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Suffering from anxiety. plan to have baby hiv in new bar soap possible?used in a shower touched unkown liquid hiv ?washed hands right away. pls help
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No: I have never heard of anyone contracting HIV by touching a bar of soap. There needs to be a point of entry into the body for the virus to find its way in your body. The likelihood of having a live virus on a bar of soap is extremely unlikely. If you are very anxious about this, it would be wise to have an HIV test especially if you never had it done before.
Answered 4/14/2015
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