is that how i'll caught hiv ?

[africanmichael]

unfortunately i live in Africa in a country has one of the most rate of HIV infections , i tried all this years to avoid catch the infection but it seems like its the destiny of all the Africans every year i take my tests to assure i am negative so last exposure was so stressing to me i feel like thats it and that the time i caught the virus anyway i came here for some relief i wish you guys provide me the exposure was 2 weeks ago i went to barbershop to my knowledge its unlikely to catch HIV from barbershop even so i have my own equipment but what happened was really unlucky situation while the barber cut my beard the chair which i sat on it broke yeah believe me then the barber cut me and cut his index finger in exact same time his cut was major need a lot to stop bleeding he washed it and used alum block it's potassium that helps stop the bleeding although my cut was not really bad some drops came so i wiped it with tissue and he continue cutting my beard so what brings fears to my that while the chair broke i feel 100% percent i got some of his blood on my cut and even that he used the same alum block it was covered with blood later to wiped my blood from shave cut and he didn't rinsed it off , so please help me and tell me what my chances do i need to wait 3 month and get Elisa test or what i have to do ?

[Ptrk3]

Relax, you have no chance of having contracted the HIV from the incident you describe in your post:  zero.  Move on with your life.

The HIV is fragile and does not survive outside the body and would never be in a viable condition to infect you the way you have described.

Please access this link and carefully read, learn, and understand how the HIV is trasmitted:

https://www.poz.com/basics/hiv-basics/hiv-transmission-risks

There is no need to test as a result of the incident you have described.

[africanmichael]

man thank you so much you eased my mind alot with those word but do you think really it's a zero risk even this blood to blood even from object like ALUM STONE i heard that it a porous and it was covered with his blood and after 2 mins i guess he used on me , usually here this stone is being used in many customers in row

[Jim Allen]

Stop it!

As Ptrk explained no risk as in zero.

HIV does not remain infectious once exposed outside the human body.

HIV is fragile unlike other viruses, once HIV finds itself exposed outside the confinds of the body, the receptors hiv uses to infect human cells with corrode, thus rendering it unable to infect.

Nobody has ever been infected the way you fear as HIV is not transmitted or viable this way.

Move on with your life, this fear is irrational as you have no factual reason for concern.

Here's what you need to know in order to avoid hiv infection:
Use condoms for anal or vaginal intercourse, correctly and consistently, every time, no exceptions.

Keep in mind that some sexual practices which may be described as ‘safe’ in terms of HIV transmission might still pose a risk for transmission of other STI's, so please do get fully tested regularly and at least yearly for all STI's including but not limited to HIV and test more frequently if unprotected intercourse occurs

Also note that it is possible to have an STI and show no signs or symptoms and the only way of knowing is by testing.

More information on HIV Basics, PEP, TaSP and Transmission can be found through the links in my signature to our POZ pages, this includes information on HIV Testing

Kind regards

Jim

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[africanmichael]

would i feel insulin needle goes in my veins or my body would i notice it am asking cause i know some people in my town they inject drugs and one of them was my friend he no longer when i see one of them they look to my eyes a uncomfortable look so 2 days i was in pharmacy and one of them was beside me ordering a insulin needle so i want to know if they want to inject me with a dirty blood with hiv+ i heard that one of them is hiv+ so if they put an insulin syringe to me with me noticing would i felt it ? it too small . do i need to get test to ease my mind   

[Jim Allen]

 

Stop it man we have been over this before.

HIV does not remain infectious once exposed outside the human body.

HIV is fragile unlike other viruses, once HIV finds itself exposed outside the confinds of the body, the receptors hiv uses to infect human cells with corrode, thus rendering it unable to infect.

Nobody has ever been infected the way you fear as HIV is not transmitted or viable this way.

Move on with your life, this fear is irrational as you have no factual reason for concern.

It does not matter if I stabbed you with the with insulin pen myself, yes it would hurt and you would know about it, no it would not be a HIV risk.

The reason sharing IV drugs/syringes is a blood risk is as it's directly injecting a quantity of blood (backwash) into the blood stream this because you draw back when sharing drugs leading to a quantity of blood from the vein that has been short term stored in what is in essence a vacuum. A sharp object, needle, lancet, insulin needle or pin as examples on the other hand are nothing like an infection from a sharing IV drugs, there is no backwash stored in a vacuum and no more than a drop of blood that is exposed to the environment.

There has actually never been a recorded case of HIV transmission from a discarded needle or sharp object blood or otherwise. This is because HIV does not remain infectious once exposed to the environment, the outer receptors needed to infect human cells are corroded leaving it unable to infect.

Jim