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Q: Should I Worry?

asked by: anxietyLot on July 8th, 2005

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My question is probably too trivial to you. But I really hope that you guys can give me an answer to help me calm down. Thanks.

Here`s my story. When I was in a cinema, a guy stepped on my left foot, which made my foot a little painful and dirty. So I went to the women`s restroom in the cinema and put my left foot into one washroom sink to check if there was any wound. But now I began to worry, for I didn`t check if the restroom sink I put my foot into was clean enough. Besides, I had a small sore on my left heel at that time. What if there was some stain or blood in the sink that my leg and heel might have touched? Is there any risk for me to be infected by hiv in this way?

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x0x011

replied on July 17th, 2005

Experienced User

:roll:
unless there were drops of someone's blood in the sink from someone else, that has been there for less than a few hours, and your wound was gaping open, and it was touching the blood, I wouldn't worry about it.

Aids is a fragile virus and is only viable outside of the body for a few hours.

Finess150

replied on July 25th, 2005

Experienced User

Should I Worry? No

This, i'm afraid, is a question based on paranoia and misinformation.
You did not recieve hiv from this episode.
Your foot in a sink is not a route of transmission.

If the virus was in the sink (which is extremely unlikely) it would be dead
even if the virus was alive (which it wasn't), it has no way to enter your bloodstream unless it was on a space hopper - the virus simply can't jump from place to place
even if it could jump from place to place, there isn't a way for it to enter your foot unless there was a fresh, open wound.

Now stop worrying.

vivekananda

replied on September 2nd, 2005

New User

Insitutional Sprays

It is interesting to me how some institutional sprays label the type of infections it can clean. One of them lists hiv. This particular cleaning spray is for sinks, counters, toilets. These types of cleaning products are most likely found in schools, daycare centers, theatres, etc...

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