Eye Exam: HIV from Contact Lens? Posted: 07-24-07 10:04am
Just recently I had a eye exam with
eyewear and a optician was showing me how
to put on my contacts. we both had washed
are hands and than he got called out the
room he was I say a older white man around
in his fifties but he was showing me how
to put on my contacts he was handling my
contacts with his bare hands and handing
them to me to put them in my eye is this
unsafe could I catch hiv from this
incident and are they suppose to do that I
am scared now I thought that it was
unprofessional. my eyes are feeling ok
though I am just worried.
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paranoia86
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 02 Mar 2007 Posts: 56
Re: Eye Exam: Hiv From Contact Lens? Posted: 07-26-07 09:57am
I mean I am not that worry actually I am
fine I just have a phobia and I was
thinking that it was unprofessional this
is my first time getting contact lens so I
didn't know what to think I was thinking
does he do this to everybody that comes
in.
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Kia
Supporter
Joined: 23 Jun 2004 Posts: 6594 Location: Planet Tampaxia,
Posted: 07-26-07 10:21am
no, you need an exchange of a quantity of
bodily fluids to contract hiv.
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Llewellyn
Extremely EHEALTHy
Joined: 21 Jan 2007 Posts: 1743 Location: NY
Posted: 07-26-07 11:12am
Hmm. I actually do not remember if my eye
doctor touched my contacts or not...
You're right that it might look a little
unprofessional, but I do not think it is
anything to worry about in terms of HIV or
anything else.
