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Is there any risk any bacterial disease or hiv while going through endoscopy procedure? Is endoscopic process can cause hiv to a healthy person or it just a myth.
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No risk nothing to worry.
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If the doctor use infected instruments then it can cause... Which is mostly not the case...
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If endoscopy us fine at a proper centre, by a fully qualified doctors and if all universal precautions are taken, there is no chance to get HIV. However hep B can be transmitted, as it had 100 times more infectivity and transmissibility than HIV.
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