2006-12-03 13:20:28 · 5 answers · asked by makeba j 1 in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Other - Diseases
Probably not, but a combination of misfortunes might make such a transfer possible.
You would almost have to work at it to make it happen, and I can't imagine any sane person doing that.
In order to catch the HIV there has to be a transfer of infected fluids. The difficulty would be in getting the infected blood into the system of the person to be infected. I don't know about anyone else, but I would not knowingly sit on or in someone else's blood, even if I knew it was absolutely safe to do so. That would eliminate the first step necessary.
The second is the need for some sort of passage into the system of the person to be infected. It's a bit more possible for a female than a male, given the orifaces available for fluid transfers.
I think the person to infected would be more likely to be struck and killed by a meteor than to die of AIDS from this type of HIV transfer, but I suppose almost anything is possible
2006-12-03 13:28:52 · answer #1 · answered by Warren D 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
HIV does not live very long outside a host, a few minutes at most. Also, to be infected you would have to have a broken skin barrier. HIV can't be absorbed through the skin, but it could enter through an open sore.
If you have concerns about possible infection you should be tested.
2006-12-03 13:25:26 · answer #2 · answered by Raine 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Only If your blood from an open tear in the skin comes in contact with the infected blood on the toilet seat------kapeeeesh?
2006-12-03 13:26:54 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
The HIV virus dies within 1 second of contact with air.
I wouldnt advise testing this theory though....
2006-12-03 13:28:23 · answer #4 · answered by questionaire 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
If the blood is still moist, yes. However, the more important question is why one would use a toilet with blood on it at all.
2006-12-03 13:24:04 · answer #5 · answered by J 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋