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Author Topic: Hiv risk with shaved pubic area.  (Read 26502 times)

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Hiv risk with shaved pubic area.
« on: July 27, 2011, 10:49:12 am »
I HAD A SHAVE ON MY PUBIC AREA WITH A NEW SHAVING STICK,AND WHILE I WAS HAVING MY BATH 3MINUTES AFTER,I NOTICED A PEPPERISH SENSATION AT THE SHAVED PUBIC AREA.THEN AFTER BATH,I HAD A PROTECTED SEX WITH A CONDOM INTACT.I FOUND THAT HER VAGINAL FLUID OR SECRETION WAS ON MY SHAVED PUBIC AREA WHERE I HAD THE SHAVE AFTER WE HAD SEX.I HAVE BEEN SO WORRIED ABOUT THIS.I WANT TO KNOW WHAT THE RISK OF TRANSMITTION IS.

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Re: Hiv risk with shaved pubic area.
« Reply #1 on: July 27, 2011, 11:15:33 am »
First of all, stop using all caps when you write. It's considered bad form on the net and it's as if you are shouting. We get your anxiety and concern just as clearly when you use regular typeface.

And you are worrying unnecessarily. HIV is a fragile virus. It is not passed in the manner you are concerned about. In fact the only confirmed risks for the sexual transmission of HIV are unprotected vaginal and anal intercourse. Being exposed to vaginal secretions when your penis is in the vagina without a condom...that's a for real risk.

Use a condom everytime for intercourse and you will be well protected. It really is that simple.

Getting vaginal fluids outside of the vagina on to your pubic nicks is NOT a risk. There's no need for testing.

 
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Re: Hiv risk with shaved pubic area.
« Reply #2 on: July 27, 2011, 12:56:56 pm »
Thank you very much for your response and i wont use the caps on.But i still want to be clear.What if the vaginal fluid spills on the shaved pubic area that has the scratch or cuts,does it mean the virus can not still pass through? Secondly,can the scratched pubic area get healed up within one hour?it was not a big cut,but scratches from the shaving stick.Why i'm worried also is that since i felt a pepperish sensation after shaving while bathing,i'm worried that the scratched/pepperish area might be exposed for the vaginal fluid to pass through.please help me with this.thanks.

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Re: Hiv risk with shaved pubic area.
« Reply #3 on: July 27, 2011, 01:18:27 pm »
HIV is a fragile virus. Once it hits the air various elements very quickly render it not viable to transmit the virus.

Even though you can't see it with the naked eye, the kinds of nicks and such you are mentioning immediately begin forming a transparent layer when the skin is injured.

Whether you believe me or not there was no risk in the situation you are concerned about. Really. 
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Re: Hiv risk with shaved pubic area.
« Reply #4 on: July 27, 2011, 02:27:21 pm »
Thank you very much,i am relaxed now.i believe u are an expert in this and you have made me more relaxed.thanks.

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Re: Hiv risk with shaved pubic area.
« Reply #5 on: July 27, 2011, 02:58:52 pm »
OK. You're welcome.
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Re: Hiv risk with shaved pubic area.
« Reply #6 on: July 28, 2011, 04:53:20 am »
I still want to ask this please...hope you dont mind? What if there was a bleeding and i had my bath, does it mean there will still be a covering transparent layer on the nicks to prevent transmittion?Secondly, is the transparent layer preventing any transmittion into the nicks and can the transparent layer not get broken? Thanks.

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Re: Hiv risk with shaved pubic area.
« Reply #7 on: July 28, 2011, 07:54:47 am »
Stop! You are way too caught up in details. You were not at risk. Period. HIV is a fragile virus and needs the kind of receptive environment which unprotected intercourse provides in order to be transmitted in a viable form.

Your nicks and such do not provide that because once HIV is exposed to the air the temperature and other factors render it unable to be transmitted in a viable form.

You can either accept this or not. If you're going to stress about it you can always get tested at 13 weeks and collect the inevitable negative result. There's no need for testing because you did not have a risk. If HIV were easy to transmit in the fashion you are concerned about we have known about it long before today because of how common such occurences are such as you are worrying about.

I don't have anything more to say about this except stop the drama and get on with your life. This is NOT an HIV situation. Period.
Andy Velez

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Vaginal fluid/Secretion Rubbing the tip of my penis.
« Reply #8 on: July 30, 2011, 05:23:26 am »
I had a romance with a girl and she got wet.I'm afraid that during while my penis was close to her,she must have rubbed the tip of my penis on her vaginal fluid or secretion while she was holding my penis close to her vaginal.My question is this. Could there be any chances or risk of transmittion if her vaginal secretion realy rubbed on the open tip of my penis if she is infected? There was no insertion or unprotected sex.

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Re: Hiv risk with shaved pubic area.
« Reply #9 on: July 30, 2011, 06:25:42 am »
Ave,

You have NOT had a risk for hiv infection.

Rubbing your penis on someone else's genital area without penetration is called frottage, 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 it does not matter if you came into contact with her vaginal fluids during the frottage. Hiv is not transmitted in that way.

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 OVER SPECIFIC THING YOU ARE WORRYING ABOUT, 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.

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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RISK OF HIV TRANSMITTION THROUGH RAZOR BLADE.
« Reply #10 on: September 12, 2011, 07:15:09 am »
PLEASE I WANT TO KNOW THE RISK OF HIV TRANSMITTION THROUGH USED RAZOR BLADES, EVEN IF IT WAS USED BARELY FEW MINUTES BEFORE USING IT, IF IT WAS PREVIOUSLY USED BY AN HIV INFECTED PERSON.

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Re: Hiv risk with shaved pubic area.
« Reply #11 on: September 12, 2011, 07:56:05 am »
Ave,

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 you're not going to be infected through objects in the environment, including razors.

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.

WHILE YOU DO NOT NEED TO TEST OVER THIS RAZOR CONCERN, 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.

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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"...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: Hiv risk with shaved pubic area.
« Reply #12 on: September 12, 2011, 07:57:33 am »
First of all, stop using all caps when you write. It's considered bad form on the net and it's as if you are shouting. We get your anxiety and concern just as clearly when you use regular typeface.

And you are worrying unnecessarily. HIV is a fragile virus. It is not passed in the manner you are concerned about. In fact the only confirmed risks for the sexual transmission of HIV are unprotected vaginal and anal intercourse. Being exposed to vaginal secretions when your penis is in the vagina without a condom...that's a for real risk.

Use a condom everytime for intercourse and you will be well protected. It really is that simple.

Getting vaginal fluids outside of the vagina on to your pubic nicks is NOT a risk. There's no need for testing.

 

Are you bothering to read the responses you get? And stop using all caps!That's your hysteria going wild so cut it out.
Andy Velez

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Re: Hiv risk with shaved pubic area.
« Reply #13 on: September 12, 2011, 01:06:56 pm »
please kindly clear this for me once and for all."what if the hiv infected blood on the razor blade was not dried up,still wet,does it mean the virus can not still be transmitted if one should have a cut with that particular section of the razor blade?" even while the infected blood is not dried up, but exposed to the air on the razor blade,would the virus not still be active to be transmitted in the blood that is not dried?

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Re: Hiv risk with shaved pubic area.
« Reply #14 on: September 12, 2011, 02:32:55 pm »
The risk is strictly theoretical. I've never known of a confirmed case of transmission in the manner you are concerned about. HIV is a very fragile virus. Small changes in temperature, pH and moisture levels once outside of the body quickly damage it and render the virus unable to infect.

You can drag these concerns around as much as you want to and get tested if you want to. All totally unnecessary. And if you continue to come back here with more what ifs about the situation you are going to find yourself getting a Time Out from the site. You are worrying needlessly. Really.
Andy Velez

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Re: Hiv risk with shaved pubic area.
« Reply #15 on: September 13, 2011, 03:29:59 am »
Thanks, i appreciate.

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Re: Hiv risk with sewing needle
« Reply #16 on: September 20, 2011, 10:22:43 am »
this morning i got stucked or pricked with a sewing needle and the sewing needle is usually used by a hair stylist in sewing hair weavons in her salon. Due to fear that she has used it in sewing hair weavons for several ladies in her hair shop, i have been kind of worried if there could be any possible risk of hiv transmittion if the sewing needle is hiv infected.thank you.

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Re: Hiv risk with shaved pubic area.
« Reply #17 on: September 20, 2011, 11:04:36 am »
avenue,

Getting pricked with a sewing needle is absolutely not a risk for hiv infection. Hiv is not transmitted from objects in the environment.

If you're worried because of the risk of sharing drug injecting needles, stop it. They are two totally different situations.

Ann
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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: Hiv risk with shaved pubic area.
« Reply #18 on: September 20, 2011, 11:11:12 am »
Its a sewing needle....

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Re: Hiv risk with shaved pubic area.
« Reply #19 on: September 20, 2011, 11:22:47 am »
But what if the sewing needle is infected and got pricked with it,and i'm injured ? Can hiv still be transmitted? please i'm sorry if i'm asking too much...

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Re: Hiv risk with shaved pubic area.
« Reply #20 on: September 20, 2011, 12:28:08 pm »
No risk, now move along.

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Re: Hiv risk with shaved pubic area.
« Reply #21 on: September 20, 2011, 12:46:36 pm »
I'm going to warn you again that if you return again with these no-risk situations you are going to find yourself getting a Time Out from this site for at least 28 days.

What is risky and what isn't risky have been carefully explained to you. We're not here to indulge you everytime you have another fanciful burst of what ifs.

Cut it out and get on with your life.
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Re: Hiv risk with shaved pubic area.
« Reply #22 on: October 02, 2011, 06:10:23 pm »
I got stucked with a needle pin on my fore finger and i used the same fore finger on a girl's vaginal to caress and finger her...please could there be any means of possibly transmitting hiv if she is hiv infected?

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Re: Hiv risk with shaved pubic area.
« Reply #23 on: October 02, 2011, 06:20:51 pm »
■Anyone who continues to post excessively, questioning a conclusive negative result or no-risk situation, will be subject to a four week Time Out (a temporary ban from the Forums). If you continue to post excessively after one Time Out, you may be given a second Time Out which will last eight weeks. There is no third Time Out - it is a permanent ban. The purpose of a Time Out is to encourage you to seek the face-to-face help we cannot provide on this forum.

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« Reply #24 on: October 02, 2011, 07:57:55 pm »
I'm going to warn you again that if you return again with these no-risk situations you are going to find yourself getting a Time Out from this site for at least 28 days.

What is risky and what isn't risky have been carefully explained to you. We're not here to indulge you everytime you have another fanciful burst of what ifs.

Cut it out and get on with your life.

That's again a non-risk in your latest incident. And now I am going to give you that Time Out you have been warned about. It's for 28 days. Don't make the mistake of trying to get aorund it by creating a new name. We'll spot that right off  and it will get you banned permanently.

HIV is not your problem and it won't be if you follow the things we have told you repeatedly.
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Re: Hiv risk with shaved pubic area.
« Reply #25 on: October 03, 2011, 06:35:30 am »
Ave,

As you saw fit to ignore Andy's warning about attempting to create a new account to get around your time out, you are now permanently banned.

Ann
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