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Is HIV Transmission Possible Through Inanimate Objects?
Hi is used nail polish safe to use. I am mostly concerned with HIV/AIDs what if someone with HIV/AIDS has a cut on their finger ie cuticle and it gets on the nail polish brush and the bursh is placed back in the nail polish bottle. Then someone else comes by and uses that same brush on their nails can they end up with HIV/AIDs?
Mon, 31 Jul 2017
Hello and welcome to HCM.
Thanks for putting up your query.
No,the HIV virus doesn't spreads the way you have described.It is not capable of surviving in outside environment so long.
HIV spreads only through major 4 routes
-sexual transmission from infected person
-from infected mother to baby while pregnant or during delivery
-blood transfusion
- needle sharing
Thanks and regards.
Thanks for putting up your query.
No,the HIV virus doesn't spreads the way you have described.It is not capable of surviving in outside environment so long.
HIV spreads only through major 4 routes
-sexual transmission from infected person
-from infected mother to baby while pregnant or during delivery
-blood transfusion
- needle sharing
Thanks and regards.
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