Can HIV Be Contracted Through Contact With Foreign Objects?

Posted on Fri, 27 Oct 2017

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Question : hi I was leaning on something toward on the bus on my shoulder I do not know what Should I go for an hiv test?? Ill have numerous photos of the shoulder area Should I wait for the bus and see if theres anything dangerous thanks should i worry? I think its 3171 or 3174 thanks.

honestly what would you really do thanks

Answered by Dr. Panagiotis Zografakis (21 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
no risk...

Detailed Answer:
Hello,

there is no way to contract HIV by touching anything even if 'anything' was infected material. HIV may only enter though mucosal surfaces or broken skin. In practice transmission may occur after blood to blood contact or sexual contact. Transmission during labor is another mode of transmission out of your concern of course.

Kind Regards!

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar

Follow up: Dr. Panagiotis Zografakis (2 hours later)

So no worries

Answered by Dr. Panagiotis Zografakis (55 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
yes

Detailed Answer:
Yes, you shouldn't worry at all!

Kind Regards!

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar

Follow up: Dr. Panagiotis Zografakis (8 hours later)

I have a concern A pen wasn't working thats what i believe all I remember is i wanted to make sure a pen was working so I tested out on a dollar XXXXXXX I did not have a paper to write with So i dd something to the dollar XXXXXXX and I realized this today actually yesterday now Im thinking wI hope I did not put sensible numbers on the dollar XXXXXXX what should i do I looked everywhere I could must of spwend it should i take action like SSN

Answered by Dr. Panagiotis Zografakis (6 hours later)

Brief Answer:
Is it a medical question?

Detailed Answer:
I'm sorry but there is no medical question here or I did not understand it.. Can you please clarify the point of your question?

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Raju A.T

Follow up: Dr. Panagiotis Zografakis (2 hours later)

No a concern what u think a
??

Answered by Dr. Panagiotis Zografakis (16 hours later)

Brief Answer:
No concern

Detailed Answer:
I don't see any reason for concern as I already told you in my first answer. I'm still not sure why you're so anxious about it. In any case you shouldn't worry.

Kind Regards!

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar

Follow up: Dr. Panagiotis Zografakis (9 hours later)

regarding the dollar XXXXXXX

Answered by Dr. Panagiotis Zografakis (12 hours later)

Brief Answer:
you can't do anything...

Detailed Answer:
You can't do anything about that. But even if you wrote the code of your credit card on the dollar XXXXXXX it can't be correlated to you. The one who got it, cannot possibly know what the number means and whom it belongs to...

Kind Regards!

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar

Follow up: Dr. Panagiotis Zografakis (1 hour later)

what do you mean collated to you?

I had something in my pocket it was some item not to my knowledge it was like a short piece of metal what i dont know but I put it down on the table and i dont tremember anything else it was too bust where i work i did not have time to throw it away hiv test?? this was a long time ago thanks

Answered by Dr. Panagiotis Zografakis (1 minute later)

Brief Answer:
no HIV risk

Detailed Answer:
You can't contract HIV by touching objects unless there's visible fresh blood on it (very fresh actually as HIV dies very soon when out of the body).

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Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar