Question 1

in an enclosed area, e.g a ex toy designed for penetration, how long can hiv survive? if waited for 1 day before use is there any risk?

Accepted Answer

Safe, but clean it: Probably safe for HIV, but it's easy to be 100% certain: wipe with a disinfectant or soap and water. I would think you would automatically do this anyway!

Question 2

how long can hiv survive on a surface (eg. vibrator) in a closed, dark, dry environment like a drawer?

Accepted Answer

: No time at all, once the blood or fluid carrying HIV has dried. And it doesn't matter anyway:  regardless of whether or not HIV might survive, nobody in the world ever has caught HIV by contact with a contaminated environment. No worries!

Question 3

how long can hiv survive and remain infectious on things like door handles and other everyday objects?

Accepted Answer

Not long: HIV is not acquired through casual contact. It is acquired through body fluids such as blood, urine, breast milk and semen. Anyone who is worried about their risk for HIV should stop risky sex and drug abuse and get tested.

Question 4

in an enclosed area, e.g an artificial vagina , how long can hiv survive inside? can hiv also survive in water base lube that emulate vagina lube?

Accepted Answer

Hours? Days?: HIV probably can survive for a few days in any closed, moist environment. Most sexual lubricants contain preservatives that likely would kill HIV. But these are the wrong questions. If concerned enough about HIV to be asking such questions, you should be using condoms 100% of the time. If HIV status is unknown for you, or the transgender woman you are concerned about, you (both?) must be tested.

Question 5

how long can hiv survive in pre ejaculation once its out of the penis?

Accepted Answer

HIV survival outside: HIV weakens and dies quickly. It  is unknown exactly how long it survives in any body fluid including pre ejaculation.

Question 6

how long can hiv survive on human's skin. can a nurse touch my hand and inject syringe through the area being contacted so i'm being infected. i think maybe she've got exposure many blood or fluid sample?

Accepted Answer

: Hiv does not survive long on intact for human skin for more than an hour. Nurses wash their hands or sterilize them before and after a procedure. so your chances getting any thing from her are nil.

Question 7

how long can hiv virus survive on lipsticks? i used a hiv friend's lipstick that she used a month before.

Accepted Answer

Little risk: Even if your friend has HIV, there is minimal risk. If you wish to be tested get a HIV nucleic acid test in 6 months, if that is negative it would rule out HIV.
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Question 8

in an artificial vagina sex toy, e.g flesh light , can hiv survive inside? if so, how long? also can hiv survive in water base lube that emulate vaginal fluid?

Accepted Answer

: Because there’s so much misinformation about the risk of getting HIV through casual contact with infected fluids on surfaces or the air, the CDC Trusted Source states specifically that HIV can’t be transmitted by air or water, or by sitting on a toilet.

Question 9

how long can hiv virus survive outside human body in dried blood & liquid blood under normal circumstances ?

Accepted Answer

It doesn't: It doesn't survive.  There is no transmission of HIV in this scenario at all. There are other viruses such as hepatitis c or hepatitis b. But, HIV does not survive at all and is not a risk in the scenario you describe.

Question 10

how long can the hiv virus survive in dried semen?

Accepted Answer

HIV: Cdc says that drying of body fluids will reduce the viral load by 99% within several hours. There have been no cases documented to have been transmitted by infected fluids off surfaces.

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In an enclosed area, e.g a ex toy designed for penetration, how long can hiv survive? if waited for 1 day before use is there any risk?

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How long can hiv survive on a surface (eg. vibrator) in a closed, dark, dry environment like a drawer?

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How long can hiv survive and remain infectious on things like door handles and other everyday objects?

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In an enclosed area, e.g an artificial vagina , how long can hiv survive inside? can hiv also survive in water base lube that emulate vagina lube?

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How long can hiv survive in pre ejaculation once its out of the penis?

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How long can hiv survive on human's skin. can a nurse touch my hand and inject syringe through the area being contacted so i'm being infected. i think maybe she've got exposure many blood or fluid sample?

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How long can hiv virus survive on lipsticks? i used a hiv friend's lipstick that she used a month before.

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In an artificial vagina sex toy, e.g flesh light , can hiv survive inside? if so, how long? also can hiv survive in water base lube that emulate vaginal fluid?

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How long can hiv virus survive outside human body in dried blood & liquid blood under normal circumstances ?

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