meaning if somebody's semen ( infected or uninfected) gets in touch with clothes ( ie shirt) can it cause infection if you then touch it or if that piece of cloth touches other clothes???
expert opinions if possible please
2006-10-09 07:40:21 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ STDs
There is no infection that can be passed from touching semen on clothes or from semen on clothing touching your skin.
Think about the way that infectious agents such as bacteria or viruses work. They have to find a way through our first line of defence - our skin. Now our skin is a robust and thick, inpenetrable layer of tissues, the outer layer being formed of millions of dead cells tightly packed together. Even if there was a cut or scratch our bodies form a scab that keeps infectious agents out. So we would need to have a deep open wound with access to our blood stream - I think you'd notice if you had blood pumping out of a cut vein or artery! Even if you did have a big bleeding cut, blood comes out to wash away infectious agents and to cause a scab to form. So that's not an easy way to get infected.
Blood borne viruses (BBVs) - I guess you are worried about HIV or Hepatitis C - need access to specific cells to infect that are found only in the blood stream. In the UK there have only ever been about 6 health care workers who have been infected by HIV through a Needle stick injury - and they were nursing patients dying of AIDS - so the blood was highly infectious and the needle penetrated the skin - no-one has ever, ever in all of the world contracted a BBV in the manner you suggest.
I know of no other infection that could be passed from semen on cloth. Please be re-assured.
2006-10-09 22:11:21 · answer #1 · answered by NORSE-MAN 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It lasts about 2 hours and can't be passed via touching a keyboard. You could probably even get a little (read: a little) in or around your mouth and it wouldn't affect you. The only things you need to worry about are sores, cuts, or scrapes on areas that might be exposed. THAT will get you infected lickety-split, no ****. Viruses are notoriously bad at staying alive outside of their environment. However, "diseases" do not "die as soon as they hit the air", which is the stupidest comment I've ever heard in my life. If they did, things like Strep Throat wouldn't exist, because the constant exposure to air would kill them. They also do not die when the fluid dries up, because it often persists at a molecular level until its proteins are denatured by temperature differentials. Don't listen to these idiots. Bacteria, in contrast to viruses, tend to be much more hardy, and can live anywhere from hours to years outside of their normal hosts. Wash hands, use a condom, stay in school, drink your milk.
2016-03-28 02:49:20 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have heard of hepatitis B living a long time outside the body on objects (objects where germs can reside, such as towels, clothing, surfaces, etc. are called fomites), but I am not sure how long. I think HIV dies as soon as it dries out. There are Hepatitis B vaccines (preventive shots), by the way, so if you haven't had one look into it. I'm not sure how long other germs survive, but I think once it's dried out, almost everything has died.
2006-10-09 08:27:27 · answer #3 · answered by sarcastro1976 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
For HIV the virus dies almost the minute it leaves the body. Some things such as the gonococcus might live for an hour if warm and moist.
2006-10-09 07:54:55 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
It dies with in a few hours of leaving the body, only if it is inside you can it live for up2 7 days.
2006-10-09 08:14:14 · answer #5 · answered by sexyass 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hey, it is very unsanatary but usually it dies after a week or so,you couldn't get infected unless you consumed it. i reccomend that you wash your clothes and wash yourself if touched
2006-10-09 07:48:00 · answer #6 · answered by fitnessguru 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
How come you think everybody's semen is infectious? That's an insult to all men.
As I read your question ---- Somebody's had a J.Arthur, then spilt it on their shirt, then YOU come along and play with their shirt. PLEASE EXPLAIN
2006-10-11 02:34:52 · answer #7 · answered by Dover Soles 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
up to 48 hrs
2006-10-09 07:43:58 · answer #8 · answered by L6 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I know that with the HIV virus, it dies in about 3 seconds after being exposed to air!
2006-10-09 09:09:26 · answer #9 · answered by candygrr1 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Judging from this and your other questions you have a problem which needs psychological help. It just isn't normal to be so obsessed with men's toilets!!!
2006-10-09 10:04:40 · answer #10 · answered by huggz 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋