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3159640 tn?1430907300

Semen on Toilet Paper HIV risk

This question along with one from the other day, pretty much is the extent of my fear and in order to move on I need some facts.

Took  5 year old daughter to use unisex toilet.  Noticed local man who may been homeless at the restaurant.  Obviously have no idea if he used this bathroom before us.  Seat was up.  I lowered it and put paper down for daughter.  Noticed top of bowl rim was wet, so I put paper over it, but did not wipe it.  My daughter wiped herself  may have grabbed the paper I laid over the wet with the new paper she pulled for herself to wipe with.  I wasn't watching to see what she did.  Were there to be semen that she touched and wiped to her vagina, would she be at risk for HIV?

Sorry to ask and I know this is a bother, but if I am armed with some facts, I can work harder at discrediting what the OCD I suffer from is trying to tell me.

Thank you so much.
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3159640 tn?1430907300
Thank you.  I know your time is valuable.
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No risk.
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3159640 tn?1430907300
Often times my daughter will go into a stall without me and of course I cannot always be checking for these perceived threats.

So there is no HIV risk to her if she were to wipe semen with HIV to her vagina?  Please help settle a worried mom's mind.  Thank you and back to OCD forum I go.
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Go back to the OCD forum. There was never had an exposure.
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