Hiv From Dried Blood On Toilet Seat

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Vagina in contact with blood on toilet seat!! Please help me

Hi doctor,Please take this time to review my question. A little history of myself, I have anxiety and depression issues. Recently I had an exposure which caused me to panic very badly and I am hoping for your rescue.I want to know if blood can seep...

Response from David Wohl, M.D.

University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill

You will hopefully be comforted by the fact that no one ever acquired HIV via a toilet seat. This is just not a feasible way for HIV to enter your body and set up shop. Really and truly.DW... Read more »

Vagina touched blood on toilet seat! Help me please!

Hi doctor,Please take this time to review my question. A little history of myself, I have anxiety... Read more »

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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... Read more »

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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 infection from dried blood?

Posted by panic05, 5 Replies

I got a question on HIV infection from dried blood. I know no one has been infected with HIV due to contact with toilet seat so far. But I am still worrying about its possibility.

Today, I went to a public washroom. After flushing the toilet, I... Read more »

Hiv from used toilet paper?

Posted by LL1121, 1 Reply

Is it possible if a girl, who is hiv positve wiped after peeing and let it sit there till it dried then after someone else wiped with that same toilet paper, could they contract hiv from this?
Basically is it possible to catch hiv from using used... Read more »

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