Wetin CDC tok about tattoo and piercing

CDC tok say no known case dey of anybody wey get HIV from tattoo or body piercing. E also tok say person fit get HIV dis way if di equipment or ink get blood from person wey get HIV.

Di two parts matter. Di first one dey show you say di risk for real life don small reach where nobody fit record am. Di second one dey show you exactly where di risk go come from: blood wey remain for needle, inside ink or for tools wey dem don use for anoda person, and dem no change am or sterilize am.

Why di risk low like dis

For HIV to pass, blood from person wey get HIV must enter your body. Studio wey dey run well dey use new needle for each customer, dey pour fresh ink for each person, and dey sterilize any tool wey dem dey use again. Dat one dey break di chain.

Even where di place no clean well, three tins go need to happen togeda: customer wey come before you get HIV, im blood remain for di equipment, and dem use dat same equipment for you.

Where tattoo and piercing really get infection risk

HIV no be di main worry. WHO list tattoo and piercing among di ways hepatitis B dey spread, togeda wit needle jam (needlestick) and wen blood wey get infection enter person body. Hepatitis B na good reason to dey careful about where you go, and good reason to ask your doctor weda you don take im vaccine.

Di places wey get higher risk na di ones wey no get proper equipment:

tattoo wey dem do for house, for party or by artist wey no get license
needle wey pipo share or wey dem make for house, or ink wey dem use from one person to anoda

How to choose studio wey safe

Use studio or piercer wey get license.
Watch dem open new needle wey dem seal for your front.
Check say dem pour di ink inside fresh cap for you and throw am away afta.
Look for gloves, clean place to work and sterilizer for tools wey dem dey use again.

If anytin look like say dem don use am before, e dey fine make you waka comot.

Di CDC guidance on how HIV dey spread no list to share razor or toothbrush. HIV no dey survive long outside di body, for example for surface. To cause infection, blood wey carry di virus go need to enter open wound or mucous membrane (di wet skin wey dey inside eye, mouth or private part). To brush your teeth or shave wit anoda person razor no be recognized way to get HIV.

Dem fit still carry small blood, so keep your own razor and toothbrush and no share dem. Dat one na good hygiene against oda infections, e no mean say you dey at risk of HIV.

Wetin really get risk

To compare, injection equipment wey pipo share na real way HIV dey pass, becos blood fit remain inside syringe wey dem don use. Dem don find live HIV inside syringes wey dem keep for room temperature for more than four weeks (Abdala 1999). Wit person wey get HIV and no dey take treatment, CDC estimate di risk for one injection wey you share as 0.63% (around 1 out of 160). To use needle wey dem make for house or wey pipo share for tattoo or piercing near dis kind risk pass anytin wey fit happen for studio wey get license.

Wetin to do now

You do tattoo or piercing for studio wey get license? Nothing you need to do about HIV.
Place wey no get license, needle wey pipo share or ink wey dem use again? Di HIV risk still low, but e make sense make you ask clinic about test for HIV and hepatitis B afta di window period (di time afta infection wen test neva fit show HIV). Di HIV testing guide dey explain which test to do and wen.
Needle wey dem don use for anoda person break your skin for di last 72 hours? Treat am as needlestick and ask about PEP (post-exposure prophylaxis: HIV medicine wey you go take afta exposure to stop di virus) today. How to get PEP
You share razor or toothbrush? You no need PEP or HIV test becos of am.