Common questions / 15/04/2019

Can you get HIV by sharing food utensils?

HIV can’t be passed on through food or cooking utensils even if the person preparing your food is living with HIV.

Can HIV be transmitted by objects?

It absolutely cannot be contracted through normal human interactions such as touch. It is also not contracted through inanimate objects. The bottom line is sex without protection and blood exposure are the ways to catch HIV.

Can you get HIV from sharing a spoon with someone with HIV?

No — it isn’t possible to become infected with HIV by sharing a spoon with someone who is HIV positive. HIV, the virus that can cause AIDS, is transmitted in blood, semen, breast milk, and vaginal fluids — but not in saliva.

Can you get HIV from eating someone with HIV?

Blood collection procedures are highly regulated and safe. The only known cases are among infants. Contamination occurs when blood from a caregiver’s mouth mixes with food that is pre-chewed before feeding to an infant. You can’t get HIV from consuming food handled by someone with HIV.

How is HIV transmitted from person to person?

HIV, the virus that can cause AIDS, is transmitted in blood, semen, breast milk, and vaginal fluids — but not in saliva.

Can you get HIV from spitting or sneezing?

It is not present in the tiny particles of moisture sneezed or coughed out of someone’s mouth. Spitting, because HIV cannot be transmitted in saliva. A healthy, undamaged mouth, because cells vulnerable to HIV infection are not present in the mouth.

What happens when you share a utensil with someone with HIV?

Bathing and sharing utensils with an HIV/AIDS infected person. This can happen when infected fluids – such as semen (also known as “cum,” the fluid released from the penis when a male ejaculates), vaginal fluids, or blood – are passed from one person to another. A person can become infected even if only tiny amounts of these fluids are spread.

Can you get HIV from sharing food with someone with HIV?

There is only a trace of HIV in these bodily fluids so they can’t transmit HIV. HIV can’t be passed on through sharing food, drinks or cooking utensils, even if the person preparing your food is living with HIV. You can’t get HIV from any of these as it can only be transmitted through specific bodily fluids.

Can you get HIV from sharing a space with someone with HIV?

HIV can’t survive in air so you can’t get it from sharing a space with someone who is HIV-positive. There is only a trace of HIV in these bodily fluids so they can’t transmit HIV. HIV can’t be passed on through sharing food, drinks or cooking utensils, even if the person preparing your food is living with HIV.

How does HIV spread from one person to another?

Bathing and sharing utensils with an HIV/AIDS infected person. The virus can be spread through an infected person’s blood, semen, and secretions from the cervix (part of a female’s uterus) or vagina. HIV can travel to another person through cuts and sores on the penis, rectum (the last part of the intestine that connects to the anus), vagina,…

Global information and education on HIV and AIDS. You can’t get HIV from sharing food. HIV can’t be passed on through food or cooking utensils even if the person preparing your food is living with HIV.

Can a person with HIV use a glass?

There is no risk whatsoever in using a glass, a cup, a plate, a spoon or any other everyday household object that a person living with HIV has used. For HIV to be transmitted, the virus has to be present in a body fluid which then enters another person’s bloodstream.