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Can I get HIV from a scratch?
Hello! I really hope this question doesn't offend anyone - I have very bad health anxiety.
One of my classmates is HIV positive. They were handing me something and scraped my finger with their nail. I didn't bleed. I know they bite their nails (so there might have been saliva on their nails), although I'm not sure if that's relevant. I checked online and all sources say that you cannot get HIV from a scratch, but I'm still extremely anxious about it.
It is too soon to get an HIV test, but I am really freaking out. Moreover, I don't know what to tell my boyfriend. We are long distance and I'm not sure if I will see him before I can get tested. I'm afraid of telling him about my "possible" exposure because he is also quite anxious about STDs, and to top it off, I don't think that I have actually been exposed. I just cannot stop worrying. What should I do?
Any words of advice would be much appreciated :)
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In order for the virus to be transferred there has to be an open cut for fluid transfer. A scratch is not an open cut therefore there could not be any fluid transfer. Hopefully you washed your hands afterwards with hot soapy water to which is a good hygiene practice when around anyone with a communicable illness not just HIV/AIDS.
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ok i think your taking this a LITTLE further then it needs to go. you dont have hiv just because of this and no blood was drawn so i think your safe.
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