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HIV Prevention and Testing => Do I Have HIV? => Topic started by: flotter on May 22, 2013, 09:03:33 am
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Last weekend, I visited my friend who is HIV positive. We did not have sex, but we were naked and the tips of our penises (which both had pre-cum on them) were touching at times. Am I at risk because of this? I know that HIV is present in pre-cum so I didn't know if I should be worried or not because of the fact that his pre-cum came in contact with mine. Thank you for your help.
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Last weekend, I visited my friend who is HIV positive. We did not have sex, but we were naked and the tips of our penises (which both had pre-cum on them) were touching at times. Am I at risk because of this? I know that HIV is present in pre-cum so I didn't know if I should be worried or not because of the fact that his pre-cum came in contact with mine. Thank you for your help.
Hi Flotter . You didn't have a risk for HIV in the situation you described , zero risk . There has never been a case of HIV transmission in the manner you are concerned with and I'm certain you will not be the first .
As long as you are using condoms consistently and correctly for vaginal and anal sex you will avoid HIV , its that simple .
ALTHOUGH YOU DO NOT NEED HIV TESTING AT THIS TIME, anyone who is sexually active should be having a full sexual health care checkup, 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 checkups, 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!