If there's a blood mucus stuck on a sink drain. And if you wash you're hands on that same sink, and you happen to have a very little cut on your hand (near your knuckels) Is there anyway that you might get infected with HIV by the blood mucus on the sink drain? The reason I ask this is because since when the water comes down from the faucet and it hits the sink, it usually splashes and throws little water drops upwards. So it possible to get infected that way, even if you don't touch the blood mucus with your hands? Thanks.
2007-12-31 09:54:18 · 10 answers · asked by Daniel M 3 in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ STDs
there is no way.
2007-12-31 10:04:16 · answer #1 · answered by BJC 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
If it was fresh blood and you cut just happed then mabey but I would say no wait awhile then ask your doctor for a test
2007-12-31 20:29:15 · answer #2 · answered by nathan and vanessa mama 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
NO
2007-12-31 20:03:44 · answer #3 · answered by purplepiggy05 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
AIDS/HIV is transmitted via sex, IV drugs, blood transfusions/products (i.e.: platelets), mother-to-baby (pre-birth or breast milk), healthcare settings (stuck by a dirty needle), or tattoos/piercings.
Getting splashed with HIV blood... perhaps in a mucus membrane or cut, but HIV doesn't last long outside the body (i.e.: on a sink).
2007-12-31 18:20:58 · answer #4 · answered by Mrs B 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
HIV transmission is virtually always by direct body fluid to body fluid transfer. The virus lives only very briefly outside of the body. Unless the temperature of that sink is the same temperature as a human body (98.6 F on average), the virus will probably die within seconds. Although HIV's effects can be devastating, HIV is classified as a "wimpy" virus once outside the body. As long as their is no direct body fluid to body fluid contact, you are most likely safe.
2007-12-31 18:01:18 · answer #5 · answered by Paul Hxyz 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I heard that HIV can't get passed unless it's in a moist humid area ... like the inner body, a needle.
If your really concerned get tested in six months.
2007-12-31 17:58:27 · answer #6 · answered by ? 5 · 0⤊ 3⤋
THE ONLY WAY TO GIVE OR GET HIV IS BY HAVING SEX WITH A PERSON THAT HAS IT
2007-12-31 17:58:20 · answer #7 · answered by Fez's World 5 · 0⤊ 5⤋
probably especially if you accidently touch it
2007-12-31 17:57:38 · answer #8 · answered by ☮Kayareeyees☮ 4 · 0⤊ 4⤋
The blood on the sink drain would have to be fresh the HIV virus can't live long outside the body. Your cut would also have to be fresh. You would have a slim to almost 0 chance of getting HIV this way.
2007-12-31 17:57:17 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
No. That's just crazy; I never knew people were so paranoid about HIV until I started posting here.
2007-12-31 17:57:06 · answer #10 · answered by DevonL 3 · 3⤊ 0⤋