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Can HIV Or Hepatitis Be Contracted Through Contaminated Soap Bars?

Posted on Thu, 14 Sep 2017

Question: is there any hiv hep b,c risk if i left my soap dish bottle open while roaches go in the bottle and since i wash my dishes with this soap and since i eat using the dishes i washed with this soap any hiv hep b,c risk

Answered by Dr. Dr.Arnab (41 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
no risk of any HIV, Hep B or Hep C....

Detailed Answer:
Hello XXXXXXX Welcome to HealthcareMagic,
I've gone through your query and understand your concern,

No, there's no risk as such of any HIV, Hep B or Hep C in such fashion, so you need not worry...these viri can't sustain in the outside atmosphere, and transmission can't happen in such fashion...

Hope this answers your query...
Don't worry....

Take Care
Kind Regards

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Arnab Banerjee

Follow up: Dr. Dr.Arnab (6 minutes later)

ok just to confirm no hiv hep b,c risk since i left my soap dish bottle open while roaches go to the bottle and i can wash safely using this soap and eating safely using the dishes i washed with this soap?

Answered by Dr. Dr.Arnab (12 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
no risk, don't worry...

Detailed Answer:
Welcome back XXXXXXX

No, there's no risk in this fashion, no need to worry...

In my opinion, you simply need to change the soap bottle, not due to HIV or Hep-B or Hep-C risk, but to prevent yourself from some bacterial infections (Salmonella, Staphylococcus, and Streptococcus to be specific), which are generally transmitted by the roaches...

So, simply replace it with a fresh new bottle, that'd be sufficient...

Don't worry...

Take Care
Kind Regards

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Arnab Banerjee

Follow up: Dr. Dr.Arnab (40 hours later)

can you contract hiv hepatitis b,c from roaches

Answered by Dr. Dr.Arnab (1 hour later)

Brief Answer:
no you can't

Detailed Answer:
Hello again,

No, you can't contract HIV, Hep-B or Hep-C from roaches...

Take Care
Kind Regards

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Arnab Banerjee

Follow up: Dr. Dr.Arnab (28 hours later)

am i in any risk for hiv hep b,c when i get a cut from environmental surfaces on the train or on the street ?

Answered by Dr. Dr.Arnab (5 hours later)

Brief Answer:
It depends on several factors..

Detailed Answer:
Welcome back,

First of all, it's extremely unlikely to get HIV, Hep-B or Hep-C in such fashion...

It also depends on several factors, i.e. if at all you're already having any fresh cut/bleeding wound in your body where it got cut again by those surfaces, if at all those surfaces are covered in fresh blood/body fluids etc. (although theoretically sounds may be possible, but practically it's almost impossible to get infected in such fashion too)...

Don't worry...

Take Care
Kind Regards

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Arnab Banerjee

Follow up: Dr. Dr.Arnab (37 minutes later)

i had cuts on my back from shaving i was laying with a t shirt that was touching the sheet on my bed and than i was laying on the bed sheet with out the t shirt with my open cuts touching the sheet in same spot were the t shirt touched and since the t shirt came in contact to a pole on a train any hiv hep b,c risk

Answered by Dr. Dr.Arnab (16 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
no risk of any HIV, Hep B or Hep C....

Detailed Answer:
Welcome back,

No, there's no risk in such fashion, as those viri can't sustain in the outside atmosphere(which I've already explained earlier), and transmission can't happen in such fashion (don't worry about that contact to a pole on the train, as there's no risk)...

Moreover, your T-shirt belongs to you and so is your bed-sheet, so there's nothing to worry here...

No need to worry...

Take Care
Kind Regards

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Arnab Banerjee