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HIV transmission after touching object and then masturbating
So the thing is last night, I panicked a bit and I took a few pictures of a used condom I stepped on because I was scared and wanted to identify it. I don't know if my phone or my hands got splashed by it since it was in a puddle, but just in case let's assume that.
I wiped my phone down with clorox but I came home and touched my keyboard with my hands. I know HIV can't transfer from surfaces, but I was wondering if it could have survived on my phone/keyboard and gotten onto my hand and then onto my penis when I was masturbating.
1) Is it possible for HIV to transmit if I masturbated after touching my phone/keyboard which I touched with my hands that may have been in contact with a used condom?
2) Am I at risk because I touched a used condom in a puddle? I don't know if the puddle water lets it live longer.
I wiped my phone down with clorox but I came home and touched my keyboard with my hands. I know HIV can't transfer from surfaces, but I was wondering if it could have survived on my phone/keyboard and gotten onto my hand and then onto my penis when I was masturbating.
1) Is it possible for HIV to transmit if I masturbated after touching my phone/keyboard which I touched with my hands that may have been in contact with a used condom?
2) Am I at risk because I touched a used condom in a puddle? I don't know if the puddle water lets it live longer.
You had no risk and a test would be a waste of time.
HIV is instantly inactivated in air and also in saliva which means it is effectively dead so it can't infect from touching, external rubbing or oral activities. It doesn't matter if you and they were actively bleeding or had cuts at the time either because the HIV is effectively dead.
Only adult risks are the following:
1. unprotected penetrating vaginal
2. unprotected penetrating anal sex
3. sharing needles that you inject with. Knowing these 3 are all you need to know to protect yourself against HIV. Your situation is a long way from any of these 3.
Even with blood, lactation, cuts, rashes, burns, etc the air or the saliva does not allow inactivated virus to infect from touching, external rubbing or oral activities. The above HIV science is 40 years old and very well established so there is no detail that you can add that will make your encounter a risk for HIV.
HIV is instantly inactivated in air and also in saliva which means it is effectively dead so it can't infect from touching, external rubbing or oral activities. It doesn't matter if you and they were actively bleeding or had cuts at the time either because the HIV is effectively dead.
Only adult risks are the following:
1. unprotected penetrating vaginal
2. unprotected penetrating anal sex
3. sharing needles that you inject with. Knowing these 3 are all you need to know to protect yourself against HIV. Your situation is a long way from any of these 3.
Even with blood, lactation, cuts, rashes, burns, etc the air or the saliva does not allow inactivated virus to infect from touching, external rubbing or oral activities. The above HIV science is 40 years old and very well established so there is no detail that you can add that will make your encounter a risk for HIV.
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Consider therapy for your HIV fixation because your other thread this week had all the advice you need.
Just to make sure though I thought HIV lived longer if semen/blood was in the water and I found this in a puddle.
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