Menstruation contact

[paranoid2013]

Hi

My mind is worrying for days now.

1.) Here is my risk. In the shower room with my girlfriend we do some foreplay. She has her period so no penis-vagina penetration. But I inserted my finger to her vagina. We did it both of us sitting down but she is on top of me. While fingering her blood drip on  my hand and right thigh. When we noticed it she took a pail of water and splash it on my thigh but the water that splash to the thigh  to remove the menstruation blood also splash to the penis. Can the blood-water mixture from the thigh going to my penis-urethra a risk of infection?

2.) In the heat of the moment i cannot remember if while fingering the menstruation blood drip to my penis while fingering her sitting down shes on top of me. Is this a risk

3.) I inquired about hiv testing. I live in a third world country. There is a screening test called immunocromotography abbott determine hiv 1/2. I read here that a 6week test is a good indicator a highly unlikely to change at 3months. So my other question is are all hiv test at 6weeks are reliable and sensitive enough?

4.) Also i read here that once hiv go outside the body and meet oxygen. Changes in the temperature makes it unable to infect even if the blood/menstruation still not dry?

Im worried because my girlfriend job is a prostitute. They have weekly check-up. The nurse will check and put a long stick with a cotton to her vagina. I dont know if they are testing for hiv or other sexually transmitted diseases.

[paranoid2013]

By the way i started worrying after i got an edema of feet. Is edema part of acute retroviral symptoms?

But its now ok after a week.

[Ann]

paranoid,

Hiv is NOT transmitted in any of the ways you're worrying about. In adults, it is transmitted three ways:

1. Unprotected anal intercourse.
2. Unprotected vaginal intercourse.
3. Sharing drug injecting equipment.

And that's it.

Fingering is NOT a risk for hiv infection. No how, no way. Not one person has ever been infected through fingering - blood or no blood - and you're not going to be the first.

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 are not going to be infected through being splashed with blood.

Whatever is going on with your feet has NOTHING to do with hiv. You have NOT been at risk for hiv during this shower play. If your feet are bothering you, go see a doctor. We cannot help you with that here.


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 FOR HIV SPECIFICALLY OVER THIS FINGERING IN THE SHOWER 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. 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!

Ann

[paranoid2013]

Ann,

Thank you for the answers.

My other question about hiv testing. Do all hiv test even screening test like immunocromotography abbott determine test will be reliable at 6 week and highly unlikely to change.

[Ann]

paranoid,

Any hiv test in use today will normally identify an infection within six weeks, and no, the results are not likely to change.

You didn't have a risk, remember? A test at any time for you would be conclusive.

Ann