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Terrified about HIV rash low risk exposure
Answered by
Alan Rockoff, MD - dermatology, Child Skin Problems
The Rockoff Dermatology Center
Brookline - MA
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Terrified about HIV rash low risk exposure
by Collegedude77, Jan 26, 2004 12:00AM
Hi Dr.
I really appreciate your reply. I went to a massage parlour a month back and recieved a handjob. I did not see the girl touch herself but she was nude. I am scared now as i saw a tiny group of sporadic red dots on my lower abdomen that stung to the touch. I put solarcaine on them and they subsided within a few hours and were gone the next day. I am really scared it could have been a viral HIV rash symptomatic of acute infection but the HIV hotline said no. I tested negative at 2.5 weeks which i know is to early. What do you think?
Thanks so much.
I really appreciate your reply. I went to a massage parlour a month back and recieved a handjob. I did not see the girl touch herself but she was nude. I am scared now as i saw a tiny group of sporadic red dots on my lower abdomen that stung to the touch. I put solarcaine on them and they subsided within a few hours and were gone the next day. I am really scared it could have been a viral HIV rash symptomatic of acute infection but the HIV hotline said no. I tested negative at 2.5 weeks which i know is to early. What do you think?
Thanks so much.
Doctor's Answer
by Alan Rockoff, MD, Jan 26, 2004 12:00AM
, Jan 26, 2004 12:00AM
I think you are OK, and that you should skip massage parlors in the future.
The HIV hotline is right--the rash of HIV would be widespread and associated with a feeling of illness, etc.
To satisfy your anxiety, have another HIV test in a few months.
And avoid risky business. Among other things, the subsequent anxiety isn't worth it.
Best.
Dr. Rockoff
The HIV hotline is right--the rash of HIV would be widespread and associated with a feeling of illness, etc.
To satisfy your anxiety, have another HIV test in a few months.
And avoid risky business. Among other things, the subsequent anxiety isn't worth it.
Best.
Dr. Rockoff
