Do I Have HIV? / Semen in the eyes
« Last post by Toropi_ on April 24, 2024, 01:56:14 pm »Hooked up with another guy. No anal, just oral, body contact, rimming and some frotting.
But when he ejaculated, his fluid was on my face and some of it got into eyes. My eyes were red for a few hours and went back to normal the next day.
I am usually on prep but I ran out of the medication. I was on prep last week but stopped because I ran out. I was without prep for 3 days or so. The I restarted my prep after getting it from pharmacy and had been back on it for 2 days before this happened.
This guy told me he had been barebacking (one of the reasons why I didn't have anal with him) with random people.
Am I at a risk here? Should I ask for PEP?
From what I've read, semen in the eyes is not effective way of transmitting the virus and the virus dies when exposed to air. But I've also read there have been confirmed cases where blood got into someone's eyes and they got seroconverted. How? If the virus in the blood gets exposed to air? And why semen in the eyes considered low risk but blood is not? When they both contain the virus.