Can you get hiv from

We had a piece of furniture that was given to us it had been broken and had a piece of metal sticking up me and my niece cut our legs on it we found out that the person who had previuosly owned the couch has hiv are we at risk?

HIV is a diseas when airborn dies.
if the disease was exposed to an open air environment, you are fine.

You might want to get some blood tests done, mostly to make sure you haven't contracted tetanus. You can mention your concern to your doctor and have them perform an HIV test as well, but I'm sure you have nothing to worry about.

As suzyboo said, the virus dies soon after comes into contact with air.

Of the many ways HIV is transfered from one person to another, this is not one of them. Your blood and/or body fluids would have to come into direct contact with theirs.

This would mean:

Sex
Blood transfusions
Sharing needles
Perhaps you have an open cut as do they and their blood seaps in...

This is not a disease that is caught via sneezing, mosquito bites, holding hands, owning a car that was previously owned by someone with HIV, sitting in the same room with someone as HIV

ally, you can also get it from sharing needles, having an open wound come into contact with infected blood, or it can be passed from mother to fetus.

She should be fine. If you are still concerned then you can have her tested.

thank you very much I know it sounds crazy I was just worried

It's extremely unlikely. But if she's worried, she could wait 6 weeks and then go get tested. If she doesn't have antibodies by then, then she doesn't have it.

You can only get HIV from sleeping together or by blood to blood if that makes sence!

hiv can last in open air in a blood stain until about 6 hrs after the blood is COMPLETELY dry.. hep b on the other hand can last up to 14 days in dried out blood, I would assume she is safe but the tetanus shot is a great bit of advice...I would definitely see a dr...

only if some of hte bloof of the person who had it last got into your system... mayb clean the couch off to be safe though.

Routes of Transmission

Since the beginning of the pandemic, three main transmission routes for HIV have been identified:

Sexual route. The majority of HIV infections are acquired through unprotected sexual relations. Sexual transmission can occur when infected sexual secretions of one partner come into contact with the genital, oral, or rectal mucous membranes of another.

Blood or blood product route. This transmission route can account for infections in intravenous drug users, hemophiliacs and recipients of blood transfusions (though most transfusions are checked for HIV in the developed world) and blood products. It is also of concern for persons receiving medical care in regions where there is prevalent substandard hygiene in the use of injection equipment, such as the reuse of needles in Third World countries. HIV can also be spread through the sharing of needles. Health care workers such as nurses, laboratory workers, and doctors have also been infected, although this occurs more rarely. People who give and receive tattoos, piercings, and scarification procedures can also be at risk of infection.

Mother-to-child transmission (MTCT). The transmission of the virus from the mother to the child can occur in utero during pregnancy and intrapartum at childbirth. In the absence of treatment, the transmission rate between the mother and child is around 25 percent.[18] However, where combination antiretroviral drug treatment and Cesarian section are available, this risk can be reduced to as low as one percent.[18] Breast feeding also presents a risk of infection for the baby.