Saturday, November 1, 2008

What are the chances of getting HIV/AIDS from a foreign object in my room

What are the chances of getting HIV/AIDS from a foreign object in my room?
I have like O.C.D. and tons of anxiety and i just get scared and paranoid. I cut myself the other day and the cut rubbed along pretty good along the bottom sole of one of my shoes that was laying around. I know you're thinking I sound like a nut but i just have O.C.D. and anxiety. Your clarification helps...
Infectious Diseases - 6 Answers
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1 :
If someone who is HIV positive bleeds or otherwise secretes fluids containing the virus on objects within your room, the secretion will only remain infectious for about ten to fifteen minutes before the cells deteriorate to a non-infectious state. Hope this answers your question.
2 :
It's not going to happen. You're more likely to get a staph infection than aids. If you wash and care for the cut appropriately you'll be fine. You don't have HIV or AIDS.
3 :
okay think of this ...what are the chances of that object having the fresh blood of someone with hiv? and their blood beeing in the exact spot that scratched you? did it drawl blood when you cut yourself? the chances of that happening are about 0.00000000000000000001 in a trillion
4 :
I would be amazed if you managed to contract HIV from that (unless, of course, your shoes are covered in infected blood... are they?)
5 :
Unless the foreign object is still moist from the bodily fluids of someone already infected with HIV *and* it comes in contact with a tear in your skin or mucous membranes, your chances of catching it are zero. HIV can survive for only a few minutes outside of the body.
6 :
ZERO. Once it is outside the body, HIV dies within a few minutes. See a counseloror psychiatrist for help with your OCD.

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