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My question is if i touch someones hand with a scratch on it, then i touch my scratch or mouth, nose, rub my eyes etc, then am i risk of hiv infection for that?

Q: my question is if i touch someones hand with a scratch on it, then i touch my scratch or mouth, nose, rub my eyes etc, then am i risk of hiv infection for that?

: It takes far more intense and intimate contact to transmit HIV. No risk at all.

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Dr. Hunter Handsfield answered

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It takes far more intense and intimate contact to transmit HIV. No risk at all.

Answered 9/27/2023

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A member asked:

My question is if i touch someones hand with a scratch on it, then i touch my scratch or mouth, nose, rub my eyes etc, then am i risk of hiv infection for that?

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