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Can you get htlv or hiv through the damaged skin around your finger nails, if you bite your nails and finger a woman?

Q: can you get htlv or hiv through the damaged skin around your finger nails, if you bite your nails and finger a woman?

: Nobody ever caught HIV by fingering, with or without various cuts or wounds on their fingers. No risk.

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Dr. Hunter Handsfield answered

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Nobody ever caught HIV by fingering, with or without various cuts or wounds on their fingers. No risk.

Answered 1/5/2023

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A member asked:

Can you get htlv or hiv through the damaged skin around your finger nails, if you bite your nails and finger a woman?

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Dr. Hunter Handsfield answered

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