Ok say you have a cut in your mouth and an HIV+ person picks up a piece of food with his fork and you take it off his fork and put the food piece in your mouth. Basically asking witha open mouth cut can you get HIV from a fork? Can you get HIV that way?? or no chance?
thanks for the help
2007-09-07 16:37:56 · 9 answers · asked by Talk Talk 5 in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ STDs
No you cannot under most circumstances. HIV virus dies when in contact with oxygen gas. The concentration of virus in saliva is so small that it cannot be transmitted that way either. The chances are near 0% of infection risk.
To your health-
2007-09-07 17:50:13 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Miniscule chance is probably the true answer. Medical folks will tell you that you cannot get HIV from shaking hands, kissing, or sharing utencils, but if you have open sores and fluids do make contact, then there must be some chance from those activities, even if it's 1-in-100,000.
Remember, while medical folks generally have the most knowledge, they tend to temper their answers to minimize excitement in the community.
I remember when the Bird Flu scare started, the medical community told everyone not to worry nor to take any precautions. In the meantime, the medical community always suited up around such illnesses and you were lucky if you could find any Tamiflu in stock (guess who was buying it up. Doctors). And a survey of medical personnel that asked what they would do in case of an outbreak showed that 40% would not show to work.
And the rest of us are not to worry?
Right.
Back to topic, don't agonize too much about the eating utencil scenario, but realize your odds of safety are more like 99.99%, not the 100% the masked-and-gloved medical folks would have you believe. It never hurts to take precautions.
2007-09-09 15:09:40 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
An open sore is very dangerous to have around anyone with HIV... BE CAREFUL..... Hugs Good luck Grant M in Pennsylvania
2007-09-11 09:57:16 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
In my opinion, u are likely to get HIV. Because the HIV can transmit by blood.U can find more infor on positivesingles.com, where the people can use their personal experience to give you more exact infor.
2007-09-11 01:06:52 · answer #4 · answered by Tomas F 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No unless he gets his infected blood on the fork or food there is no way you will catch it.
2007-09-07 16:46:23 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I doubt it, I had a lover once whom I sucked at least a gallon of semen out of, he turned out to be HIV-POZ and I didn't get it. A morsel of food ought to be harmless, unless it is contaminated with E-Coli or Salmonella or something like that.
2007-09-07 23:48:33 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
Theoretically, yes. Practically, damned near impossible. Don't sweat it, but if it makes you feel better, get tested.
2007-09-08 04:53:18 · answer #7 · answered by Answers is run by hippocrites 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
no chance. HIV can only be transmitted sexualy
2007-09-07 18:47:37 · answer #8 · answered by ashif_noohu 2 · 0⤊ 3⤋
No.
2007-09-07 16:45:51 · answer #9 · answered by ? 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋