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HIV Risk?????

Few days back I went to a public toilet. I was having a bad sneeze and runny nose at that time. I went inside toilet and the toilet seat was too wet. I washed my hand using soap solution, then dried my hand using toilet paper. I used toilet paper to clean toilet seat and because it was too wet, the toilet paper became wet and I could feel the wetness through the toilet paper. I then cleared the toilet paper. After that I used the same finger to clear my runny nose mucous. During this I did touched inside of my nose to clear the mucous. A lady used the toilet just before me and I went in immediately after she left. Is there any hiv risk if there is any infected fluid in toilet seat as there is contact with mucous membrane? I don't know whether I had small cuts inside my nose because of sneezing. I know there is low risk for hiv infection from environmental things. But all this happened in seconds to a minute. Do the mucous inactivate hiv since it is similar to saliva? I washed my hand with soap solution before this and is there any protection from soap solution after it dries to kill hiv?
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HIV looses its capacity of infecting once it's exposed to air and saliva, as it's really fragile. If people could get infected this ways, everyone along the world would be HIV+.

The only ways HIV is spread are:
-Unprotected vaginal/anal penetrations.
-Sharing needles to inject drugs.
-Mother to child.

You were never exposed to HIV through this scenario.

All the best.
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