Sunday, September 28, 2008

Can HiV/aids be transmitted through contact with the toilet with your genital area

Can HiV/aids be transmitted through contact with the toilet with your genital area?
I am just wondering if HIV can be transmitted if your genital area touches an area of a toilet that has urine on it or semen? How long does it take for the virus to survive on the toilet? Can you get hiv from a bathroom at a shopping store?
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1 :
i do not recommend sitting on a toilet sit if not in your home and the virus dies once it hits the air
2 :
no clue, but why the hell would you sit down on a dirty toilet? I take disinfectant wipes in my purse for those unholy moments...
3 :
No you can't.
4 :
Yes. It's possible. But only under *extremely* specific and VERY unlikely circumstances. For example, the following would need to occur in sequence and very rapidly: 1) Person with HIV and a bleeding or otherwise weeping wound on his or her genitals sits on a toilet seat, 2) the person gets up, then 3) another person *IMMEDIATELY* (and I mean a very fast tag-team effort of no more than a couple *seconds*) sits down with his or her open and bleeding wound directly on the same spot and remain there long enough for the virus to actually enter the body. In the case of semen on the toilet seat, you'd have *also* have to immediately sit down with a similar wound directly on that infected bodily fluid. And who wants to sit on a bloody, ooze-covered, or otherwise moist toilet seat? Look, HIV doesn't live very long without a host; seconds at most. And, if HIV *was* transmitted though toilet seats, many MANY more people would have HIV than already do. So, don't worry about it.

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