If you live with a hiv positive and that person had their own blood on their own sock then you put your own clothes along with his sock in the same washing machine. When you retrieve your own clothes after it is washed an then you change into a new set of pants will there be enough hiv to transmitt?
The person put the sock into the washing machine right after he bled. Also the wasing mashine used cold water. And I used the pants while it was still wet.
2007-02-11 01:53:36 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ STDs
no i said i used a pants from the washing machine which would be rubbed against my private part.
2007-02-11 03:04:31 · update #1
Chances are slim to none. The virus has to live in the human body.
2007-02-11 01:57:41 · answer #1 · answered by Kbear 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No there is no way you could possibly become infected with the HIV disease. The most common way for some body to become infected with the HIV virus is blood to blood for example the blood of the person carrying the virus landing on an open wound on your body. The fact that the sock was washed in the washing machine would have diluted the blood in around 20 litres of water. So the chances of you actually contracting the virus would be very minimal. If you are really concerned i would suggest that you ask your local doctor (he would probably tell you the exact same thing i just told you). The doctor would give you a blood test. There is really nothing to worry about but get the test done just for your own peace of mind if you are really concerned about it. You don't have to listen to me but you know that but i am studying to become a nurse and have just done an essay on HIV. Please consult your doctor if you are worried.
2007-02-11 02:15:05 · answer #2 · answered by candy 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Common sense will tell us that there is only 3 ways of getting HIV. Blood transfusions (pre 1990s), intravenous drugs, and sex. There has to be an open would is there is blood, and even then it is few and far between for transmission. HIV is a virus, which means that it cannot live in the air, without a host for more than 40 seconds.
2007-02-11 16:48:46 · answer #3 · answered by KelBean 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No you cannot get HIV like this. You have to exchange blood--say, you have a fresh scratch on your arm and accidentially get in contact with the arm of a bleeding HIV infected person. The HIV virus dies after 1 minute once exposed to the air and it can only be transmitted through the exchange of body fluid and that does not even include saliva. Exchanging dirty needles within a minute of use by an infected person constitutes exchange, sex is the most common form, and in rare cases the scenario described above and blood transfusions...
2007-02-11 04:03:02 · answer #4 · answered by rvrmldnd 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You cannot get HIV like this, but it sounds ike you could do with some counselling and education on the chances of transmitting HIV virus through indirect contact, just to save yourself from worrying unnecessarily. The following link may help
http://www.fao.org/docrep/005/Y4168E/y4168e09.htm
2007-02-14 14:13:23 · answer #5 · answered by sexy_devil 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. First of all the sock would have been exposed to air, killing the virus after a few minutes. Even if for some reason there was still some virus present, the hot water, detergent, and dryer would kill it.
2007-02-11 05:23:55 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No you can not get HIV that way. The virus has to get inside your body ex. open cut ,needle, sex. However if you continue to worry you should get an HIV test for your own peace of mind.
2007-02-11 02:00:32 · answer #7 · answered by sunnysky4u 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
the only problem with this scenario is that you used cold water. why not go to the doc and get an HIV test done anyway to give you peace of mind
2007-02-11 01:57:23 · answer #8 · answered by Billionaire 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
no because the sock was exposed to air...when he took it off,and when you put it in....
but i looked it up and this is what i got (Air does not "kill" HIV, but exposure to air dries the fluid that contains the virus, and that will destroy or break up much of the virus very quickly. }...so put 2 n 2 together....*
2007-02-11 02:00:46 · answer #9 · answered by FEDUCCINO 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
no and plus even if the blood was still on the cloths the person thats then wares the cloths would have to have a cut
2007-02-11 01:59:48 · answer #10 · answered by Giovanni 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋