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whats the chance for each?

i was playing football(contact sport) with my mates on a synthetic surface...almost all my fingers were DEEPLY cut and the feet was bleeding too...we played for a lot of time and my friends were sweating a lot..some of them bleeding too...
considering they have some or the other std...what are the chances of the following :
1. hepatitis A
2. hepatitis B
3. hepatitis C
4. hiv
5. herpes
6. hpv

i know the question is silly..but i need an answer..
thank you!  
i m concerned!
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239123 tn?1267647614
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Welcome to the forum.

They call them STDs because sex is necessary to transmnit them!  Any exceptions are too rare to worry about.  Nobody has ever been known (or as far as I know, even suspected) to have caught any of the infections on your list through a contaminated athletic field or playihg surface.  The risk is zero for all of them, for all practical purposes.  Don't worry, don't get tested, and if you have a regular sex partner, you can continue your normal relations without fear of transmitting any STD on account of your athletic endeavors.

They say there is no such thing as a silly question.  However, as you imply yourself, this one certainly comes close.  

Regards--  HHH, MD
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239123 tn?1267647614
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I have no other comments, except to encourage you to accept my advice at face value and stop worrying about this.

That's all for this thread.
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i was playing barefoot??
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and what does "too rare" imply?
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i was playing barefoot!
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