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In talking about specific body fluids, which can pose a risk for infection,
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let's mention some of those different types of body fluids that we need to be aware of.
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Body fluids, such as,
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cerebrospinal fluid, which is the fluid that surrounds the brain.
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We have synovial fluid, which is found lubricating the joints.
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We have peritoneal fluid, which is the abdominal lining fluid.
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Pericardial fluid, which is the fluid around the heart.
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We have amniotic fluid, which is the fluid that surround the baby inside the uterus.
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We have other types of fluids, as well,
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that maybe aren't even looked at as a body fluid,
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but a body product,
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such as semen, vaginal secretions, urine, or feces.
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Now, these products, in an of themselves, are not blood or blood product,
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but they can contain blood, whenever we have an infection or a traumatic injury.
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It's important to look at all of these body fluids as potentially infectious materials,
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and handle them as though they can cause us to become infected with HIV,
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hepatitis B, or hepatitis C.
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The primary ways that we get infected as people, are the following.
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We can become infected when a sharp object pierces our skin and introduces the virus into our bodies.
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We can become infected when it gets into a mucus membrane, like our eyes, nose, mouth,
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or other mucus membranes, and is absorbed into our bodies,
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or there's non-integrated mucus membrane that's already injured or disrupted,
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and it absorbs it that way.
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We can get it through a blood transfusion.
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But the primary way that people are getting hepatitis B, hepatitis C, and HIV or
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human immunodeficiency virus, is through sexual contact and through illegal IV drug abuse.