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Massage Parlor Worries

A week ago today I visited a massage parlor, I did not know exactly what to expect but it turned out to be shadier than I imagined. I am concerned about the possibility of catching ANYTHING from HPV to HIV. Please consider the following mindset as your consider each action: I am worried about what could have theoretically happened 20 minutes before I walked in the door.

1) I was given a table massage, fully nude, and I laid on both my dorsal and central sides with full contact to the table. She took a bit of warm water to warm the table before I first laid down.
2) During the table shower, she briefly came into contact with my lower regions with a sponge type item.
3) She gave me a handjob at the end of the massage, with an unknown sort of oil. I believe she inserted a finger into my anus a bit, and very gently massaged that area.
4) After it was over, she used a wet rag to clean my lower region.

I am pretty worried about what MAY have been on any of those surfaces/towels that I came into contact with before I got there. I realize she probably takes cleanliness more serious than I do, as she does not wish to infect herself in any way.

But what concen is there in relation to the surfaces/under her fingernails and previous clients?
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So just for educational sake, let's say a worst case scenario of someone getting one of the above bacteria/viruses on their finger and did not wash their hand. For how long would their finger be in danger of transmitting the disease/infection in a worst case scenario?

Minutes? Hours?

At what point would the stuff die off?

Also, how likely is it that if their were "alive" bacterium one someone's finger, which then came into contact with genitals/rectum, that the disease would even be spread in the frat place? Is there enough of the disease for transmission?

Just curious. Vance, if you don't feel like answering then don't take the time to, perhaps someone else will or the thread will just die.
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Reread what I wrote. We are not going this each thing for a no risk situation.
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What about bacterial infections? Just for peace of mind, someone please answer the following.

How long can these bacteria/diseases say alive on some sor of surface?

Gonorrrea
Chlamydia
Syphilis
HIV
HPV

If I had had hemorrhoids present at the time of the visit would that have changed anything?

If she had had gonorrhea bacteria on the finger she inserted slightly into my anus, would this show up on the "standard" gonorrhea test? Everything else?
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In plain english, you can not get a STD from the above action.
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In other words, how long can most the STD's live in any type of bodily fluid outside the body?
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So in other words, even if the worst case scenario is that there was something bad on a towel I directly came into contact with or there was something very nasty under her fingernail, it would not have lived long enough in the wild for me to contract it?
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no reason to think you contracted anything from this.  

grace
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