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Hiv risk throuch eczema crack

I have a couple eczema crack on my feet it was red and starting to scab but not bleeding . My fear is that i went to a message parlour and get in to a bathroom which someone might use it to wash them self and could be some semen left on the floor before i went it

1. Would this be a hiv risk if my eczema crack wound came into contact with the semen or other fluid that could be on the bathroom floor

2. Also the girl also washed her vaginal area while i was in the bath with her . Could the water that run through her vaginal and touch my cracked eczema be a hiv risk
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Here are the actual and ONLY risks for HIV transmission. HIV is transmitted by unprotected vaginal or anal intercourse (penis without condom IN - with penetration- a vagina or anus) or sharing IV needles to inject drugs.  Air inactivates the virus. You don't get HIV from anything you touch or touches you outside of that. So, no to the floor.  The toilet. The faucet. The water she used to wash. Her hands.  No risk
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Also i would like to know if the water would help inactivate  the virus to
The three ways that HIV is transmitted are given.  It is NOT a risk unless one of those three ways. This should answer all of your questions.
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Also the bathroom was at the message parlour
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Your situation involves personal contact with an object in air  ( body, water,  maybe blood, cuts,  maybe semen, etc. ). You will be happy to learn that you had no risk, because you can't get hiv from personal contact except unprotected penetrating vaginal or anal with a penis, neither of which you did and you didn't share hollow needles to inject with which is the only other way to acquire hiv - there are ONLY 3 ways to get hiv. Note that 2 of them require a penis and the third requires a hollow injecting shared needle - there are no OTHER ways to get hiv. Analysis of large numbers of infected people over the 40 years of hiv history has proven that people don't get hiv in the way you are worried is a risk.
Hiv is a fragile virus in air or saliva and is effectively instantly dead in either air or saliva so the WORST that could happen is dead virus rubbed you, and obviously anything which is dead cannot live again so you are good. Blood and cuts would not be relevant in your situation since the hiv has become effectively dead, so you don't have to worry about them to be sure that you are safe.
There is no reason for a person to test when they are safe. The advice took into consideration that the other person might be positive, so move on and enjoy life instead of thinking about this non-event. hiv prevention is straightforward since there are only 3 ways you can become infected, so next time you wonder if you had a risk, ask yourself this QUESTION. "Did I do any of the 3?" Then after you ANSWER "No, I didn't" you will know that it's time to move on back to your happy life.
No one got hiv from what you did during 40 years of hiv history and no one will get it in the next 40 years of your life either.  You can do what you did any time and be safe from hiv.
The other person's status is irrelevant when you have no exposure to live virus.
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