How long does the hiv infected needle remain dangerous to use?
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what in the hell would you want to REUSE the damn thing for?  sheesh.\n\nwhat a moron
895065
Hi buddy,\n\nThe HIV virus is a very fragile virus that gets easily killed on drying or contact with ordinary toilet soap or even very dilute spirit.The world wide fear of this infection is not because it gets easily transmitted or that its a tough virus to kill.Its just because the virus attacks the patient's immune system. Death in an HIV infected person comes in the form of other diseases that attack the person when his body's defence mechanisms are in a weak state.\n Human saliva is not demonstrated by research to contain enough load of virus as to cause infection to another person ingesting it. There is a theoretical possibility of the virus getting transmitted thru deep kissing, if the kisser has a mouth ulcer. The virus in that case has a (very small) chance to enter the body of the individual thru this open wound in the mouth. Still the virus may not survive the variable pH levels and salt concentrations of the human saliva.   And all the more, the probability of this type of  transmission is less than 0.01% . In day to day life that kind of probability is considered as ZERO chance...!  Hence we, healthcare workers don't consider saliva as a potential source of infection. Like wise, the chance of a mosquito transmitting the virus is somewhere near 0.004%..!!\n\nRegarding Web sources on AIDS, the United Nations' website is the ultimate knowledge bank ... Log on to www.unaids.org and find a wealth of info and links.\nAll the best.\nBye.
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One will generally see the effects of seroconversion illness 3 to 6 weeks after infection with HIV. Not everyone gets this, though.\n\nIf you think you have been exposed to HIV, see your doctor about Post Exposure Prophylaxis (PEP) as soon as possible. Call them now and ask for an urgent appointment first thing in the morning. The sooner you get PEP, the more likely it is to prevent infection.
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No one has ever conclusively shown that any HIV infection was spread by mosquito bite.\n\nIt is believed that the virus is unable to survive in the mosquito as the insect is cold-blooded, and the environmental temperature within the insect would fluctuate too much for HIV to survive (which is one reason that HIV is a blood borne disease, instead of being able to be spread by sneezing/coughing and the like).\n\nAlso, the mosquito injects anti-coagulant saliva into a wound through a hollow stylet known as the hypopharynx, but blood is drawn into the mosquito via the labrum/epipharynx - a totally separate hollow tube.  They do not inject blood back into their victim, making transfer by this method highly unlikely.\n\nThe only way that a mosquito could transfer infected blood from one victim to another would be if some blood were left on the maxillae or mandibles that they use to pierce their victim's skin, and they moved to another victim and transfered that blood before the virus expired.  The amount of blood transferred in this fashion would be minute (perhaps a few cells at the most), and it would need to be done soon after the first feeding or the virus would die.\n\nWhen you consider the number of mosquito bites per person in somewhere like sub-Saharan Africa, and the infection rates of people positive for HIV in that region, even something as unlikely as a mosquito transferred case of HIV cannot be completely and totally ruled out.  It might have happened once or twice.  There's no way to know for sure.\n\nIt is exceedingly unlikely though.
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Your husband should be fine.  HIV is a fragile virus and can't live outside of the body.  It dies almost instantly.  So any of the virus on the bloody clothes would be dead.  If your husband had an open wound and pressed it up against your sons open would, there maybe risk.  But he was perfectly safe handling the bloody clothes.  Still, its never a safe idea to touch blood without gloves on, regarless of if it is infected with HIV.\n\nAs far as kissing goes, you can't get HIV through kissing.  The only way there would even be a SMALL risk is if it was deep kissing and there was a lesion or cut in his gum so it was blood mixed with saliva.  Even then the risk is very small.  \n\nDon't worry, unless your husband is having unprotected sex with your son, or sharing needles with him, none of you are at rist.  \n\nI've included a link to some good information about HIV and its transmition.  Taken from that link is this information.  Visit the link to find out more.\n\nCan HIV spread through kissing? \nAnswer: Kissing such as on the cheek or lightly on the lips carries no risk of transmitting HIV. In deep kissing there is a small risk because the saliva of an infected person contains few virus particles which by itself is not sufficient to cause the infection. But there could be bleeding gums or ulcers in the mouth and exchange of infected saliva mixed with blood during kissing could transmit the HIV \n\n\nHow is HIV not transmitted?  \nAnswer: HIV cannot spread by casual contact such as touching, holding hands, body contact in crowded public places, shaking hands, working or playing together, sharing food, vessels and clothes, eating food cooked by an infected person, light kissing, mosquito and other insect bites, swimming pools, and toilets.  \n\nQuestion: How long can the virus live outside the human body? \nAnswer: The Human Immunodeficiency Virus is fragile. Once the virus is outside the body in a dry form, it dies immediately. Even in a wet state, it does not live long when exposed to heat, detergents, or disinfectants. When stored in blood banks at 4°C, it can live for about 3 weeks (or longer), or till the white cell disintegrates, but in a frozen state it can survive for years.
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It can only be transferred by bodily fluids. Even  if the person had an open cut on the had, the HIV can only live outside the body for a few seconds. your pretty safe.
64587
Unprotected sex, no matter how long can transfer Aids.  The aids may not show up in the blood for a month or two.  Hope you learned something from it, like not having sex without some sort of protection.
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Take in account a hospital, one hiv infected person and one not. Ok, now the hiv infected person is spewing blood on the floor and 30 minutes later, the non hiv walks by, slips and crashes, causing lacerations. \n\nHIV cannot live outside of the body. Once the blood reaches cold, the virus will die, but do not even think that it is not possible. \n\nScratches will do nothing, sharing needles will. Having sex will, exchanging body fluids will, the only way is if during the scratching you bled and the HIV person bled into the same wound. If for chance that the person was bitten by the HIV person, a test is Mandatory because the Virus may have spread. \n\nOn the other note, blood is dangerous. Dry, wet, old, whatever, do not touch it without the proper protective items, i.e. latex gloves.\n\nExample of this is (1997, a man is shot in a convienence store. He died. Although HIV was not present the store owner died 2 years later from a different virus that travels in the blood stream)\n\nCool?
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be cautious.. avoid needles. always use a condom, even with oral sex. dont kiss anyone if you have any sores or cuts in your mouth, or if its in theirs. \n\nblood transfusions also can give you hiv, but thats rare.\n\njust be careful :)
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Here is a white paper concerning a workshop about needle exchange programmes:\n\nhttp://newton.nap.edu/books/0309050847/html
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Yes. There are a lot of other ways like Using infected needles, etc.\nYou can find a lot of info at http://www.thebody.com/
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No, it can be years before the symptoms of AID's develop but a year and a half is more than enough time for the HIV virus to be in large enough quantities for a HIV test to be conclusive. I recommend you get tested for a wide array of STD's while there are also many that also can go on symptomless for some time while doing damage.
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I believe that the virus can survive even outside human blood (My mother works for the county and they issue her a disinfectant spray that can kill the virus responsible for HIV/Aids from things people have touched).\n\n\nHowever, I don't believe it lasts long unless it's in a controlled environment. If it's kept warm and protected, I'm sure that it can survive for some time.
968653
I believe the HIV virus is detectable in blood tests ater about 3-6 months from contracting it.
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I can't remember where I saw this, but years ago in graduate school, I'm pretty sure I read that HIV can only survive for 2-6 minutes outside its human host. I don't know abou the one-way blood flow thing with mosquitos. All I know is mosquitos can transmit many other diseases, so it would make sense that they too could transmit HIV, other than HIV can't survive the intermediary.
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This question is ridiculous. AIDS is not only an epidemic, it is a pandemic, and it is most certainly something to be scared of.\n\nThe HIV/AIDS virus is only transmissable through bodily fluids; blood and semen. For this reason, it is most commonly found in gay men and drug abusers. Gay men have anal sex, which usually results in some anal bleeding. When one man ejaculates, the semen can infect the open wounds from which the blood is emitting. This however, it not only seen in gay men, it is also a risk to women who have anal sex with an infected male. Transmission is no different.\n\nIn terms of transmission among drug abusers, this refers to drugs such as heroine which is taken with a needle. Drug abusers arent known for their cleanliness in this matter and  usually use needles which have already been used before. When the needle is used to inject someone with AIDS, it picks up the virus from their blood, when this needle is reused, the person who injects themself will most probably recieve the disease by introducing the infected blood of the first person into their own body.\n\nNo self respecting scientist...or educated person for that matter...would deny that AIDS is caused by a virus. It is a retrovirus and has been extensively studied. It cannot target any specific group of people. Those people are just more susceptible to it through unprotected anal sex and drug abuse with needles.\n\nIt is also very common for people who had blood transfusions in the late 70's and early 80's to have contracted the virus. This is because at that time there were far less restrictions on who could or could not give blood; also, not enough was known about the virus to test blood donors for the disease.\n\nI'm sorry to tell you that the AIDS in africa is the same AIDS we have here, in fact, 50% of the South African army is infected with the HIV virus. There have been more deaths in Africa due to AIDS than there have been deaths by malaria. It is more common in africa due to their lack of contraception, and their significantly less sanitary and deprived medical centers.
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Very Very Unlikely.  You would have to cut the person with HIV and then immediately cut yourself with the same razor.  HIV can only live outside the human body for a few seconds to a minute so just make sure you clean things well and be careful.  You stand a bigger risk from hepatitis than HIV and even that is too remote a posibility to mention.