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Is Toilet Splash Safe
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Can you get hepatitis from toilet water splash back?Hi Doctor, I would apprecite an answer to this question very much.I have honestly searched 'hepatitis from toilet water splash back,' 'can you get hepatitis from toilet water?' and 'hepatitis and water,' in all the...
Response from Barbara McGovern, M.D.
Tufts University School of Medicine
I would NOT consider this a risk.......
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Toilet Water splash in eye. SCARED TO DEATH!Ok, so I was using a public rest room. I flushed and the toilet got clogged. There was a plunger in... Read more »toilet water splash in eyeFeeling nauseous (I am two months pregnant), I had to rush to the restroom in the restaurant and as... Read more »
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India: Condom Vending Machines to Be Set Up in Delhi Public ToiletsVending machines dispensing condoms and oral contraceptives will be set up in public toilets by the Delhi city, India, administration. The machines will be installed on an experimental basis at 10 toilet blocks initially and, if successful, will be... Read more »
Japan: Online Novel Teaches Young Brazilians Safe SexCommunicating safe sex messages to young Brazilians living in Japan is the goal of a new project by the Tokyo-based nonprofit Assistance Service for Brazilians in Japan (ASBJ). In May, ASBJ began posting online a Portuguese translation of the... Read more »
Ohio: Sexy Ads Promote Safe-Sex BehaviorThe "Take Care Down There" campaign in Columbus is using unabashedly sexy ads to promote safe sex for young gay men. Billboards depict fit, shirtless guys with arrows pointing beneath their waistlines. Columbus Public Health (CPH) Prevention... Read more »
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Toilet concerns:
Posted by Anonymous, 2 Replies
I have a few questions about HIV transmission.if there was menstrual blood in a toilet, and it splashed up on your rectum or vagina, is it possible to get infected? same question for if there were feces, urine, regular blood or snot in the toilet. 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...
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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 » Blood splash risk?
Posted by lizzy, 1 Reply
So I am probably worrying over nothing. I work in a lab and felt very stupid as was not wearing gloves at the time. I was uncapping blood samples and whilst doing so a couple of drops of serum (blood) flicked onto my thumb. I washed it thoroughly...
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