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Hi, If You Drop Your Toothbrush In The A Bathroom
Question: Hi, if you drop your toothbrush in the a bathroom sink basin can you get an std from it if you use it again?
Brief Answer:
STI/HIV transmission risk is almost nil
Detailed Answer:
Hi,
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Thanks for posting your query.
STI organisms are highly fragile. They cannot survive outside temperature and atmospheric oxygen for not more than few seconds. Certain other organisms cannot survive outside other than body fluids not more than few seconds. So, the brush fallen into the bathroom sink will be unlikely to transmit STI or HIV.
Not to worry.
Dr S. Murugan
STI/HIV transmission risk is almost nil
Detailed Answer:
Hi,
Welcome to ASK A DOCTOR through HCM.
Thanks for posting your query.
STI organisms are highly fragile. They cannot survive outside temperature and atmospheric oxygen for not more than few seconds. Certain other organisms cannot survive outside other than body fluids not more than few seconds. So, the brush fallen into the bathroom sink will be unlikely to transmit STI or HIV.
Not to worry.
Dr S. Murugan
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