If a baby cuts themselves on a carpet floor, after an AIDs positive person, bleed on the floor. The people cleans it up with bleach but is it still possible for the baby to catch it.
2007-10-30 14:15:09 · 40 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ STDs
the AIDS virus does not live long outside of the body, *especially* if the area has been thoroughly cleaned... you have nothing to worry about!
"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. The CDC reports that drying HIV reduces viral amount by 90-99% within several hours... Spills of blood should be mopped up, cleaned with soap and water, and then cleaned with bleach. "
2007-10-30 14:18:24 · answer #1 · answered by nashgirl21 5 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Ok, well if a baby has Aids it's probably because they were born with it. Aids can only survive out side of the human body for so long so for this to even be close to possible the aids infected person would have to bleed out onto the carpet and the baby would have to pretty much be right there when it happens. The baby would have to cut it's self pretty much at the exact same moment the blood was put on the floor.
2007-10-30 14:22:23 · answer #2 · answered by wildeyes_heart_of_stone 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No the aids virus dies in a matter of minutes so unless someone with aids happened to just bleed on the floor adn then the baby right after cut themselves on the floor with the blood still there there is no way to get aids from that.
2007-10-30 16:25:09 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Under those circumstances it would be highly unlikely that the baby could catch it. The AID's virus does not live long in the open air. Once the blood was cleaned up - especially with bleach - the virus was dead.
2007-10-30 14:25:11 · answer #4 · answered by mollyflan 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It would have to be blood-to-blood connection. The person who is HIV positive would have to get their blood somehow on the baby's open wound. . . and even then, the baby might be just fine. Bleach would definitely kill the virus.
The more likely scenario is for a woman to go through pregnancy without any medical exams and transmit the HIV virus to the baby while pregnant. . . but with today's technology, most babies can be born HIV free so long as their mother is treated while being pregnant. By the way, it's the HIV virus you catch--not AIDS.
Typically, people with AIDS have more to fear from YOU than you have to fear from THEM. It is very unlikely for you to "catch AIDS" from them, while it is very likely that if they already have AIDS, that they can get sick from whatever little viruses you are carrying around--which can kill them because their immune system is so weakened.
By the way. . . you can NOT get HIV from saliva! It is only through blood or other "bodily fluids."
2007-10-30 14:22:51 · answer #5 · answered by April W 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Babies can catch AIDS, but not in the situation you describe. Effective cleanup of any spilled body fluids, like blood, will clean up the pathogen too - as long as it was really cleaned up. The virus is pretty fragile outside the body, so dried blood carries very little risk.
Infant infections are most common when the mother was infected at the time of birth. Even then, good prenatal care and special precautions at delivery time can prevent most cases of mother-to-baby transmission.
2007-10-30 14:22:50 · answer #6 · answered by Tom V 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I highly doubt it... I know it seems like a stretch to me...\
It would actually be the virus... HIV that someone gets which eventually turns to AIDS.
From what I understand the virus can only live so long once it has been exposed.. if the person who cleaned up used universal precautions... then there should be no worry.
If you are truly concerned you should talk to the childs pediatrician to find out whether the child be tested regularly or not. That would be the best solution to a worried mind.
2007-10-30 14:19:59 · answer #7 · answered by yidlmama 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Slim chance. The virus cannot survive for very long outside the body. And a good cleaning with bleach would certainly have rendered the former blood spot harmless.
2007-10-30 14:20:59 · answer #8 · answered by Ron da Don 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
It's pretty much impossible. Even if the blood wasn't cleaned up, AIDS doesn't live long in open air. If it was cleaned up with bleach, I would say there was nothing to worry about.
2007-10-30 14:18:05 · answer #9 · answered by Vbonics 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
It all depends on what the baby does to CATCH the sickness or it depends on the mother or father.
When making the baby, if the girl or boy has cancer or any disease, the family will have it to. Remember, the baby is the footprint of a mother and father but a new nature.
Always have extreme supervision on your baby if you are protective over AIDs. Babies don't really know things and the consequences.
2007-10-30 14:19:18 · answer #10 · answered by Angelina N 3 · 1⤊ 2⤋