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Q: Hang Nail/cut And Hiv Infection
asked by: scaredwmn on February 8th, 2007
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Hi, i'm a health care worker and very concerned about an incident that happened at work about 5-6 weeks ago.

I was doing a rectal examination on a hiv infected man, I was wearing latex gloves, but when I was finished and removed my gloves, one of my gloves hit the floor and I stupidly picked it up, and anal fluids came into contact with a hang nail on my thumb. What are my chances of contracting hiv?..I'm scared, especially since I came down with the flu aprox 2 weeks after exposure that lasted two weeks, I never get sick like this so it worries me..And the hiv patient is in the early stages so chances are his viral load was high when this happened.

Jane
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Muthoni
replied on June 3rd, 2008
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Scaredwmn
Jane,

How are you feeling these days?

I am trying to understand hang nail. I assume it is a wound. If it was healing over, there was no way for the virus into the bloodstream.

Thanks for the work you do.

Always
Muthoni (Mson)
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