AboutAllison Expertise I can answer questions on birth control including how they work, the pros and cons of different methods, why you might choose one over the other, how to correct mistakes you may have made in using the device and more. As well, I can help with general knowledge on STIs, symptoms, incubation, transmission, and treatment.
Experience I have experience in birth control and sexual health education counselling since 2003. I have worked with two affiliates of the International Planned Parenthood Federation and have been extensively trained by them. As well, I have a Masters in Applied Science (Sexual Health).
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:
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.
