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HIV on hands

Hi I recently had an encounter with a guy in which he masterbated himself briefly and didn't cum whilst touching me through my jeans, he then used the hand he was masterbating with to touch me through my jeans and some pre cum may have got on my jeans which I then touched, so his infected semen got on my hands. a few hours later I then picked a number of scabs off my nose with the same unwashed hands, am I at risk, would the infected semen dried on my hand still be a risk when I picked the scabs off? I would really appreciate an authoratative response from one of the docs.  cheers
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I've got real OCD about this and keep posting, I keep thinking I can catch HIV from semen on my hands and clothing, which I've been told isn't true, but how long would semen remain active if it was on my hands? I don't understand how it becomes inactive, I'm no biology student.
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He posted it because you have already been provided with answers on a previous post and that is that you never had a risk from this situation.Your safe.
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Teak, I am sorry. But why did you post it? It was a way to criticize the first answer given by zamzam4 ?

I asked because I did not understan.

Thank you
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No this would not be a risk at all.  

You cannot get HIV from environmental exposure and this would be classed as that.  Almost immediately upon exposure to the environment the HIV virus become unable to infect.
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