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A member asked:
Teenage son was playing basketball with a man who cut his foot during the game and unknowingly started bleeding everywhere. there was even some blood on the ball. son had on shoes but had a small hangnail on finger. any hiv risk? i am stressing badly?
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Very very minor: The situation you described carries very very minor risk of contracting HIV. Typical testing scenarios involve a blood test for nucleic acids at 15 days, which is then repeated at 4 months. No test will show a positive result immediately after presumed exposure as it takes time for the virus to grow.
Answered 11/13/2020
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