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Can HIV Be Contracted Through Sex Toys?
Question: Dear Dr. S XXXXXXX I ask for your help!
I bought a sex toy for male on February 2016.
I used it without washing or taking condom.
The toy looks new but I am not sure if it is Wet as I used directly with lubricants.
I am quite afraid this is a second hand product and used by someone who have HIV .The delivering hour is about 8 hours in most.
The next day after using it , I have some itch rash at thigh, and the doctor said it looks like been bitten by some bug.
In the next 4 months until now, I continue to have chronic rhinitis for several months and acute bronchitis for one month .And my tongue looks much more white than before.
I have caught cold for more than 2 months and not OK until now,I am really scared.Looks like immunity decrease lower than before.
I want to know if fake vagina is a closed environment(with sealed package) , can HIV survive in the wet seminal fluid or female secretion for how many hours in most with Transfection ability? Is there any data or information for this?
How big is the risk for me to infected HIV from Probability and medical point of view?I never had sex experience before.
I bought a sex toy for male on February 2016.
I used it without washing or taking condom.
The toy looks new but I am not sure if it is Wet as I used directly with lubricants.
I am quite afraid this is a second hand product and used by someone who have HIV .The delivering hour is about 8 hours in most.
The next day after using it , I have some itch rash at thigh, and the doctor said it looks like been bitten by some bug.
In the next 4 months until now, I continue to have chronic rhinitis for several months and acute bronchitis for one month .And my tongue looks much more white than before.
I have caught cold for more than 2 months and not OK until now,I am really scared.Looks like immunity decrease lower than before.
I want to know if fake vagina is a closed environment(with sealed package) , can HIV survive in the wet seminal fluid or female secretion for how many hours in most with Transfection ability? Is there any data or information for this?
How big is the risk for me to infected HIV from Probability and medical point of view?I never had sex experience before.
Brief Answer:
Your risk for HIV is almost nil.
Detailed Answer:
Hi,
Welcome to HCM.
Thanks for posting your query.
You are having almost nil risk for HIV infection. HIV cannot be viable outside the body fluids for not more than few seconds. Even if we consider that the sex toy supplied to you is a second hand product, there is no possibility for HIV to survive for hours of transit in a sealed package. Reused article would not have been supplied to you without proper cleaning or sterilization. Even if we consider the leftover of Vaginal secretion or seminal fluid of an infected individual, the possibility of HIV to survive is nil. So your risk for HIV infection is almost nil.
Rhinitis, cold, bronchitis are common problems those anyone can have in the absence of HIV infection. Feeling of the tongue whitish is also is subjective and different from that of thrush.
Immunodeficiency in HIV can occur only after 5-7 years following the risk activity not earlier.
Dr S Murugan
Your risk for HIV is almost nil.
Detailed Answer:
Hi,
Welcome to HCM.
Thanks for posting your query.
You are having almost nil risk for HIV infection. HIV cannot be viable outside the body fluids for not more than few seconds. Even if we consider that the sex toy supplied to you is a second hand product, there is no possibility for HIV to survive for hours of transit in a sealed package. Reused article would not have been supplied to you without proper cleaning or sterilization. Even if we consider the leftover of Vaginal secretion or seminal fluid of an infected individual, the possibility of HIV to survive is nil. So your risk for HIV infection is almost nil.
Rhinitis, cold, bronchitis are common problems those anyone can have in the absence of HIV infection. Feeling of the tongue whitish is also is subjective and different from that of thrush.
Immunodeficiency in HIV can occur only after 5-7 years following the risk activity not earlier.
Dr S Murugan
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