although it is in detail but also important for your question and for answer: Large, multi-institutional studies have indicated that the risk of HIV transmission following skin puncture by a sharp object that was contaminated with blood from a documented HIV infection is ~35 and after a mucous membrane exposure it is 0.09%( inside of nose , eyes and mouth is having mucous membrane ) . All the diseases which , you mentioned in your query are viral disease and apply the same rule . HIV transmission after NON-INTACT ( as in your case cut was there but wound was not there ) skin exposure has been documented , but the average risk for transmission by this route has NOT been precisely determined . In your case on both accounts , there is no chance of transmission of HIV infection. Further HIV infection transmission depend on many factors : =Higher titer of HIV in the blood. =Presence of more virulent strains of virus =Advanced stage-disease. =Antiviral treatment . So I want to mention that you are HIV free. Hope this will help you.