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Boy cut his hand n bleeding. saked his hand due to pain n unfortunately some of his blood flew to my face, eyes and mouth. is this hiv risk help me?

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Dr. Clarence Lyons answered

Specializes in Family Medicine

Eye contact: Eye contact could be a route for infection. Likelihood is hard to say. Did you flush the eyes after the contact with your eyes?

Dr Ihle agreed

Answered 4/6/2020

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