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Hiv from fingering after touching a wet bag with used condoms

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I had concerns regarding an exposure that . I usually store my used condoms after sex with guys I met through grindr ,inside a cloth bag .
Recently I had protected anal sex with a guy and after that in order to check condom I filled it with water (inside without washing it from outside)
and then wrapped it inside the glove I was wearing while checking the condom during that accidentally water with rectal fluid outside of condom went inside my glove as it got torn then I wrapped it up and put it inside that cloth bag.
Next day I carried the bag which was wet due to that water on glove that had rectal fluid and soon  after that I fingered my anus inside as It was feeling itchy from inside .
So is there any hiv risk if that water containing rectal fluid was in contact with my finger with which I fingered my anus deep(I also had bleeding inside my anus as I fingered harshly due to itching) I forgot to wash my fingers before fingering my anus.
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20620809 tn?1504362969
please read what is being said about what risks are.  It's important you try to internalize those and understand them. Did you . . .1. have UNprotected vaginal sex?  2. have UNprotected anal sex. Or 3. share IV injectible needles to inject drugs?  The answer to 1, 2 and 3 is NO. Therefore, you had no risk. That should answer this and every single question you have going forward.  Touching anything is not a risk for HIV as air inactivates the virus.  If you keep asking yourself, questioning and having anxiety . . . that's BECAUSE of a anxiety.  
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Hey so it's been seven days but I'm having lose watery diarrhea and body rashes along with feverish feeling so is it related to other factor or its ARS symptoms
aleady answered no risk. no symptoms could be associated if no risk.
3191940 tn?1447268717
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No, you can't get HIV that way.  You can only get HIV from unprotected anal or vaginal intercourse, or by sharing intravenous needles with other people.  Once fluid such as semen or blood is outside of the body, on an object, it isn't infectious anymore.

Do throw the condoms away in the future, though.  You are subjecting yourself to bacterial infestation by storing them.
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So mam am I safe from this type of exposure
I hv been suffering anxiety issues from this incident and I'm filled with all negativity from this incident.
So do I need to test for this incident and m I 100 percent hiv free from this incident mam?
15695260 tn?1549593113
As your question has been fully answered that you had no risk, we are closing this thread.

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