hiv can transmit from sharing sex toys or
sharing lubricant ???
One of my friends said if there's no human
liquit on sex toys or if human liquit has
dried before another partner using, it
can't be transmit.
Is that true ??
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Finess150
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 09 Apr 2005 Posts: 191 Location: Kent, UK
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Sex Toys Posted: 01-30-06 09:16am
From a hygeine perspective it is always
advisable to wash sex toys with proper
sextoy disinfectant.
From an hiv stanpoint, it is not a likely
route of transmission, unless the use
between two people is immediate, and
particularly if any blood is present. But
given that hiv does not last long outside
the body, it is indeed true that once a
liquid has dried, hiv virus is dead or at
least unable to infect. The proteins
within the virus cell burst upon drying
and become useless.
However, you should be concerned with
other stds from sharing sex toys so
disinfect porperly before another person
uses them.
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Tamadrummer
Active User, Really EHEALTHy
Joined: 15 Oct 2004 Posts: 710 Location: Zephyrhills,Fl
Posted: 01-30-06 10:31am
The only way to ensure that you will not
get infected with hiv/aids by someone that
has this debilitating diesease is to
abstatin from all acts of sex with them.
I know it may be a hard thing to do if it
is with the person you love but unless you
are ready to have hiv yourself, you cannot
be guarenteed safety by sharing any sex
toys or even having protected sex. No of
it is perfect.
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Finess150
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
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Abstinence Posted: 01-30-06 10:57am
Yes, you are right. Abstinence is a
highly effective way of avoiding hiv.
However, in the real world, people are
going to want to have sex. With
protection used every time, properly, they
reduce the risk dramatically, to a very
very low degree (check out the medical
research on this).
Couples with one negative and one
positive must decide themselves whether
they wish to take this very small risk in
order to live a normal (protected) sexual
life, and I don't believe it is anyone's
place to decide for them.
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