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NightWindWhisper -> RE: Blood Play?? (10/13/2007 4:34:04 PM)
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I'd suggest that both of you, making sure you have observed "latency" periods which if a couple you probably have get tested for Hepatitis C, and HIV. Assuming a negative on those two, get a Hep A and B vaccination. (note: hep A usually doesn't, but can transfer this way).
Sure there are other pathogens that can transfer but it seems unlikely that one has those pathogens or that they can transfer via this sort of play. If one or both partners are from foreign countries see a specialist on foreign diseases (aka tropical medicine) as there could be transferrable pathogens and/or parasites.
Then play away. In a sense you wictn become as the Indians say: "blood brothers," in time, but the blood needs blood to blood transfer. Getting HIV infected blood on intact skin does not lead to HIV. Getting a tiny amount of HIV infected blood on broken skin is also unlikely to transmit HIV (unlikely = less likely) but getting a tiny amout of Hep C infected blood on a tiny cut and you have a huge risk of transmission. Not all pathogens are equal. Some are like Chihuahuas and others like Dobermans.
Always, always, observe Universal Precautions vis a vis you two and others (or if you prefer to be safer--between you and the partner too). Some pathogens die quickly away from body heat, others can be infective weeks after even drying. Use 1:9 bleach (1 parts bleach to 9 parts water to clean up). But visible or smeared blood must be wiped up. Even having 10% bleach on a smear of blood does not disinfect it because the chlorine gets used up on the surface. Properly disinfect toys. Wash hands and skin before and after. Disinfect toys before and after.
Use cleanable surfaces that can be sprayed with the bleach solution. I'm not sure as to proper "after care" for you. Perhaps another can comment on that. If you develop pus spots or areas that do not heal properly and create pus consider checking for MRSA (Methicillin Resistant Staphlycoccus Aeurus)--it rapidly becoming community based.
Frankly, edge play with visible blood makes me uneasy. If the participants do not disinfect properly even tiny droplets can become airbone, even if dried on dust and can be infective, though this is not a frequent means of transmission (I think). Consider that Mexico City infects many, many thousands of people with Hepatits B each year. Why? Because fecal matter is dumped at the edge of the city. The winds make dust, the dust blows into the city, people breath it--voila--Hep B. But then I'm not sure that Hep C can be spread this way.
Oh, by the way--keep away from rabid animals--that can easily be spread by blood to blood contact.... Rabid dominants are usually ok... *grin*
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