by Prissy Holly
One woman’s beauty treatment turned into a deadly nightmare, involving the deadly Human Immunodeficiency virus (HIV). Typically, HIV is transmitted to another person from bodily fluids, such as blood or semen through activities such as sexual intercourse or sharing needles with the infected. Much to the astonishment of doctors, one 22-year-old woman was diagnosed with HIV after sharing the same manicure equipment with someone infected with the virus, according to Fox News.
The case, which is being detailed in a medical journal, has revealed a new form for transmission for HIV.
According to the report in the journal AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses, the woman, recently diagnosed with advanced HIV, seems to have contracted the virus around ten years ago while sharing manicuring instruments with a cousin, who was later found to be HIV-positive.
Dr. Brian Foley, of the HIV Sequence Database at the Los Alamos National Laboratory, said that although the risk of contracting the disease from this means is very low, that it isn’t impossible.
“HIV is not transmitted by casual contact, such as sharing eating utensils, or drinking from the same water glass. This transmission of HIV by shared manicure equipment is a very rare event that should serve not to make people fear HIV or contact with HIV-infected people,” he said.He went on to say that this case should serve as a warning to those sharing items which have the possibility of containing blood.
“It should make people aware that sharing any utensils with possible blood-blood contact, such as needles used for drugs, tattoos, or acupuncture can result in transmission of viruses such as hepatitis C (HCV) and HIV.”If you’re not a germaphobe already, this story will definitely turn you into one. Who would’ve ever thought you could contract a fatal disease from something as simple as a manicure?
h/t [Daily Mail]
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