Sunday, February 24, 2013

risk of getting hiv/aids by sharing a toilet with someone who has it

risk of getting hiv/aids by sharing a toilet with someone who has it?
i had a mosquito bite on my bum and i itched it so it turned into a scab and was red, but it wasnt bleeding. I shared a toilet with someone who has aids. There was no blood or urine or anything on the toilet seat. Whats the risk of catching it? what if it did have urine on it? Just curious?
Infectious Diseases - 7 Answers
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1 :
There is no risk of catching it that way.
2 :
Very very unlikely. As you say... there would need to be blood, semen, etc on the toilet seat for there to be any risk, and even then, it would have had to be there a very short amount of time, as the virus can't survive long on such a surface.
3 :
no there isnt any risk unless the seat had any of the things you listed so you should be fine
4 :
It is HIGHLY unlikely that you could have caught aids. I mean, if you have ever sat on a public toilet, anyone who sat on it before you could have had aids too
5 :
There is no risk of catching HIV from a toilet seat.
6 :
nope not at all unless you have sex with this person on the toilet
7 :
Getting AIDS/HIV from a toilet seat is almost 0%. Even if there is urine or BM on the seat-unless there is visible blood in them. Once HIV hits the air, it dies rather quickly. In addition, a significant amount of blood would have to be present in order to penetrate your scabbed area. Don't worry and relax! If you are concerned, it certainly would not hurt to get a routine HIV test in a few months.

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