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What Are The Chances Of HIV Transmission Through Inanimate Objects?
Question: Recently I was had body massage with Chinese girl. This involved coin rubbing called Gua XXXXXXX methods. About 30 seconds after she starts rubbing, I asked her to stop because I believe she use only one coin for every bodies. If previously customer have hiv, and the coin is carrying blood on it, can I get the risk of infection. It was no fresh blood on my back but red strips of extravasated can be visible.
Brief Answer:
Transmission of HIV by inanimate object is remote.
Detailed Answer:
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HIV transmission can take place only when there is an exchange of body fluids. Moreover HIV is a highly fragile organism and can not be viable outside the body or body fluids not more than few seconds.
In massage institutions, even though if we consider that they are using same coin for many people,they would have some protocols and procedure for reusing and cleaning the same. Even if it contains blood satin of previous HIV positive client, your risk for HIV is negligible only.
Nothing to worry.As long as there was no sexual penetration took place, you can simply forget that incident.
Dr S XXXXXXX
Transmission of HIV by inanimate object is remote.
Detailed Answer:
Hi,
Welcome to HCM.
Thanks for posting your query
HIV transmission can take place only when there is an exchange of body fluids. Moreover HIV is a highly fragile organism and can not be viable outside the body or body fluids not more than few seconds.
In massage institutions, even though if we consider that they are using same coin for many people,they would have some protocols and procedure for reusing and cleaning the same. Even if it contains blood satin of previous HIV positive client, your risk for HIV is negligible only.
Nothing to worry.As long as there was no sexual penetration took place, you can simply forget that incident.
Dr S XXXXXXX
Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar
I didn't see any cleaning thats why I asked her to stop but there was a time gap of at lease 10 minutes between me and the previous customer.
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Brief Answer:
possibility of HIV transmission is almost nil
Detailed Answer:
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When there was 10 minutes gap between two clients there is no possibility of HIV transmission at all.
Even otherwise HIV can not be transmitted through inanimate objects. Even if there is an abrasion over skin, with 10 minutes gap of coin massage there is almost no possibility of HIV transmission.
Dr S.Murugan
possibility of HIV transmission is almost nil
Detailed Answer:
Hi,
Welcome back
When there was 10 minutes gap between two clients there is no possibility of HIV transmission at all.
Even otherwise HIV can not be transmitted through inanimate objects. Even if there is an abrasion over skin, with 10 minutes gap of coin massage there is almost no possibility of HIV transmission.
Dr S.Murugan
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Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar
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