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A member asked:

Touching blood on a toilet seat and then, after having urinated, lack of paper, touching your genitals,the outer surface, can you get hiv ?

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Dr. Ibrahim ElGendy answered

Yes: Even-though HIV doesn't survive for a lot time out of the body,but you are at high risk.

Dr Altman and 2 doctors agreed

Answered 4/24/2016

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Found two fresh drops of brown liquid on public toilet seat(maybe mix of menstrual blood/urine?), didn't sit down but peed standing. Pee hit the seat and one of the drops where gone. Could it have splashed up to my genitals and infected me with HIV?

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A person is not infected with hiv. Can he get infected with HIV by his own wounds(blood) for example in genitals?

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Can u get hiv from toilet paper that has blood on it? Suppose u had blood on ur hand and tuched the toilet paper then whiped yourself with it. can u get it this way?

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Can you get hiv/aids or sti if you have a cut on your genitals from shaving and get vaginal fluids or even blood on the cut during sex?

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If a little urine of my hiv+ friend dropped in the toilet seat (no visible blood) went in contact with a wound it's any risk for hiv? why?

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