A member asked:

Can you get hiv from a filthy floor? our floor is filthy from trash and dirt & i put on my pants w/out undies on & now worried since i'm on my period.

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Dr. Hunter Handsfield answered

Specializes in Infectious Disease

No risk, no worry: Nobody in the world ever caught HIV from a dirty floor or other contaminated envinroment. If you don't have unsafe sex and don't share drug injection equipment with other people, you are not at risk. Believe it. (And being on your period also does not increase your risk, even with sex!)

Answered 11/27/2017

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Dr. Heidi Fowler answered

Specializes in Psychiatry

This is not a: way that HIV is transmitted. However, for your general health would recommend cleaning up the filth from trash and dirt.

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