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Can HIV be transmitted through clothing?
Since HIV can not survive without a home, it can only exist where white blood cells (WBCs) live. Yes HIV can be transmitted with clothes on. However, it can not be transmitted through clothing (unless that clothing is soaked in fresh blood and and it comes in contact with a break in the skin barrier).
How can you get HIV from public facilities?
The only way a person could get HIV from “the facilities” is if s/he is having unprotected sex with an infected person in the bathroom, or if s/he has an open wound that comes into contact with the blood of an infected person when in the bathroom.
Can HIV be passed from person to person through saliva?
That’s it. HIV cannot be passed from person to person via other fluids like tears, saliva, vomit, or feces. This is an incredibly important point about HIV transmission that is often misunderstood.
Can you get HIV from touching a wound?
This can only happen during intimate contact between two people—by which we mean anal sex, vaginal sex, or sharing injection-drug equipment. HIV cannot pass through a person’s skin. This means that you will not become positive by touching bodily fluid that contains HIV, unless you have an open wound where you’re touching the fluid.
What happens to HIV infection when blood is dried?
The fresh blood may cause problems but dried out blood does not cause any trouble. HIV is a very fragile virus which will die quickly when exposed to light and air outside the human body.
Can you get HIV from blood on objects?
Stop stressing or wondering of you can get HIV from blood on objects ETC. Give your body credit. it has so many defenses. Even if it got onto your open wound. This is the battle HIV has for you to become infected. Get through your last cell membranes from the open wound.
How long does HIV live outside the body in blood?
How long does HIV live outside the body in blood. HIV in blood from something like a cut or nosebleed can be active for several days, even in dried blood. The amount of virus is small, though, and unable to easily transmit infection.