Sunday, January 17, 2010

Getting HIV at the dentist or having the nails done?

Can we get HIV at the Dentist or having our nails done, if they don't sterilize the tools?Getting HIV at the dentist or having the nails done?
Any dentist or nail salon should be using sterile tools with each patient or client. If they do not, use a different dentist or nail salon. However, this is not necessarily because of HIV. Most of the procedures done in a dentist office or in a nail salon could not pass HIV between clients. But there are about a million things that can be passed. Some STDs (ex. chlamydia and gonorrhea) can live in people's mouths and be found on unsterilized instruments. In a nail salon, various types of nail fungus can be spread to the next person if the instruments are not cleaned. Anyway, you get the picture. HIV is not a major concern, but many other bacteria and fungi can be spread in unsanitary conditions.Getting HIV at the dentist or having the nails done?
HIV is a virus that spreads through bodily fluids, so, theoretically, going to the dentist without sterilized tools that were previously used on someone who had HIV could, POSSIBLY, result in HIV, but the chances of this are very slim since almost all dentist tools are cleaned on the spot.


as for contracting the virus from having a manicure, unless they stabbed someone with the tools (or some other incident with other bodily fluids.....weird) then, there would also be a chance for that to happen, but,remember, this is worth forgetting as there would be such a slim chance of this happening it's not worth mentioning.

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