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Is HIV Infection Possible After A Nail Injury In The Buttock?

Today i was coming from market i took a rickshaw after sometime the rickshaw bumped and i felt a slight pain in my butt when i checked it it was a sharp pointed iron nail or something else but it was sharp I am very worried about it is it possible that i would have get hiv ?
Mon, 1 Sep 2014
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Hello
Let me explain that how HIV spread.
Large , multi-institutional studies have indicated that the risk of HIV transmission following SKIN PUNCTURE from a needle or A SHARP OBJECT ( as in you case a pointed nail in rickshaw ) that is contaminated with the blood form a person with documented HIV infection is > 0.3 % and after mucous membrane exposure it is 0.09%.
But in your case skin was punctured by a nail , so if it was contaminated then , is a cause of concern ,that too very very less chance even less than 0.3 % .
2nd point is there is rarest possibility that nail was contaminated with infected blood before it was hurt you.
So in my opinion , don't worry , you are HIV free.
Good luck.
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Is HIV Infection Possible After A Nail Injury In The Buttock?

Hello Let me explain that how HIV spread. Large , multi-institutional studies have indicated that the risk of HIV transmission following SKIN PUNCTURE from a needle or A SHARP OBJECT ( as in you case a pointed nail in rickshaw ) that is contaminated with the blood form a person with documented HIV infection is 0.3 % and after mucous membrane exposure it is 0.09%. But in your case skin was punctured by a nail , so if it was contaminated then , is a cause of concern ,that too very very less chance even less than 0.3 % . 2nd point is there is rarest possibility that nail was contaminated with infected blood before it was hurt you. So in my opinion , don t worry , you are HIV free. Good luck.