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Expert: Terry B - 12/3/2007


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Greetings Terry,

I feel a bit uneasy asking this, but I have been mastubation (by myself) for the past one year. However, I have had NO sex since I was born. I have been masturbating against clean toilet floors and no one has HIV in our family (basically by lying down on my stomach/chest and not using hand for masturbation). My worry is, are there any possibilities to pick up HIV virus while my penis is on the toilet floor. Any help will be appreciated.

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Dear Varma:

Peace.  HIV is transmitted from person to person; exposure to the fluids of a person infected with the virus is necessary for any risk for HIV transmission.  The fluids which transmit HIV are blood, semen, vaginal secretions, and breast milk.  There is no risk in what you describe.

Best to you and yours.

Terry

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Help in assessing personal and professional risk of HIV transmission; tips in teaching about HIV/AIDS; cultural competency for teaching about HIV/AIDS in Catholic settings; considerations in US and overseas HIV/AIDS programs and education for health and other professionals. Specific questions about treatment should be referred to your health provider; opinions and information offered are not meant to replace medical advice

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Seven years with academic medical center and national AIDS education and training center, seven subsequent years with focus on international HIV/AIDS in East and South Africa. Former clinician, bioethics preceptor at an academic medical center and presenter in wide range of fora including international AIDS conference.

Organizations
Disabled American Veterans American Public Health Association MENSA AA

Publications
Human Variety, EC Sociological Society Proceedings of the International AIDS Conference, Durban, South Africa "HIV and Primary Care"

Education/Credentials
BS Psychology MPH Master of Public Health PhD studies underway

Awards and Honors
Naval School of Health Sciences, Hospital Corps with Highest Honors, Neuropsychiatry with Honors and High Distinction

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