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A 27-year-old male asked:

Please tell me what is the chance of getting infected by hiv, if hiv blood come in touch with abrasion and skin scratches.

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Dr. Robert Killiananswered

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No guessing: Physicians would never guess. If you are worried you need to do the appropriate HIV testing.

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If someone with hiv+ scratches with finger nail and little blood was also released as well what are the chances to get infected with hiv? The scratch was non bleeding and what if she had some traces of blood in her finger nail what are the chances?

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Can you get hiv by scratch? i went turkish bath and attendant was scratching everyones head by fingernails very hard. i dont remember if applied shampoo but is there a chance to get hiv if she scratched someone and got blood on her hand?

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I had sex there was blood on the condom but it didn't break. She took it off then rubbed my penis there was a cut there. 1. Whats the chances of contracting HIV that way 2. How much blood is needed to get into the cut in order to get infected 3. Whats the

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A 22-year-old male asked:

Can I get infected if I touched possibly HIV contaminated blood with my fingers when I removed the condom (so the blood quantity is small) &,after 5-10 mins, I ran them through water before using my hands to wash my face and genitals,all without soap?

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