can you get hiv from smoking (cigarettes) after someone?
2006-07-03 09:03:12 · 14 answers · asked by ? 1 in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Infectious Diseases
thanks everybody you all made me think about the situation very closely, and it helped alot. thanks
2006-07-03 09:20:10 · update #1
No. However, there are trace amounts of the disease in the Saliva. You would have to drinks buckets of Saliva before you got sick. If the person has an open sore or cut in there mouth, you have a greater risk.
2006-07-10 04:02:05 · answer #1 · answered by ladybug 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
No, although if the person has open sores or cuts in their mouth, that could be a problem( this is why dentists where gloves).
Sharing cigarettes is like sharing hair brushes, you won't get HIV, but you could get something else. And since people with HIV have compromised immune systems, they could have alot of different things(like TB or pneumonia), and something you might have(like a cold) could do a number on them.
2006-07-03 16:23:32 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
too much of it -- yes you can get it.
but let's say form smoking cigarettes after someone who's diagnosed with it -- there is a possibility that you won't get the disease. the virus does not live in a open environment for more than 5 seconds -- so let's say a woman who's HIV positive pees in the bathroom -- there is a chance that she is not going to transmit the disease to you after 5 seconds. but it doesn't mean you should ignore extra precautions.
i still suggest you smoke your own cigarette rather than sharing it with someone. or better yet, stop smoking (im a respiratory therapist)
2006-07-03 17:49:49 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No you can't. The only fluids that HIV is known to be easily transferred through is semen, blood, and breastmilk. Also, the HIV virus cannot survive very long when exposed to air (only a few seconds), so you really don't have anything to worry about.
2006-07-03 16:07:07 · answer #4 · answered by Archangeleon 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
HIV can not be passed through saliva, only if you kiss someone that has HIV and they have an open wound and you have an open wound. So don't worry.
2006-07-03 18:26:09 · answer #5 · answered by ♫*♥Vamp♫*♥ 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Theri is an exceptionally minor risk. Because there are blood cells in spit. However, due to the conents of saliva and where most spit goes (Out of your mouth or down to your stomach) it is almost impossible to get HIV/AIDS.
2006-07-03 16:10:13 · answer #6 · answered by raiderking69 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have always heard that you can get HIV through bodily fluids.
2006-07-03 16:06:52 · answer #7 · answered by ajsup1 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No you can't.
No case of HIV transmission has ever been documented through salivary transmission.
2006-07-03 17:12:51 · answer #8 · answered by Philippa 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You theoretically could...but chances are pretty slim that you'd get hiv that way.
2006-07-04 00:38:06 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
you can't....you'd have to drink like a million gallons of it to get HIV.
,...sounds like you need to do some research about HIV...
2006-07-03 16:07:46 · answer #10 · answered by ~Fabulous~ 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋