If someone with HIV bites you do you get infected?

Answer 1

In general, the risk of contracting HIV (human immunodeficiency virus) through being bitten or by biting another person is actually quite low. A number of different variables can influence the actual risk of contracting the virus.

If neither the biter nor the person being bitten are infected with HIV, then the risk of transmission is, of course, zero. If one person does carry HIV in their bloodstream, however, things get a bit more complicated.

There are a couple of different things that must be considered here. One is what is called the "viral load". Simply put, this is the number of viral particles actually circulating in the infected person's bloodstream. If the viral load is high, then it stands to reason that there is a greater chance of HIV particles being transmitted during the bite.

The second thing that must be considered is whether the infected blood came in contact with the non-infected person's blood at any time during the bite. If a non-infected person bites an infected person, even if the infected person has a high viral load of HIV in the blood, the chances of that infected blood finding its way into an open sore or other wound in the mouth of the biter is relatively low. Similarly, an infected biter would have to have blood in his or her mouth to transmit infection to an non-infected "bitee", even if the bite broke the skin.

Despite the relatively low risk here, my general practice is to obtain an "exposure panel" on the non-infected person as soon as possible after the bite to establish their baseline status - whether they are infected with several communicable diseases like Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C, and HIV - at the time of the bite. The CDC then recommends that the tests be repeated several times over the coming months. Some sources recommend testing serially at the time of the bite, then at 1, 3, 6, and 12 months following the bite, and this is the schedule I use.

No prophylactic (preventive) treatments are currently recommended by the CDC for bites. Instead, their recommended use is limited to what are called "high-risk" exposures, like a needlestick with a large-gauge, hollow-bore needle that has been recently used on a person with known HIV infection and a high viral load.

Answer 2

No, you can't. The HIV virus has to pass from one person's bloodstream into the blood of another. It can only do this through having sex without a condom, or by sharing drug needles. There is no danger from someone biting you.

Answer 3

No. You can't unless the person infected with HIV has a lesion in their mouth and has direct contact with a cut on your skin. HIV is only located in the blood, semen, vaginal secretions, breast milk, T-cells and macrophages. Human saliva is not infected with HIV.

Answer 4

It would be nearly impossible to be infected with HIV in this manner. it would require both the bitter and the bitten to be bleeding so that the blood can be exchanged. even then it is unlikely

Answer 5

Yes, if the other person is infected, and their teeth went inside your skin. Go try autohemotherapy with Ozone. & if your dying, Only Jesus can take you to heaven. Start praying today!

Answer 6

Since saliva does not have enough of the virus to infect, you would not get the virus.

Answer 7

It is possible, but not likely.

Answer 8

This is highly unlikely.