Question: Hello , 3 days ago i went to the hospital mainly to the respiratory system department and i met the specialist. The doctor wanted to see whether i have sorethroat or not so he inserted a used and not hygienic tongue depressor in my mouth mistakenly, it was used by another one patient at least and those already used tongue depressors will be put in a plastic box after using them. Inside the plastic box will see many used tongue depressors so he picked one of them randomely and inserted it in my mouth then returned the tongue depressor to the same plastic box. I asked him why u did like that; hs said i am sorry i forgot and please go and wash your mouth instantly. I have 2 worries , the first one is the one at least who used the tongue depressor before me and the second is the plastic box which contains a lot of used and not hygienic depressors.The box will not be changed or washed as i saw them they will only remove depressors every couple of hours, the box was wet , i saw some saliva in the box , so the box is full of bacteria and viruses. What kind of diseases may i catch ? HIV, Hepatitis, HPV , HSV1,2 ,Syphilis, or maybe others? And what strains of HSV and HPV if i may catch?

Thanks doctor.

The box as it's shown in the attached file was closed and wet , i saw saliva inide wether on the tongue depressors or on the walls of the box, so in general the medium was wet and the viruses and becaterias can live in this environment right? Like the saliva on the tongue depressors or the walls may contain the HIV or HBV or HSV or HPV viruses and can live in this medium even they are out of the body right? What i want to say they are in an active medium and good place to survive , am i right? The chances of getting one of those are nil or negligible ? Should i do STDs tests?

Thanks again ... Washing toilets with only water before using them is enough to prevent HIV transmission? Washing anything with water can kill the virus and prevent the transmission in case of its existence? PCR HIV and HBVtest can be conclusive after 32 days? Thanks.

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Sometimes we use public toilets and it is not hygienic, there is a chance to have body fluids whether from men or women on the toilet seat so the virus can transmit to us if there is breach in our skin right? We cannnot provide an antiseptic or even water sometimes to clean the toilet seat , in this case we may acquire HIV or other STDs?
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