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A member asked:

Can geting a cut at a nail salon cause aids or any harmful disease ? i was getting my nails done and the guy cut my finger with the nail machine.

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Theoretically: Yes, you can provided that the machine / instrument was infected. The chances though that this to happen is minute. I would not be concerned of hiv, if concerned is to hepatitis b and c. Hiv is very difficult to get as the viral particles in an unit (ml) of blood are minimal.

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Answered 4/30/2015

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