I've incidentally stepped on the cotton that had blood on it(it was on the street floor), and than I've touched my shoe(at the same place I've stepped and than I've touched my eye) is it possible that i got HIV? i know this may sound stupid but I'm really scared....
2007-08-16 15:13:26 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ STDs
Unles the blood was still wet, the chance of transmission is nil.
If the blood was wet, the chance of transmission is still very small.
See your Dr if you are worried.
2007-08-16 16:44:29 · answer #1 · answered by Tarkarri 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's very unlikely that you would've contracted HIV, seeing as the virus can live on a inanimate object for seconds. You should've washed your hands anyway, touching the bottom of your shoes after walking on a public street, gross!
Stop panicking, you don't have AIDS!
2007-08-16 22:30:37 · answer #2 · answered by ruthie_richardson 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
well i would wait a couple months and get tested for it.. which is free, a couple months ago a classmate of mine at clinicals got sprayed with urine, and it went in her eyes, etc. she was fine. i doubt there was enough blood that touched your eye to get infected. so try not to stress so much. I'm a student nurse and have been exposed to HIV plenty of times and one time blood was on me and i freaked, and i was tested and am okay.
remember try to not stress about this =)
2007-08-16 22:31:25 · answer #3 · answered by lipslikemorphine044 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Are there any cuts on your legs or any eye injury? If really, I think you need to go see a doctor as soon as possible.
Do you ask this question very often to other people or thinking about things like these? If so, I think you need to ask people whether you have some mental problem.
2007-08-19 04:24:38 · answer #4 · answered by Agent JipST 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
NO ti's not that easy to get HIV ...only if you still had visible blood on your hand when you touched your eye
2007-08-16 22:27:42 · answer #5 · answered by Talk Talk 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no you dont. hiv virus is useless outside the human body. it needs the warmth of a human. if the blood was out for more that a few seconds then the virus dies almost instantly when it comes out of the human body.
dont worry.
2007-08-17 15:47:17 · answer #6 · answered by Angie 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it takes about two hours for hiv to die, its a viral infection ifit was bacterial everyone in the world would have it, just to be sure dont touch anyones blood products
2007-08-19 20:38:30 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is posible. That is why anything that has blood on it at a work site goes in biohazored containers. As well as why people where gloves well dealing with blood.
2007-08-16 22:36:43 · answer #8 · answered by hahahalover 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you are gonna need to go to the Doctor ASAP because it is possible that if the blood is contaminated that you can get HIV or other diseases.
2007-08-16 22:20:34 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
you should have washed you hands and shoes straight away - i dont know but id go to a doctor to be sure
2007-08-16 22:18:19 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋