Surface contact
Surface Contact
Dr. Geoffrey Rutledge reviewed this
39 year experience in Internal Medicine
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A 29-year old female asked:
Can enterobacter cloacae be transferred if a roomate is infected? Like from skin to skin or surface contact?
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A member asked:
I have athlete's foot. Wash hands 99% of time, but may contact kitchen surfaces. Is there an infection risk to others, even if washed in hot soapy h2o?
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A 33-year old male asked:
SexWorker touches inner side of the condom before placing on uncircumcised penis. She may have slight vaginal fluid on her finger (5 mins before she touched). Could she transfer HIV inside the condom as inner surface of condom in contact with penis?
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A 30-year old male asked:
Can hiv transmit through surfaces like curtains or desk if an scratch comes in contact with it, Thanks?
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A 32-year old asked:
Is Ebola transmitted through contact with the sweat of a symptomatic Ebola patient left on a surface?
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A 17-year old female asked:
Is it medically impossible to get pregnant from fresh semen on a surface (ie toilet seat) if contact might have been made. Why or why not?
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A female asked:
I read that the bacteria or virus only lives a few hours on surfaces. Why does make up and contacts need to be discarded?
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A 24-year old male asked:
I have small surface cuts on my hands and came in contact with tiny amounts of blood, worried it has entered my cuts. Should i get tested ?
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A 21-year old male asked:
I went outside for bringing a water can. The water can was too heavy. So I kept it on ground for sometime. My question is what if stray dogs have drooled their saliva on ground / road surface . Maybe the water can came in contact with the drooled sal?
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A 19-year old female asked:
One end of my Nexplanon feels very close to the surface and like it could poke me. Is this something I should contact my gynecologist about or is this normal?
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A 21-year old male asked:
Sorry doctors disturbance because i have a lot of questions about HIV transmission because i had contact with dry surface contaminated with hiv blood about ten days ago so am so confused, my question is can HiV be transmitted through fresh blood only?
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A 29-year old male asked:
To get HIV from blood contact, open sore means what? Deep bleeding cut or superficial cut or surface cut .
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A female asked:
Is it possible to get pregnant by fingering yourself with a finger that has touched the surface of something that has come into contact with sperm?
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A 30-year old female asked:
My palms itch profusely after contact with a cold or even cool surface. No hives or rash develop. Rest of body experiences no such reaction to cold.
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A 20-year old male asked:
Do you have to have had some sort of sexual contact (whether penetrative, oral, hands etc) to get HPV? Can you simply get it from touching a surface or an object?
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A 31-year old asked:
Can contact lenses scratch the surface of the eye? Also are there any do & don'ts when wearing them?
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A 21-year old male asked:
Can i get HIV infection from a dry surface which contaminated with blood and then wiped by tissue after that blood dry and disappear but 28days later i come into contact with that place with my bleeding wound can i get infection with that situation?
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A 38-year old female asked:
How long can the virus that causes chicken pox live on a surface or inanimate object? How do you disinfect items that may have had contact?
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A 24-year old female asked:
If someone comes into contact with HPV then washes their hands with soap and water is this effective in removing the virus from the surface of the hands? I've read that hpv isn't killed by soap?
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A 56-year old female asked:
I have had major weakness to limbs. CT shows disk protrusion indents thecae sac and contacts Ventral surface cord/says cord deformity.Whatdoesthismean
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A 26-year old female asked:
If someone touches a cold sore then touches a surface (without washing their hands) can the herpes virus be spread that way? Or only if its skin-to-skin contact?
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A 30-year old female asked:
I had a cuticle tear in one finger that come in contact with blood on surface while working in the lab, Any chance of contracting HIV/Hepatitis C?
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A 39-year old female asked:
Can flat warts on face and neck spread from person to person? Can it be transmitted through non-sexual routes like hand to hand contact, hug or from objects or surfaces? Is it still contagious after laser removal if hpv test result is positive?
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A 21-year old asked about a 22-year old female:
There are small glandular structure all over the mouth and one bigger rounded structure at the end of the posterior surface of the tongue near valecula or Epiglottitis. It happened after my friend had sexual contact with her hpv + bf a month ago .
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A 18-year old asked:
Why do my contacts hurt?
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A 38-year old asked:
Is -2.25 contact precrisption bad?
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A 37-year old asked:
Can someone be allergic to contacts?
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A 32-year old asked:
What is my vision if i wear -4.5 contacts?
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A 30-year old asked:
Is it normal for contacts to change colour?
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A 36-year old asked:
Can you advise for contacts for the first time?
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