Can You Get Hiv From Period Blood On A Toilet Seat

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HIV toilet seat blood?

Posted by tubbyone1, 1 Reply

I went to the public library restroom today & saw some blood on the toilet seat. I wiped it off with tissue paper, then sat anddid my business. i didn't see any blood left over, but after i got up, i saw some blood on the inner side of the seat.... Read more »

Cut on finger and toilet seat

Posted by xtreme, 1 Reply

thanks for the responses! Much appreciated! Another 2 questions regarding HIV transmission -

1. I had a cut on my finger where I was fingering my girlfriend - does this pose as a risk for HIV for her to get infected if I had the virus or me getting... Read more »

HIV from blood on Toilet paper?

Posted by Anonymous, 4 Replies

Hi,
if somebody that had hiv spilled a bit of their blood onto toilet paper, and then a minute later i used the toilet paper to wipe my vagina....would that put me at risk? i am extremely worried about this! Read more »

Toilet Safety/Open Wounds

Posted by Anonymous, 2 Replies

My son is coming to see us. He has HIV and Chrohns disease and has blood in his stool, my wife has bleeding hemroids and I have had a boil near my butt lanced and is opened to drain. Since we all have something bleeding going on what precautions... Read more »

Dirty Toilet Rim Water in Eye

Posted by Anonymous, 2 Replies

I was recently went to a unisex toilet, and somehow managed to have some water splash from the rim into my eye. The rim was pretty dirty but didn't have any noticeable blood, but it could have had other body fluids on it. What is the risk here? I... Read more »

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HIV from blood on toilet seat

Can you get HIV from sitting on menstrual blood or it splashing onto your vagina whilst peeing, how long will it take for the virus to die in the blood once left the body?Thank you for your help in advance...

Response from Shannon Southall

Rocky Mountain CARES

HiHIV dies within minutes of leaving the body. It is possible to get HIV from sitting on menstrual fluid if you cut yourself on your way down to sitting on the toilet and the menstrual fluid was just placed there moments before you sat down.Splash... Read more »

Menstrual blood on toilet seat

Hi I went to the toilet at work and realised after wiping myself then getting of the toilet seat there was blood on the seat. I now keep worrying that what if a bit of that blood got onto my toilet paper then I wiped my vagina that I might get HIV...

Response from Shannon Southall

Rocky Mountain CARES

HiYou cannot get HIV this way! HIV dies once it is outside of the body. Also all OBGYN's are to offer HIV testing, if you need peace of mind I would ask them for the test, but again getting HIV this way is not possible.Be well and stay safe,... Read more »

Blood under toilet seat

I was at work and went to the restroom. I used one of those seat covers they provide now and didn't see anything visible on the seat. After I had went to the bathroom and got up I noticed there was blood soaked into the seat cover and through...

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Hello,Do I think your risk is significant? No, of course not. First of all, it is highly unlikely the blood hiding under the toilet seat was HIV tainted. Second, even HIV-infected blood would not penetrate intact skin if it did come into contact... Read more »

Transmission from blood spot on toilet seat

Went to the restroom at work and didn't realize until standing up that there was a small blood spot on the seat toward the front. It wiped away fairly easy (so wasn't totally dried). My concern is that I tried to see if any got on the...

Response from Shannon Southall

Rocky Mountain CARES

HiOnce HIV is outside of the body, oxygen destroys it. Finding blood on a toilet seat, oxygen would probably have destroyed it before you got there. Also sitting on a toilet seat does not expose you to the fluid so there is no potential mode of... Read more »

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