i have a freind who told me she is h.i.v positive and has herpes if this was your freind would you let her use

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your shower or toilet

Answer 1

Yeah you need to educated yourself more on these viruses. They are STDS, you don't get them from using a shower or toilet after that person. I got genital herpes when I was just 17 and I shared a bathroom with my younger brothers for years. They never got the virus from using the toilet or shower after me. Please educated yourself more on this.

Answer 2

This would depend on how good of a friend she is. If she is just an acquaintance or someone I don't know very well but knew she had both those diseases, I am sorry but would probably not let her use my bathroom facilities. If she was a good friend, someone I loved and cared about, I would let her use my shower and toilet. I would just make sure I sprayed them down with bleach and disinfectant and cleaned them well after she used the bathroom. While I know HIV can only be transmitted through bodily fluids, what if she urinated on the seat? And regardless of what Herpes infected people say, you can catch Herpes from a toilet seat, especially if the person infected has a break out and doesn't watch where they sit and you sit down after them. My cousin was a virgin, was mentally handicapped and caught Herpes from a toilet seat in a public restroom. This is why I do not use public restrooms at all if I can seriously help it. Have you guessed? I am a complete germaphobe!

Answer 3

Both of those can't be transmitted via shower or toilet. But I have read some information that says to be careful of using a towel after her with herpes. There have been some reports that herpes can live on the damp towel for at least a few hours.

Answer 4

STD's ARE tranmitted SEXUALLY!!! Hence the name sexually transmitted disease...........

Toilets and STDs

Q: My friends and I have a question. As girls and best friends, we wanted to know if one could catch any sexually transmitted infection from sharing toilets. Could you catch anything if any water from the toilet touches you? (For example -- urinating and not flushing because someone else is going to urinate so they use it before flushing.

-- W.T.






Dr. Donnica: NO. You have nothing to worry about from sharing toilets with your friends! If the water touches you and it has bacteria or other infectious agents in it, then it would be possible for you to "catch something," but still highly unlikely. Sexually transmitted infections most often come from sexual contact with an infected person (whether or not they know they have it), although STDs can also be transmitted through blood or sharing infected needles. Other things that may transmit STDs that you should never share even with your best friends include toothbrushes, razors, or used undergarments. (It's ok to borrow your friends' panties after they've been washed.)

If you are using a public toilet, I do recommend wiping off the seat firmly with toilet paper before using it. While many women go to great lengths to cover the toilet seat with paper or other covers or to "hover" over the toilet seat without sitting on it, this is not necessary and it often creates a mess for the next user! If you do sprinkle when you tinkle, please be neat and wipe the seat!

Flushing is not required between each urination, although it is our social custom. Often, especially in places that need to conserve water, people are requested to use the toilet several times before flushing. "If it's yellow, let it mellow; if it's brown, flush it down." The most important toilet hygiene issues are wiping yourself from front to back and, most importantly, washing your hands immediately after using the toilet each time. If you are going to leave urine in the toilet water, be sure to close the lid to contain odors and so that pets can't drink it.

Best regards,
Donnica Moore, M.D.
President, DrDonnica.com

Answer 5

Myth. The genital herpes virus is a fragile virus that dries out when it is exposed to air. There have been no proven cases of genital herpes transmission from a toilet seat. And you cant get aids by a toilet seat either.

Answer 6

yes i would .........Hygiene is the practice of following certain health rules. In the age of AIDS, sexual hygiene means avoiding the exchange of bodily fluids and secretions during sexual activity.

Strictly speaking, semen, vaginal and cervical secretions, blood, urine, feces, saliva, tears, and mother's milk from one person should not be placed into the mouth, nose, eyes, ears, vagina, anus, or open wounds (even microscopic) of another person. As mentioned previously, the hands often have microscopic lesions (wounds) around the fingernail cuticles.

In general, any soap, detergent, and or disinfectant is effective against HIV.
Bleach is the preferred cleaning agent of research labs. Mix I part bleach with 9 parts water to make a 10 percent bleach solution. If blood or bodily secretions are plentiful, then use a stronger mixture.

Ethanol (drinking alcohol) at 50 percent solution (100 proof) kills HIV. Isopropyl alcohol in a 35 percent solution kills HIV in most settings, but not for cleaning IV or hypodermic needles. Most drug store alcohol is 70 percent. Read the label. (Alcohols are not as effective in killing HIV in the presence of blood. If blood or other substances are plentiful, use stronger mixtures or lots of alcohol.)

Lysol at 0.5 percent solution inactivates HIV. In stores, Lysol is available at 3 percent solution, read the label.

In the hospital, Nonidet P-40 at 1 percent killed HIV. Paraformaldehyes and phenols are effective. Formalin was effective but too slow for common use. Tween-20 was ineffective, but its stronger version was effective.

Dishes.
Hot soapy water kills HIV. If dishes are visibly soiled with blood or other bodily substances, they can be soaked in 10 percent bleach solution first.

Bathrooms.
Bathroom surfaces are only hazardous (if HIV is present) if visibly soiled with HIV-tainted bodily waste or substances. Again, any contaminated substance would have to encounter a mucous membrane surface or an open wound.
now about herpes....
Prevention is difficult since the virus can be spread to others when the infected person has no evidence of a current outbreak; however, avoiding direct contact with an open lesion will lower the risk of infection.

People with genital herpes should avoid sexual contact when active lesions are present. Safer sex behaviors including the use of condoms may also lower the risk of infection.








Individuals with active herpetic lesions should also avoid contact with newborns, children with eczema or immunosuppressed individuals as these groups are at higher risk for more severe disease.. you dont have to worrie about catching herpes from using the same bathroom.

Answer 7

of course, however... a safety tip with herpes is to not use the towel of someone that has herpes (after a shower) herpes likes moisture... so just make sure you launder towels often--

Answer 8

You can't get an STD from using a toilet or shower that they used. You get it from having sex.

Answer 9

As long as you and her are not both having sex with the shower and toilet.

Answer 10

The two balls of which you speak. Aren't they someones testicles?
Perhaps your friend is better off hanging out at the church or synogog instead of the little bar known as the sin and gag.