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HIV Prevention and Testing => Do I Have HIV? => Topic started by: sold1ers1de on January 22, 2013, 07:31:08 am
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Hello all, I wanted to start off by saying thank you to all of you who take the time to answer the questions posted in this forum. Now, on to what happened.
About a month and a half ago, I had a sexual encounter with a German woman that I picked up at a club. She gave me a blowjob for a while, and we then proceeded to engage in vaginal intercourse (I was wearing a condom the entire time with this.) We somehow got on the topic of anal sex, and how I had never tried it (I was a little drunk too, which contributes to my episode of stupidity here next), I took the condom off from our vaginal session, and entered her anally (after applying an absurd amount of lube) for literally less than a second before she pushed me off, crediting this to me going in too fast (a term I understand is called dipping). The encounter stopped after that and she left lol (pretty upset). At this point, I haven't really had any symptoms normally attributed to HIV, save for some random red dots which come and go very sporadically, which I hope is more likely attributed to anxiety from this incident.
I was wondering what the likelihood of HIV transmission was from this? If it means anything, I'm also circumcised. I thank all who provide me with some input in advance.
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I also forgot to add, I don't know what her HIV status is. Kind of a one-nighter thing.
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soldier,
We always assume the other person is hiv positive when we give risk assessments, so you don't need to give us your judgements as to their possible status.
Yes, what you did is considered "dipping". While it's very, very much on the lower end of the scale for you as the insertive partner, it is not totally without risk.
You'd be wise to test, but as a sexually active adult you should be getting complete sexual health check ups at least once a year anyway.
The earliest you should test is at six weeks. The vast majority of people who have actually been infected will seroconvert and test positive by six weeks, with the average time to seroconversion being only 22 days.
A six week negative must be confirmed at the three month point, but is highly unlikely to change. To be honest, if you get a six week negative, you won't really need further testing. Your risk was minimal at best and I fully expect you will test negative over this extremely brief incident.
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.
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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Will do Ann, thank you!