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Risk of infecting HIV
Dear Dr,
Last night I had a self-masturbation in an airplane bathroom (it was an international flight from China to Australia), and it lasted a few minutes. After finish, I cleaned my penis using the tissues provided in the bathroom. I am not sure if the tissues are clean or not, I am also not sure if someone else (other passengers) had contaminated the tissues, and I cleaned the glans and the penis very hard using the tissues. Now I have the following questions:
1. For my scenario, is there any possibility that I can be infected with HIV?
2. Is there anything I need to do now to stop bad things to possibly happen?
3. Do I need HIV testing?
Thanks very much for your time.
Last night I had a self-masturbation in an airplane bathroom (it was an international flight from China to Australia), and it lasted a few minutes. After finish, I cleaned my penis using the tissues provided in the bathroom. I am not sure if the tissues are clean or not, I am also not sure if someone else (other passengers) had contaminated the tissues, and I cleaned the glans and the penis very hard using the tissues. Now I have the following questions:
1. For my scenario, is there any possibility that I can be infected with HIV?
2. Is there anything I need to do now to stop bad things to possibly happen?
3. Do I need HIV testing?
Thanks very much for your time.
Hi dawangni, your situation posses NO RISK AT ALL, HIV is a fragile and delicate virus and canot reproduce outside of a hosts body and dies extremely quickly when exposed to air and the environment.
YOU ARE ONLY AT RISK OF HIV IF YOU HAVE UNPROTECTED ANAL/VAGINAL WHERE THE VIRUS HAS ACCESS TO THE BLOOD STREAM THROUGH MUCUS MEMBRANES. THIS IS ALSO TRUE FOR IV DRUG USERS..
oral sex POSES NO RISK, as does frottage, mutual masturbation etc, etc
YOU ARE ONLY AT RISK OF HIV IF YOU HAVE UNPROTECTED ANAL/VAGINAL WHERE THE VIRUS HAS ACCESS TO THE BLOOD STREAM THROUGH MUCUS MEMBRANES. THIS IS ALSO TRUE FOR IV DRUG USERS..
oral sex POSES NO RISK, as does frottage, mutual masturbation etc, etc
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