How many days that these std viruses survive in the outside environment like in semen, blood, Water, toilet and toilet water/paper, razors, tooth brush, floors etc and what if you touch those viruses from environment mentioned and kept your hand in mouth/nose/ears/eyes/penis/anus etc, do you get infected with any STDs ?

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How many days that these std viruses survive in the outside environment like in semen, blood, Water, toilet and toilet water/paper, razors, tooth brush, floors etc and what if you touch those viruses from environment mentioned and kept your hand in mouth/nose/ears/eyes/penis/anus etc, do you get infected with any STDs ?

We do not see sexually transmitted infections (STI) passing the way you describe.

The bacteria and viruses that cause most of the sexually transmitted infections (STI) do not survive for long when they are out of the body. We also find that you need to come in direct contact with the STI when having sex by either coming in contact with sexual fluids while having sex or from direct skin to skin contact with the person’s genitals.

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This answer was posted on June 16, 2014.

This answer was updated on February 7, 2022.