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How To Stop Biting Fingernails?
Greetings doctor, I have been biting my fingernails (Including the skin surrounding it) for more than 15 years and I am unable to stop it...What concern me the most is that there is a HIV positive housemate and I accidentally touch his feaces with my exposed fingers while cleaning the toilet bowl just 5 minutes after he left the toilet.....5 days later, I suffered some flu like symptoms, sorethroat and some muscle aching and a small swollen lymph node.....Is there a possibility I am infected?
Tue, 11 Nov 2014
Hello,
Human immunodeficiency viruses (HIV) transmission occurs by sexual, injections, or my mother to child root. Contaminated body fluid in contact with blood can transmit HIV. Fecooral route is not a mood of transmission of HIV. You have touched his feces, but the risk of transmission is very rare. Flu-like symptoms can be due to the psychological stress of getting infected. Still, have any doubts get your P14 essay done for HIV after about four weeks. The test is earliest to detect infection.
Regarding compulsive nail-biting, the disorder some times represent underlying anxiety. Onychophagia or nail-biting can result in several complications. Consult a psychiatrist for its treatment. Medicines like fluoxetine are very useful. Behavioral methods help to decrease undesirable behavior.
Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.
Regards,
Dr. Seikhoo Bishnoi
Human immunodeficiency viruses (HIV) transmission occurs by sexual, injections, or my mother to child root. Contaminated body fluid in contact with blood can transmit HIV. Fecooral route is not a mood of transmission of HIV. You have touched his feces, but the risk of transmission is very rare. Flu-like symptoms can be due to the psychological stress of getting infected. Still, have any doubts get your P14 essay done for HIV after about four weeks. The test is earliest to detect infection.
Regarding compulsive nail-biting, the disorder some times represent underlying anxiety. Onychophagia or nail-biting can result in several complications. Consult a psychiatrist for its treatment. Medicines like fluoxetine are very useful. Behavioral methods help to decrease undesirable behavior.
Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.
Regards,
Dr. Seikhoo Bishnoi
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