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Can hiv pass through clothes fabric?

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Dr. Silviu Pasniciuc answered

Specializes in Internal Medicine

No, not even through intact skin. For reliable information regarding HIV transmission check cdc.gov.

Answered 3/4/2023

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Hiv virus dies in a few seconds

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Someone made me a back massage.after massage i saw his hands.he had 2 small, probably a few days old scratches with cloth.there was no bleeding.i had some small pimples in my back.after massage no visible bleeding in my pimples.chances of hiv and hc?

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Hello doctor, can someone get hiv if he rubs his penis while masturbating with a cloth containing somebody else's dried semen on it which has been a week long since it dried up. Please clear my doubt as I am having anxiety thinking over it?

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I mutual masturbated with man. He touch his penis for 10s and my cloth for 3 mins before he touch my penis, i felt his hand dried. If he touch my penis with a small amount of precum on his hand, will i get infected with HIV? No injury on my penis.

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got a back massage. There are some non bleeding pimples and nevuses.i noticed 2 little maybe 1 mm scratches on his hand.there was cloth on them and were not bleeding.i checked my back there was no bleeding pimple.am i under risk for hiv or hcv?

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