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HIV Prevention and Testing => Do I Have HIV? => Topic started by: rags on May 20, 2007, 07:47:32 am
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Hi to everybody,
I would want to quote about an incident that happened around 6 months before. It was in Singapore where I'd hired an escort. I did not have penetratiive sex. It was a bj with codoms on. Since I was wearing a condom, due to lack of sensitivity I could not ejaculate fast and it took almost 3 hours after which I came out. Two days after that I saw red spots around my penis and was itchy which disappeared two days after that. On consulting a local doctor, he said it was due to latex allergy and there was nothing to worry. I was convinced then, but I tried the same thing again wearng a condom, but I did not notice the spots again.
My question here is, why was it that the allergy did not happen again. Does this mean that, it was something else. Though I am sure that it was nothing to worry, I do not understand why the allergy did not happen again. This is what ponders me. Please help .
Thanks
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rags,
Whatever is going on, this is absolutely NOT an hiv situation. As far as hiv is concerned, you don't have to wear a condom when getting a blowjob as getting a blowjob is NOT a risk for hiv infection whether you wear a condom or not.
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 STIs together. To agree to have unprotected intercourse is to consent to the possibility of being infected with a sexually transmitted infection. Sex with a condom lasts only a matter of minutes, but hiv is forever.
Have a look through all three condom and lube links in my signature line so you can use condoms with confidence.
Although you do not need to test over this specific 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.
Ann
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rags,
Whatever is going on, this is absolutely NOT an hiv situation. As far as hiv is concerned, you don't have to wear a condom when getting a blowjob as getting a blowjob is NOT a risk for hiv infection whether you wear a condom or not.
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 STIs together. To agree to have unprotected intercourse is to consent to the possibility of being infected with a sexually transmitted infection. Sex with a condom lasts only a matter of minutes, but hiv is forever.
Have a look through all three condom and lube links in my signature line so you can use condoms with confidence.
Although you do not need to test over this specific 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.
Ann
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Ann,
Thank you very much for the response. Yes, I should start with the checkups.
Thanks