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Author Topic: need help with risk of exposure and ars  (Read 2727 times)

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Offline mistakesweremade

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need help with risk of exposure and ars
« on: October 30, 2013, 05:32:17 am »
I went on a trip a week ago to south east asia for 1 week and slept with around 5 csw all them we used condoms. Except for 1 in which we were diagonal she tried inserting my penis in after the condom was off but I stopped her only briefly brushing the outside of her vagina. Around 6 days ago.

So far couple of days after ive had a fever for 2 days nightsweats every day also diahrea for 3 days and now a littlebit of a dry cough. Im not back to my home country so ive only been able to see a nurse who recommended its a bug from from travel. Also girls I was with were dry coughing. Also didnt sleep for almost 2 days while drinking alcohol alot those days. Also had a tiny fever the 2nd night.

What do you guys think besides waiting on those 6 weeks.

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Re: need help with risk of exposure and ars
« Reply #1 on: October 30, 2013, 06:38:42 am »
You didn't have a risk for HIV from rubbing or brushing against a vagina . Only unprotected insertive vaginal or anal sex is a risk for HIV .

ALTHOUGH YOU DO NOT NEED HIV TESTING AT THIS TIME for this incident , anyone who is sexually active should be having a full sexual health care check-up, including but not limited to hiv testing, at least once a year and more often if unprotected intercourse occurs.

If you aren't already having regular, routine check-ups, now is the time to start. As long as you make sure condoms are being used for intercourse, you can fully expect your routine hiv tests to return with negative results.

Don't forget to always get checked for all the other sexually transmitted infections as well, because they are MUCH easier to transmit than hiv. Some of the other STIs can be present with no obvious symptoms, so the only way to know for sure is to test.

Use condoms for anal or vaginal intercourse, correctly and consistently, and you will avoid hiv infection. It really is that simple!
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Re: need help with risk of exposure and ars
« Reply #2 on: October 30, 2013, 06:42:09 am »
Mistakes,

You didn't actually make ANY mistakes. You did all you needed to do in order to protect yourself against hiv infection - you used a condom for intercourse.

The rubbing/touching you describe is called fottage (the sexual rubbing of body parts together without penetration), and frottage is NOT a risk for hiv infection.

Hiv is a fragile, difficult to transmit virus that is primarily transmitted INSIDE the human body, as in unprotected anal or vaginal intercourse where the virus never leaves the confines of the two bodies.

Once outside the body, small changes in temperature, and pH and moisture levels all quickly damage the virus and render it unable to infect. For this reason, frottage is NOT a risk for hiv infection as it takes place OUTSIDE the body.

If you feel unwell, see a doctor. You haven't had a risk for hiv infection, so whatever is going on has NOTHING to do with hiv.

Here's what you need to know in order to avoid hiv infection:

You need to be using condoms for anal or vaginal intercourse, every time, no exceptions until such time as you are in a securely monogamous relationship where you have both tested for ALL sexually transmitted infections together.

To agree to have unprotected intercourse is to consent to the possibility of being infected with an STI. Sex without a condom lasts only a matter of minutes, but hiv is forever.

Have a look through the condom and lube links in my signature line so you can use condoms with confidence.

ALTHOUGH YOU DO NOT NEED TO TEST SPECIFICALLY FOR HIV OVER THIS NO RISK SITUATION, anyone who is sexually active should be having a full sexual health care check-up, including but not limited to hiv testing, at least once a year and more often if unprotected intercourse occurs.

If you aren't already having regular, routine check-ups, now is the time to start. As long as you make sure condoms are being used for intercourse, you can fully expect your routine hiv tests to return with negative results.

Don't forget to always get checked for all the other sexually transmitted infections as well, because they are MUCH easier to transmit than hiv. Some of the other STIs can be present with no obvious symptoms, so the only way to know for sure is to test.

Use condoms for anal or vaginal intercourse, correctly and consistently, and you will avoid hiv infection. It really is that simple!

Ann

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Re: need help with risk of exposure and ars
« Reply #3 on: October 30, 2013, 07:27:17 am »
Alright thanks for the info, Its just the ars symptoms which had me on edge. Also had small ulcer on my mouth. I wont be able to see a phycisian for another week till im home just want the nightsweats to end. Also what if it was half the heas was just in a bit for a second.
« Last Edit: October 30, 2013, 07:30:37 am by mistakesweremade »

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Re: need help with risk of exposure and ars
« Reply #4 on: October 30, 2013, 07:43:07 am »
Mistakes,

You did NOT have a risk and your additional comments do not change that fact.

Again, if you feel unwell, see a doctor. Whatever is going on has nothing to do with hiv.

Ann
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"...health will finally be seen not as a blessing to be wished for, but as a human right to be fought for." Kofi Annan

Nymphomaniac: a woman as obsessed with sex as an average man. Mignon McLaughlin

HIV is certainly character-building. It's made me see all of the shallow things we cling to, like ego and vanity. Of course, I'd rather have a few more T-cells and a little less character. Randy Shilts

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Re: need help with risk of exposure and ars
« Reply #5 on: October 31, 2013, 07:20:43 am »
Thanks for the responses. Also I heard its rare to have ars symptoms within 1 week of an actual exposure and unprotective oral isnt a risk from your previous posts.

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Re: need help with risk of exposure and ars
« Reply #6 on: October 31, 2013, 07:24:53 am »
That is correct . You did not have a risk and can move on now .
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