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What Are The HIV Risk From Sharing A Cotton Swab To Wipe Blood While Experiencing Leg Pain And Chest Itchiness?
What should I say and what should I ask, I do not understand anything,I am new member here.And I hope my tension and my problem gets reduced here.I went to the hotel a few months ago.And as soon as I left the hotel, I had a small accident.And a girl stopped the blood on my head with cotton.But that girl was also hurt and she had done it on her wound before the same cotton ball.And then she did it on me.I don t even know that girl very well.Could this put me at risk of hiv?I have been hurting a lot in both my leg bones since a few days.And small pimple are coming out on my chest, i mean that my chest is getting very dry and I am getting very itchy on my chest.I am in a lot of tension and confusion,
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Hello,
HIV is transmitted from the blood and body fluids of an infected person. When the person has a detectable viral load and their blood enters another person's body or comes into contact with a mucous membrane the other person can be infected. If the girl had viral load of HIV infection, then only there are chances of transmission.
You can take a course of PEP (post exposure prophylaxis) therapy within 72 hours of the incident if you want to take precautions. Get clinically examined by a GP, get ELISA for HIV done to stay on the safer side.
Take care. Hope I have answered your question. Let me know if I can assist you further.
Regards,
Dr. Nupur K., General & Family Physician
HIV is transmitted from the blood and body fluids of an infected person. When the person has a detectable viral load and their blood enters another person's body or comes into contact with a mucous membrane the other person can be infected. If the girl had viral load of HIV infection, then only there are chances of transmission.
You can take a course of PEP (post exposure prophylaxis) therapy within 72 hours of the incident if you want to take precautions. Get clinically examined by a GP, get ELISA for HIV done to stay on the safer side.
Take care. Hope I have answered your question. Let me know if I can assist you further.
Regards,
Dr. Nupur K., General & Family Physician
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