HIV AIDS question! Please answer! Im cryin over here?

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HIV AIDS question! Please answer! Im cryin over here?
About 2 years ago, some kids were messing around outside (sophomore year)
You know the plastic thing that stays on the gatorade bottle after opened? These kids were flipping them inside out so the spiky things were showing. They swung it at 2 people, making them bleed. They turned around and got me and started bleeding a minute later. is there a chance i might have caught something? Like Aids or HIV? I am asking this now because i am getting a little concerned

Also please answer this question. Would students be notified at a high school if someone at the school had HIV?

Answer 1

No one has to tell you they have hiv so to be on the safe side I would get tested .........You can go to your health department and get tested free...

Answer 2

I would not freak out just yet. Just because you were bleeding and your friends were bleeding in a silly high school prank, doesnt mean you have gotten infected.
The people that you were horseplaying with would have had to be infected with the HIV virus. Which is highly unlikely. Possiblity is there but unlikely.
When you bleed, your body does this wonderful thing and it starts to form a clot from the cut. It is also a form of protection too. That is why we get scabs if we are cut.
Anyways, the cut sound superficial. I would not worry.
If you are worried, and you can not get on with your life because of this fear. You should go to a clinic or to your family doc and asked to be tested.

To answer the second part of your question. NO, students do not have to report that they are HIV infected. It is a personal choice of who knows and who doesnt.
That is why, I suggest that you assume everyone has it. Think of this scare every time you are thinking of having unprotected sex.

Good luck and relax. The only way to find out if you have the virus is to be tested.

Answer 3

first- just relax a minute. okay. To answer your second question. Students will not be notified if a person has AIDS/HIV. When someone finds out that they have it, the doc tells them to call everyone they ever slept with. it is up to the person that has it to disclose that information. besides, there are people walking around with the infection that don't even know that it happened.

secondly. the chaces of you getting this immune disease from that occurence is very very small. But, if you can't stop worrying about it, and you don't have a doctor or insurance, you can go to a planned parenthood and get a test for it for very little or no money. results will take about 2 weeks. don't fret hun.

Answer 4

Your chances of getting HIV from a cut caused by another student are extremely slim. Did the other student have HIV?? Although HIV can be obtained from an exchange of bodily fluids, it is much more likely to acquire from having intercourse, especially anal sex where there could be some tearing involved. If you are concerned about yourself having HIV, the best way to find out is to go to your local health department and take an AIDS test. After you pass, then you can breath a sigh of relief...

BTW, AIDS is not JUST an STD!!!! You can get HIV from sharing needles, blood transfusions, or anyother way you are sharing blood with someone who has HIV!!! The person above was very, very wrong.

Answer 5

Guess the only way you can know for sure is to have an aids test, thats the only thing thats really going to e able to put your mind at rest, whether you're concerned becos you think you;re showing signs such as getting sick alot or just becos you cant stop thinking about it. Even if you were getting sick alot tht cud just be cos ure stressed with worry. I could imagine being really concerned if something like tht happened as well, there really are mindless idiots in the world. Probs all they wanted to try and hurt sumone by cutting them and nothing more sinister or some kinda weird thing like that gone wrong. Alsoif it just grazed you and caused you to bleed without a point sticking right into you, it would be unlikely anyting could have gotten into your bloodstream, and even if there was anythin on the bottle and it stuck into you briefly the chances of you being infected with anything are still remote.
But if your really worried best to just put you mind at rest and take a test. Hope it all works out for you! take care

Oh and no students wouldnt be notified, it would breach your human rights for starters! theres no need for nayone to know! It would def be illegal for any organisation such as a school or employer to tell everyone!

Answer 6

dude im the same way you are, im a sophomore at the moment and i keep thinking that i can get HIV from eating food and dumb **** like that, i under stand that those kids were ****** throwin that thing but im pretty sure that you will be alright i dunno if they might of hit each other first with it and then threw it at you(i hope not) but then again they probably didn't have HIV
i would be concerned about this very thing as well
i get these annoying *** thoughts of HIV and i cant stand being paranoid about it anymore

yeah and about the high school thing, i think it is confidential for the most part because those students will be major outcasts from the school if they were reported that by the school, im in utah and im pretty sure that no on in my school has HIV and i kept getting this damn paranoia that some jackass has stabbed me with a needle even tho im pretty sure it hasnt happened im damn sure

yeah so just talk to me buddy share some thoughts haha

Answer 7

Students at a highschool would NOT be notified if someone had HIV. The chances of you contracting HIV from the incident you described are very small. If you are concerned, you should ask your doctor to test you. It is just a blood test. The most common ways of contracting HIV are through unprotected sex with someone who is HIV positive or sharing dirty needles. Back in the 1980's many people contracted it through blood transfusions. Now, all donated blood is tested for HIV (along with a slew of other bloodborne pathogens) (pathogens are disease causing organisms such as viruses and bacteria). Bloodborne means it is transmitted by contact with blood.

Answer 8

Another thought: I know someone who was an RN who got stuck with a needle of an HIV patient. This happened to her while they were trying to sedate the person (who was mentally ill). She was tested right away, and followed up in 6 months and was negative. The event happened over 15 years ago, and the person still does not have HIV.
(and this was an absolute certainty that the person who stuck the dirty needle in her arm was HIV positive)

This is one example, but it seems that it isn't too likely to get HIV from a casual contact with blood. Of course, it is always wise to avoid blood contact. But for you to be infected, the chances are pretty slim. You would have had to have had the plastic spikes stuck into you, broken skin and all that.

don't worry.

Answer 9

All the wonderful response on this page for the kid is greatly appreciated, Keep it up Y-QA

Gentleman,
Hope 99.99% ur -Ve not ifected get it confirmed with a Test,
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Answer 10

If you have had direct exposure to someone else's blood, then it is possible that you have been exposed to HIV. If you are concerned, go to your doctor or local free clinic and get tested.

Schools are legally obligated to keep all medical information private, as are hospitals. Because of this, it is standard policy to treat ALL blood and bodily fluids as potentially contaminated and to practice sterile procedure when dealing with tissues and fluids.

You will never be notified if a student at your school has HIV, because it would be a violation of their privacy.

Answer 11

The possibility of you contracting HIV in that manner is miniscule. First of all, HIV dies when it comes into contact with air. So unless your cut came in contact with another persons cut without any possibility of air coming in contact with it first you would not have contracted HIV.

As to whether students at your high school would be notified if someone at the school had HIV the answer to that is no. It is illegal to disclose a person's HIV status without their consent. The rules of universal precautions are that you should assume that everyone and everything could possibly be harmful to you. So, it is your responsibility to protect yourself.

The way you protect yourself is that you do not have unprotected sex with anyone unless you know what their HIV status is. Wash your hands, cover your mouth and nose when you sneeze, cover open wounds or cuts with a bandage. Wear gloves if you have a job that puts you in contact with bodily fluids.

Universal precautions do not mean that you live in a plastic bubble, they just mean that you practice basic safety precautions.