Hiv and hepatit c can both be hidden for yeays.Can a blood test show the disease?

I am a dentist,I scratched my hand with a device by which i was taking out the amalgam out of the tooth of a patient(one months ago)I pressed the area,so that th blood comes out and washed it with water.worried,now I want to test my blood for Hiv and hvc,but can I rely on a test,while the disease can be hidden for years,without any symptone,or any sign in the blood?

Hiv and hepatit c can both be hidden for yeays.Can a blood test show the disease?
For both diseases, I would test now and then again in about 3 months. HCV usually doesn't present itself in labs until about the 50th day post possible exposure.


I am not sure on HIV although usually after two negative tests within 6 months of one another your considered HIV negative.





You should test now just to rule out a much previous exsposure.





With both HIV and HCV infection, treatment is needed to begin as early as possible so the less damage it can do to the body as a whole.





By having the career you have, you should be tested for these types of disease yearly anyway. Good luck!





**THERE IS NO VACCINE FOR HIV NOR HCV INFECTION***
Reply:If you are a dentist, then you went to medical school and should know this already!
Reply:yes. A blood test will tell, but I believe there is a certain amount of time where the disease has to "incubate" and you won't have enough of it in your blood.


Go get a hep c shot at your local hospital, it helps even after exposure.