HIV/AIDS Transmission Risk from Contact with Fake/Real Nails

Question
QUESTION: What if a person with AIDS tries to pop one of your pimples but they are wearing fake nails and the nails are at least a half inch above her skin or real nails,so her real nails didn't really touch the pimple,can you get AIDS from that?

ANSWER: Dear CGLLR,

I have gotten the following information from Family Planning Australia (http://www.fpahealth.org.au) if you want to check it out for more information.

Basically you don't have anything to worry about because there needs to be a sharing of bodily fluids to get HIV. So, if the person who popped your pimples had HIV and had an open wound on their fingers which then touched an open wound on your body then there may be a chance.

To catch HIV, the virus has to enter the bloodstream. This can only happen by sharing one of four kinds of fluid with a person that has the HIV virus:

1 Blood
2 Semen (cum)
3 Vaginal fluid
4 Breast milk

These fluids can be transmitted through unprotected sex (sex without a condom), by sharing contaminated needles, or by receiving a transfusion of infected blood (although contracting HIV this way is very uncommon in Australia since screening of blood began in 1985). HIV can also be passed on to a baby during pregnancy, birth or breastfeeding.

You cannot get HIV by hugging, kissing, or by shaking hands, or by sharing food or toilet seats with an infected person.

I hope this helps,

Allison

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QUESTION: So vaginal fluids doesn't include urine?

Answer
Urine is from the urethra and vaginial fluids are from the vagina. These are two separate sections on a woman's body. I do not know the specifics you are asking about, do you mean sitting on a toilet seat? Or something more kinky like drinking it?...

I would recommend that you consult an expert on the topic of HIV/AIDS as my knowledge is more general and you seem to have some very specific questions.

Have a look at that website I gave you or find your local family planning or HIV/AIDS organisation through http://www.ippf.org or by looking in your local yellow pages.

Good luck,
Allison