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Can HIV Infection Be Contacted Through Contact With Blood Or Semen?
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about your last answer
2. HIV virus is a fragile virus and gets inactivated in dry blood or the interactivity dips down. It is not because of the dense flow of dry blood but declined infectivity of the virus rather than the flow.
It is discutable - as its is said in literature as hive in high vira laod can live long outside body ! As it is said by other doctors !
As it is said in literature
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But it is fratige of sun and change of pH it will die faster !!
But still every one of doctors said that instrument that penetrates the skin should be sterilized and desinfect - as it is said in literature as hiv surviving outside in body in high concentration could be longer
So in conlution it is logic that dry blood wont flow into blood stream so easy as liquid blood !
it is logic !! is it so ?
about your last answer
2. HIV virus is a fragile virus and gets inactivated in dry blood or the interactivity dips down. It is not because of the dense flow of dry blood but declined infectivity of the virus rather than the flow.
It is discutable - as its is said in literature as hive in high vira laod can live long outside body ! As it is said by other doctors !
As it is said in literature
file:///C:/Users/user/Downloads/jcm00002-0311%20(4).pd
But it is fratige of sun and change of pH it will die faster !!
But still every one of doctors said that instrument that penetrates the skin should be sterilized and desinfect - as it is said in literature as hiv surviving outside in body in high concentration could be longer
So in conlution it is logic that dry blood wont flow into blood stream so easy as liquid blood !
it is logic !! is it so ?
Brief Answer:
Re : Hiv transmission
Detailed Answer:
Hello,
Welcome back and thanks for posting your further concern.
Yes I agree with your understanding that dry blood will not flow as easily as the wet blood. Dry blood being more thick will not flow that easily even if penetrated deep into vessels.
The drying effect of air also makes the virus infectivity lowered and same is with the pH. Any increase or decrease in the pH also declines the infectivity.
But overall saying it is also to be understood that getting into simple contact with blood or semen or any fluid will not result into hiv infection.
There is difference in what we observe in experimental conditions or in laboratories and the practical or clinical practice.
Though in laboratories hiv virus could be isolated in 6 to 7 days of dried blood but clinically we have not observed any infection with simple contact of these kind of body fluids.
I quite often counsel your kind of cases and especially in certain cases of paramedical or nursing persons where they are much worried about getting into contact with blood or body fluids. On long term follow up I have never found even a single positive case of HIV infection.
I hope this helps.
So allay all your fears for hiv and relax completely for your kind of episode.
With regards,
Dr Sanjay Kanodia
MD Dermatology & Sexually transmitted diseases
Re : Hiv transmission
Detailed Answer:
Hello,
Welcome back and thanks for posting your further concern.
Yes I agree with your understanding that dry blood will not flow as easily as the wet blood. Dry blood being more thick will not flow that easily even if penetrated deep into vessels.
The drying effect of air also makes the virus infectivity lowered and same is with the pH. Any increase or decrease in the pH also declines the infectivity.
But overall saying it is also to be understood that getting into simple contact with blood or semen or any fluid will not result into hiv infection.
There is difference in what we observe in experimental conditions or in laboratories and the practical or clinical practice.
Though in laboratories hiv virus could be isolated in 6 to 7 days of dried blood but clinically we have not observed any infection with simple contact of these kind of body fluids.
I quite often counsel your kind of cases and especially in certain cases of paramedical or nursing persons where they are much worried about getting into contact with blood or body fluids. On long term follow up I have never found even a single positive case of HIV infection.
I hope this helps.
So allay all your fears for hiv and relax completely for your kind of episode.
With regards,
Dr Sanjay Kanodia
MD Dermatology & Sexually transmitted diseases
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