[Question #5378] Sex toys
75 months ago
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Hi , i ve a qeustions about sex toys i would apperciate your help , i bought a vibrator dildo online and i do not know if it is a new or used , i washed it with water and i used it without a condom maybe after 2 weeks from the day i bought it .
1- is their any chance of getting any std from using the sex toy after washing it ?
2- i ve searched online and almost all said that if it contain a body fluid can put me on a risk , my qeustion is assuiming the toy was used from other person before i bought it ,does any std viruses live on the toy for more than 2 weeks?
3- do i need any std test?
Thank you
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Edward W. Hook M.D.
75 months ago
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Welcome to the Forum. It is hard for me to imagine a circumstance in which a reputable person would sell a used, contaminated dildo. Even if they did however HIV and other STIs are not transmitted on inanimate objects, particularly if the object has been washed before it is used. Thus in answer to your questions:
1. No
2. The internet is, as it does so often, misleading you. No STI viruses, including HIV would survive on an inanimate object for two weeks.
3. There is no need for testing of any sort in relationship to use of the dildo you have described.
I hope that these comments are helpful to you. Please don't worry and please stay off of the internet- much of what is found there is incorrect, taken out of context, or just plain wrong. EWH
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