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Cut In Fingers From A Nail Salon, Touched Blood While Applying Drops. Will I Get HIV?

Hi I recently was at a nail salon and they cut my finger while cutting off hang nails. The lady used something for minor cuts and burns (it was a liquid substance with a dropper on it). She touched my blood when she put the drop on I think or almost did. I was really worried and wondering if I could get HIV from this. I thought to myself, what if she had done that to someone else and their blood got into the bottle and now is dropped into my cut?
Tue, 1 Oct 2013
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Hi, if you go on thinking like this, you may get the symptoms by psychological effect. Most probably that is not possible, more over the person with H.I.V.may not come to the nail saloon, and less than 1% will have the cut in the process. So don't worry about it , and if you have still any doubt you can get the blood test done in the lab. Thank you.
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Cut In Fingers From A Nail Salon, Touched Blood While Applying Drops. Will I Get HIV?

Hi, if you go on thinking like this, you may get the symptoms by psychological effect. Most probably that is not possible, more over the person with H.I.V.may not come to the nail saloon, and less than 1% will have the cut in the process. So don t worry about it , and if you have still any doubt you can get the blood test done in the lab. Thank you.