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Can Infection Be Spread?
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Dear doctor, is it possible to infect someone in such a situation: I squeezed somebodys pimple and insignificant amount of blood certainly got under my nail. Then in few minutes I was biting my nails and picking in nose. I didn't wash my hands previously. Is it dengerous?
Dear doctor, is it possible to infect someone in such a situation: I squeezed somebodys pimple and insignificant amount of blood certainly got under my nail. Then in few minutes I was biting my nails and picking in nose. I didn't wash my hands previously. Is it dengerous?
Mon, 2 Jun 2014
What you have described is an unhygenic practice. While it is unlikely that you may have infected yourself, you should certainly avoid such practices of other reasons:
1. Biting nails is aesthetically unpleasant;
2. Nose picking can cause epistaxis (bleeding from the nose).
3. Remote possibility of infection.
Handwashing after touching a potentially infected site is a very good practice and should be followed.
1. Biting nails is aesthetically unpleasant;
2. Nose picking can cause epistaxis (bleeding from the nose).
3. Remote possibility of infection.
Handwashing after touching a potentially infected site is a very good practice and should be followed.
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