[Question #11014] Saliva
17 months ago
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Hello I have a question
Someone who was talking to me accidentally spit some saliva on my lip What is the chance of catching hpv -hsv 2 or mono ?
There’s no wound on my lips
17 months ago
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What is the chance of catching oral hpv if I touch my penis and after i touched my penis I washed my hands with soap and I put my hands inside of my mouth
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Edward W. Hook M.D.
17 months ago
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Welcome to our forum. Thank you for your confidence in our service. I’ll be glad to comment. It appears that you may have some misunderstandings about how sexually transmitted infections are transmitted. STIs are transmitted only through direct contact and are not transmitted by indirect transfer of secretions containing Infectious material, when they are on a persons hands. Therefore, you cannot transmit HPV to yourself after touching a wart and then touching another part of your body. Similarly, saliva does not transmit STI so that if someone else’s saliva accidentally touches your mouth or lips there is no risk for infection of any sort.
I hope this information is helpful to you. EWH.
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17 months ago
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Thank you dr
But I noticed that dr h.h.h he said some time if you touch your penis and then you touch your mouth it’s possible to get oral hpv
But in my case I washed my hands with soap is the soap good to kill the hpv on my hand ?
Saliva just touched my lips the risk is zero ? Even for mono ?
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Edward W. Hook M.D.
17 months ago
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I think you are misinterpreting what Dr. Handsfield has said. While this sort of transfer might theoretically occur, in practice it simply does not. If it did, people would be covered with warts
Certainly washing your hands with soap would remove any HPV present.
Saliva touching your lips is zero risk for all STIs and probably for mono although there are no studies on mononucleosis. If it does occur, it is quite rare and not something to worry about. EWH
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17 months ago
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What is the most accurate mono test?
And is 80 days after the exposure enough to show up on the blood test
Or do you think it might show up positive after 6 months?
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Edward W. Hook M.D.
17 months ago
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Hey, you should know we provide up to three responses to each clients questions. This will be my third and final response. There should be no need to return to the forum regarding this event.
Test for mononucleosis are routine in most laboratories and provide an accurate diagnosis within weeks after exposure. They are called a “ mono spot”. Testing at 80 days is certainly sufficient and a negative test would prove that you did not acquire mononucleosis. No one develops mononucleosis that long after an exposure.
This completes this thread. I hope you will be able to move forward without the apparent unwarranted concern that you seem to have. EWH.
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17 months ago
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As this is my last question I want to know if is it possible to get hpv by trying clothes at store I mean if I try the clothes at the fitting room and someone else has hpv tried the same pants before
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Edward W. Hook M.D.
17 months ago
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The thread is already over. It should have been closed. You cannot acquire HPV from trying on clothes which someone who has HPV has worn. This is a logical conclusion from the information I provided above. EWH.---