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Can you catch hiv if you have a peeling skin around your fingernail that bleed and a positive hiv blood get into it?

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Dr. Gurmukh Singh answered

See below: If you are not certain, get a HIV nucleic acid test in 6 months. Visit this site for info on this topic. https://www.cdc.gov/hiv/basics/transmission.html

Answered 1/15/2020

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A member asked:

Can you catch hiv if you have a peeling skin around your fingernail that bleed and a positive hiv blood get into it?

A doctor has provided 1 answer

Dr. Gurmukh Singh answered

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