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A 30-year-old female asked:

I went to market to buy greens and seller accidentally cut her self and blood was coming out. i checked my hands and they was no blood on it and the green i bought also had no blood. can i get hiv like this?

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Dr. Hiep Le
Dr. Hiep Leanswered
Nephrology and Dialysis 44 years experience
I doubt it.
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Answered Jun 20, 2021
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Dr. Padmashri Rastogi
Dr. Padmashri Rastogianswered
Internal Medicine 39 years experience
If you had no contact with the seller and greens were washed thoroughly, that means there was no exchange of body fluids. I do not see how can transmission of HIV occur, especially as we do not know if seller is HIV positive.
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