HIV: How Long Can It Live Outside the Body?
May 29, 2020 — The virus can't survive in water, so you don't have to worry about swimming pools or hot tubs. One study found HIV can live in used needles for ...
https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/324052
29 Nov 2020 ... HIV cannot live long outside the body. Factors, such as temperature, humidity, and sun exposure, can affect how long the virus can
Over the years, I have raised controversy in posing the question of what a woman should do if raped and days away from a care centre to obtain PEP.
My question depends on how long it would take for HIV to move from sperm in a woman's vagina through the cervix to infect her. If it takes only minutes, it may be too late.
But if the virus takes several minutes to an hour and given that it is fragile in cold water, perhaps the woman could sit in a swimming pool, a creek or the sea and flush cold water through her vagina.
If I were a raped woman, I would find a rubber hose, put the end in my vagina and turn the tap on. It may blast the virus in all directions. Virus particles may end up dead in the dirt at my feet.
This has promoted mirth among the silly people. Editor of PNG Attitude Keith Jackson wrote that it was a loopy idea. But then he claimed to the world on his website that I knew nothing of HIV/AIDS.
The alternative is for the woman to wait for the virus to enter her body and infect her. If the virus takes a long time to move from the sperm, that may be plenty of time to immobilize it.
This suggestion may save the lives of thousands of women throughout the world who are far from a care centre for PEP.
There may be ethical and experimental problems in any test. If a woman is raped, clears her vagina in cold water and comes out negative, it may mean that the rapist was negative too.
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