Can HIV be contracted if a drop of HIV infected blood touches your eye?!


Question: Can HIV be contracted if a drop of HIV infected blood touches your eye.?
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HIV Infected Through Blood Touching Eye:
HIV can in theory enter your body through the eye; however, although a very small number of people - usually people working in a healthcare setting - have become infected with HIV as a result of blood splashes to the eye, research suggests that the risk of HIV infection in this way is extremely small.
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Yes.
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