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HIV Prevention and Testing => Do I Have HIV? => Topic started by: newuser24 on April 16, 2014, 05:42:10 pm
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At the end of a date I had yesterday, the girl and got into a pretty heavy make out session for a couple hours. This also involved her giving me oral and I fingered her. She licked one of my fingers and then we kissed a few minutes later. Earlier in the day she told me that she had shingles over a year ago (when she was 23) and now I'm crazy worried that she might have HIV. I told her we should both get tested before we do anything else and she said she got tested two months ago when she got her IUD put in and that she didn't have anything but that she would get tested again if I wanted her to. Could anything that we have done gotten me HIV if she has it?
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At the end of a date I had yesterday, the girl and got into a pretty heavy make out session for a couple hours. This also involved her giving me oral and I fingered her. She licked one of my fingers and then we kissed a few minutes later. Earlier in the day she told me that she had shingles over a year ago (when she was 23) and now I'm crazy worried that she might have HIV. I told her we should both get tested before we do anything else and she said she got tested two months ago when she got her IUD put in and that she didn't have anything but that she would get tested again if I wanted her to. Could anything that we have done gotten me HIV if she has it?
Wouldn't matter if she was HIV positive or not. You did not have an exposure.
HIV is unable to reproduce outside its living host (unlike many bacteria or fungi, which may do so under suitable conditions), except under laboratory conditions; therefore, it does not spread or maintain infectiousness outside its host.
HIV is transmitted by;
Unprotected penetrative anal and/or vaginal sex
Sharing works with other IV drug users
Mother to child
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Even though after I fingered her she licked my finger and we kissed a few minutes after? I did have vaginal fluid on my fingers.
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Even though after I fingered her she licked my finger and we kissed a few minutes after? I did have vaginal fluid on my fingers.
HIV is unable to reproduce outside its living host (unlike many bacteria or fungi, which may do so under suitable conditions), except under laboratory conditions; therefore, it does not spread or maintain infectiousness outside its host.
HIV is transmitted by;
Unprotected penetrative anal and/or vaginal sex
Sharing works with other IV drug users
Mother to child
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Thanks Rapid. What then is so special about unprotected vaginal sex that makes the transmission so high?
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Thanks Rapid. What then is so special about unprotected vaginal sex that makes the transmission so high?
If present HIV resides deep in the vagina in a mucosa near the cervix . It has the correct temperature and PH levels with low oxygen environment that HIV thrives in . That is why unprotected penetrave vaginal sex is a risk for HIV .
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I had unprotected oral sex (receiving) with a girl I met at a party. She was performing oral sex on a few girls prior and possibly oral on another man earlier in the evening and my concern is that this increases my risk.
We would have to assume that any one of these people has HIV (no clue if they do) but assuming they do, and then at some point she performed oral sex on me, is this a high risk that I could have contracted HIV from this event?
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Receiving a blowjob lacks the conditions required for acquiring HIV; thus, it makes sense that after 40+ years of this pandemic in terms of BJs, there hasn't been a single documented case of HIV transmission to an insertive partner (the person being "sucked"), and you will not be the worlds first.
You had no HIV risk, doesn't matter who or how many they sucked off before you.
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Thank you for chiming in Jim! So if they had fluids of another person in their mouth, that doesn't change the risk?
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Asked and answered
You received a blowjob, zero HIV risk, move on with your life.
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Here's what you need to know to reduce your HIV risks:
Use condoms for anal or vaginal intercourse correctly and consistently, with no exceptions. Consider talking to your healthcare provider about PrEP as an additional layer of protection against HIV
Keep in mind that some sexual practices described as safe in terms of acquiring HIV still pose a risk for other easier-acquired STIs. So please do get tested at least yearly for STIs, including but not limited to HIV, and more frequently if condomless intercourse occurs.
Also, note that it is possible to have an STI and show no signs or symptoms; testing is the only way to know.
Kind regards
Jim
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Thank you sir.
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You're welcome