[Question #8222] PreChewed gum hiv?

47 months ago

Hello!

I swear I'm not an idiot but I need to ask this question just to be sure.

Today I saw a piece of pre chewed gum stuck to my pants, I never chew gum so it definitely wasn't mine. It had some pink hue to a portion of it and the rest was white but I didn't pay too much attention to it and I picked it with my nail and finger until it came off. Now I'm scared and wondering if it's a risk for hiv? I have eczema.

Should I test because of this? thank you

H. Hunter Handsfield, MD

47 months ago

Oh come on. This is your sixth question on the forum (with 6 different usernames and sign-in informations, which is forbidden on the forum), mostly questions about nonsensical HIV risks or test results, all against forum policy. Of course there is no risk in this situation: how could it be? HIV transmission requires sex or direct injection of infected materials into the bloodstream. Of course you should not be tested.

Repeated anxiety driven questions are not permitted. Future questions like this will be deleted without reply and without refund of the posting fee. Do your best to move on without worry unless and until you have unprotected sex or share injection equipment with other persons. And if in the future you have an actual risk and need to ask our advice, please pick one username and sign-in information and stick with it. OK?

HHH, MD

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