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Cleaning toilet risk

Hello,

I had a friend over and she used my bathroom. I dont know if she was on her period or not. Well I left the place for about two hours and came back home after going out to dinner with friends. I cleaned the toilet because it had needed to be cleaned anyways (with bleach and standard toilet bowl cleaner). I didn't wash my hands exactly afterwards but decided to kill two birds with one stone and take a shower - something I normally do in the evenings. Well, I decided in the shower to begin masturbating, about 10 minutes in. Is any HIV transmission possible here if I had any bodily fluids on my hands from other people using the toilet after cleaning it, and then masturbating - even if in the shower? Wouldn't that kill the virus, even if I used body wash? Would the virus already be dead once it hit the air, especially after a couple hours?

Thanks.
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You should not even ask this at first place .. do a basic search of HIV on google first and come here !
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Does anyone else agree with canermy's assessment? I just want to get more than one consensus.
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1361323 tn?1323894922
No way, No way, no how!!
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(Something being blood)
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So there is no risk even if I had something on my hands and then masturbated?
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1361323 tn?1323894922
No risk whatsoever...The virus cant survive long outside its hosts body. And masturbation is not a risk. Exposure is through unprotected sex, sharing needles and mother to child.
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