Hi, on my way home there was fresh blood (not sure it was the blood infected with any STD infections). By mistake I took my hand close to the blood to see what it is and suddenly realized its blood and not to touch. However I took my hand almost very close to the blood like jus 1 inch away and took it back. I am not sure exactly did I touch it or not. After I took my hand back, on my way home I had a sandwich with the same hand without washing and when finishing it realized that I took my hand very very close to the blood and not sure if I touched slightly or a dot blood touched my finger. Do in get any STDs by this situation if it was an infected blood and do I need any testing? And also since I took my hand very very close to the blood like just 1 inch away do it come in contact to my hand by any other means like through air or wind or etc?

Home / Answered Questions / Hi, on my way home there was fresh blood (not sure it was the blood infected with any STD infections). By mistake I took my hand close to the blood to see what it is and suddenly realized its blood and not to touch. However I took my hand almost very close to the blood like jus 1 inch away and took it back. I am not sure exactly did I touch it or not. After I took my hand back, on my way home I had a sandwich with the same hand without washing and when finishing it realized that I took my hand very very close to the blood and not sure if I touched slightly or a dot blood touched my finger. Do in get any STDs by this situation if it was an infected blood and do I need any testing? And also since I took my hand very very close to the blood like just 1 inch away do it come in contact to my hand by any other means like through air or wind or etc?

Hi, on my way home there was fresh blood (not sure it was the blood infected with any STD infections). By mistake I took my hand close to the blood to see what it is and suddenly realized its blood and not to touch. However I took my hand almost very close to the blood like jus 1 inch away and took it back. I am not sure exactly did I touch it or not.After I took my hand back, on my way home I had a sandwich with the same hand without washing and when finishing it realized that I took my hand very very close to the blood and not sure if I touched slightly or a dot blood touched my finger.Do in get any STDs by this situation if it was an infected blood and do I need any testing? And also since I took my hand very very close to the blood like just 1 inch away do it come in contact to my hand by any other means like through air or wind or etc?

From what you have described you should not be worried about STI infections.

STIs do not travel through air or wind. HIV dies very quickly when it is exposed to air, so it is unlikely that any living virus was present in this blood. Hepatitis C or B can live longer in blood but the blood would have to get into your bloodstream and this would not happen through touching blood with your hand. If you did happen to have blood on your hand and you licked your hand the blood would enter your stomach and the acid in your stomach would kill them.

What you have described is not a risk for STIs.

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

Health Nurse

For other readers, please feel free to leave a comment, or let us know if this was helpful.

This answer was posted on June 9, 2014.

Search