dear sir i come from singapore and visited to cambodia . i had car accident in cambodia 2 month a go . i was driving car and other person ride motorcycle on opposite side and accident happened . he splash from motorcycle to my car and car window broke . his blood splash on me . there was a lot of blood on face . i'm not sure about eye . i think the blood also splash on my hand . around 5 minute later the blood almost dry then i washed it . i didn't remember if there was any small cut or wound of my face . am i risk hiv ? thank you .

Home / Answered Questions / dear sir i come from singapore and visited to cambodia . i had car accident in cambodia 2 month a go . i was driving car and other person ride motorcycle on opposite side and accident happened . he splash from motorcycle to my car and car window broke . his blood splash on me . there was a lot of blood on face . i’m not sure about eye . i think the blood also splash on my hand . around 5 minute later the blood almost dry then i washed it . i didn’t remember if there was any small cut or wound of my face . am i risk hiv ? thank you .

dear siri come from singapore and visited to cambodia . i had car accident in cambodia 2 month a go . i was driving car and other person ride motorcycle on opposite side and accident happened . he splash from motorcycle to my car and car window broke . his blood splash on me . there was a lot of blood on face . i’m not sure about eye . i think the blood also splash on my hand . around 5 minute later the blood almost dry then i washed it . i didn’t remember if there was any small cut or wound of my face .am i risk hiv ?thank you .

Thank you for your question.

That sounds very scary. I hope you were not hurt.

From what you have described, your risk of HIV infection is very low. If the motorcycle driver was HIV positive and his blood got on your skin it would be very unlikely the virus would get into your blood stream (even if you had some small cuts).

It is also a very unlikely the virus would transmit if you got HIV infected blood in your eye. This is not how we see the virus being passed. This is more of a “theoretical risk” and not a “real risk”. In other words, theoretically it could happen but realistically HIV does not get transmitted this way.

If you are still concerned you can test but find out what the Window period for the HIV test used where you test and test accordingly.

Please leave a comment to let us know if this answers your question or if you need more information.

Health Nurse

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This answer was posted on June 1, 2014.

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