It it possible to get hiv from using the same hemorrhoids cream ?
Saturday, December 12th, 2009 at
11:59 am
Jυѕt wondering іѕ іt possible tο spread hiv bу using tһе same cream bу mistake, іf someone wаѕ hiv +
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You can only get HIV through bodily fluid exchange.
So I guess if they had an open sore, got some blood/mucus stuff on their finger, then left a trace of it on the top of the cream, then you used it, and you had an open sore it could be possible. But only very very slightly.
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The short answer is: no.
The long answer is: noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
Don’t be a moron.
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It is theoretically possible, but very unlikely.
The HIV virus is not very robust outside the human body. The virus would have to be transferred from the infected person to the container of cream. If the person using the cream is practising basic hygiene precautions, this shouldn’t happen.
Having contaminated the cream, the virus would have to survive for long enough to still be infectious when the cream was used by someone else. The virus would also have to find it’s way into a lesion or wound.
Most over-the -counter medicines contain a preservative to maximise shelf life. Although these preservatives are not specifically designed to kill the HIV virus, the virus will not survive for very long in their presence.
To face a risk, albeit a small one, of infection someone would have to use a significantly contaminated dose of cream within a very short time of the infected person contaminating it.
Having said all this, no one should use any medication used in a potentially infectious situation by anyone else. This goes for creams, ointments, eye-drops and equipment.
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The virus has to attach itself to the receptors of T cells. Ointments do not have receptors and the virus itself dies very quickly when not mixed with bodily fluids,
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Not a very likely thing to wonder about. I suspect you have too much time on your hands.
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