Is there a risk of contamination of any sexual disease (HIV, hepatitis) if someone cut himself with a shaver (by accident of course) that has already been used ? (Few weeks ago) I’m so scared but I just don’t know if I have to worry! If someone can tell me, it’s not about reassurance I just don’t know if it’s possible
When I try to explain it to my friends or family I tell them that it’s a huge door with a lock and the rational thoughts just can’t enter. It’s the locks fault not ours!
@mpopwell That is just so true !!
Epidemiologist (studies disease transmission) in training- technically this can be a way for diseases to spread, as there is a SMALL chance for blood to have been spread. I know that’s scary, but I wanted to be honest. However, if the last use was weeks ago by someone else, likely it’s no longer an issue. If you’re still worried (and that’s ok!) many states offer free testing that can ease your mind. If I am correct in my assumption that you meant used by someone else, you can also reach out if you know them, and maybe they’ll be ok to discuss if they know for sure what their health status is
@Anonymous Okay thank you so much for your answer, thank you for being honest. I’m gonna do that!
A few weeks ago? That’s a no for HIV!! If we were talking about a used needle or syringe. 1. The person would have to even have HIV… 2. Even if the person did have HIV the virus wouldn’t live after a few weeks. One study found HIV can live in used needles for over a month if the temperature and conditions are just right. That means sharing needles or syringes, like during drug use, raises your risk of infection. In general, the virus doesn’t live long once it’s outside of a human body. Studies show that HIV grown in the lab, when placed on a surface, loses most of its ability to infect -- 90% to 99% -- within several hours. And the level of virus tested was much higher than what’s found in bodily fluids. So contact with dried blood, semen, or other fluids poses little risk.”
@mpopwell Thank you so so so much for your message! I didn’t know all of that, really nice reminder. Sometimes ocd make it just so hard to rationalize about this kind of things ! 🥹
Can someone answer me please ?🥹
I have really bad HIV OCD. I had a really low risk "hiv exposure" when I was a kid (16 or 17) with my high school boyfriend. This was 7 years ago and I've taken 2 BioSURE HIV tests since then and both were negative, but I just cannot accept it. Anytime anyone I know gets ill I think it's because I've passed on hiv to them somehow, and it's worse with my brother as we used to rough and tumble all the time as kids/teens. I'm back in that place where everything feels dark and I'm riddled with guilt and anxiety.
- Extremely low risk sexual encounter 7 years ago that was SO unlikely to transmit HIV. - The person was my boyfriend, we were 16-17, even more unlikely to have HIV. - 7 years with no symptoms. - 2 BioSURE HIV tests with negative results. - BioSURE has a 99.7% accuracy rate. - Negative results are 99.99% accurate and considered conclusive at 12 week post possible exposure. Yet here I am still terrified I have HIV. What the fuck?
I have a problem that I'm scared to catch a serious illness like hiv or aids from kissing people or becoming to close to them. It makes me get away from people and I have problems in relationships because I cant trust them if they are clean and I'm too freak... this Sunday I kissed a girl I met on tinder and she made me an scar on my mouth... and now I feel terrible cause if her blood got into my scar I may have caught hiv. I have been 3 days on terrible distress and this sucks... I dont know how to not think about it and I really dont talk to this girl anymore, I checked her mouth 2 or 3 times for injuries or blood (she didn't had any and I dont know if she has hiv or not) but I'm in terrible distress just for the fact that I had an open cut while kissing her and thst kiss could have made me sick with hiv. I really hate this and I hate myself and my decisions of kissing her. And this combines qith my religious compulsions... I'm really hating myself, OCD and illness right now... I'm in big distress and just want to vent a little bit. I just hope I didn't caught hiv from kissing this girl that made me an open cut as I said before but I cant be sure and this makes me crazy.... I just hate it... and hate this thoughts
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