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Is HIV A Possibility After Getting A Cut By An Unsterilized Trimmer?

Hi, Today I went for a haircut and during the haircut the barber cut my neck by the trimmer. The trimmer was universalized and used for shaving and haircut for previous customers. I am now really concern about HIV infection. Could you please let me know that is there any chance that I can get HIV infection through this cut on my neck, if the previous person has HIV and his blood was present on the trimmer when it cut my neck. any suggestion and help will be appreciated Thanks Rahul
Fri, 28 Jul 2017
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There are antirretroviral therapy available but in that case we need to prove that previous person in which trimmer was used was infected with HIV.
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Is HIV A Possibility After Getting A Cut By An Unsterilized Trimmer?

There are antirretroviral therapy available but in that case we need to prove that previous person in which trimmer was used was infected with HIV.