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Like My Knee Was Bleeding I Knew It Was Bleeding
Question: Like my knee was bleeding I knew it was bleeding but I was in the hut a white covet think it was clean touched my cut and I think it was clean there was blood on it I don’t know who is blood is it going nuts here hiv test next 6 months
All I know it was a clean cover I was in the hut confident it was clean but made contact with the cover though all I know I was bleeding from my knee and made contact if it was clean is it truly the virus is dead true or not true thsnks im thinking stressing
Brief Answer:
No risk for HIV with this encounter
Detailed Answer:
Hello, I'm Dr. Branch, thanks for using 'Ask a Doctor'. I'm not sure what the hut is that you are talking about, and what the chances there would be that bodily fluids would be on it, but it does not sound like this would be considered a possible encounter for transmission of HIV. HIV does not survive long outside the body, maybe a few hours under ideal circumstances, and there are no cases that I know of in which someone has been infected with HIV with a contact like this. I do not believe you need to be tested for HIV, but if you were really concerned, you could test at 1 month (which would be about 95% accurate with a 4th generation test) or 3 months (at which point it would be over 99.9% accurate and would be considered conclusive no matter the possible exposure).
I hope that helps, please let me know if you have any other questions about that, and I would be glad to discuss it with you further.
No risk for HIV with this encounter
Detailed Answer:
Hello, I'm Dr. Branch, thanks for using 'Ask a Doctor'. I'm not sure what the hut is that you are talking about, and what the chances there would be that bodily fluids would be on it, but it does not sound like this would be considered a possible encounter for transmission of HIV. HIV does not survive long outside the body, maybe a few hours under ideal circumstances, and there are no cases that I know of in which someone has been infected with HIV with a contact like this. I do not believe you need to be tested for HIV, but if you were really concerned, you could test at 1 month (which would be about 95% accurate with a 4th generation test) or 3 months (at which point it would be over 99.9% accurate and would be considered conclusive no matter the possible exposure).
I hope that helps, please let me know if you have any other questions about that, and I would be glad to discuss it with you further.
Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Saisudha Kotla
Meaning what sorry you wouldn’t worry thsnks
Brief Answer:
I wouldn't worry about HIV
Detailed Answer:
Yes, in summary, I wouldn't worry about HIV, if I am understanding the situation right (that you touched something with your knee which was bleeding).
Please let me know if you have any other questions, I'd be glad to help any way I can.
I wouldn't worry about HIV
Detailed Answer:
Yes, in summary, I wouldn't worry about HIV, if I am understanding the situation right (that you touched something with your knee which was bleeding).
Please let me know if you have any other questions, I'd be glad to help any way I can.
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Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Nagamani Ng
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