In your case, you would only need a PCR swab of your throat, because only oral sex was performed.
Best wishes,
Dr José
I'm freaking out right now. What are my chances of acquiring HIV from recieving oral sex while having ghonorrea, which at the moment didnt show any symptoms, but which i had previously to the last encounter.
Regards,
THank you very much Dr. I will plan on having a throat Chlamydia and Gonorrhoea test done. Is this done only by swabbing the throat or can it show up in a blood test? Or a vaginal swab? Im sorry if thats a silly question but I really dont know. Thank you for the link on more information also.
Hello,
Thank you very much for your post and welcome to our forum.
First of all, for you to be at risk of HIV, this man had to be HIV positive. As his status is unknown, it is much more likley that he is negative. The estimated risk of HIV infection through unprotected receptive oral intercourse (giving fellatio) with ejaculation in the mouth with a man of unknown status is less than 0.0016% (1 in 62,500), and these statistics refer to men who have sex with men in London, UK. Among heterosexuals in other places, this would be much lower.
As you can see, the risk is negligible and I do not beleive that there was any real risk of HIV to you. Saliva neutralises the virus.
If you have contracted anything, this would be throat Chlamydia and Gonorrhoea. You ought to get a PCR swab from the throat to exclude these. The cold sore is most likely to be related to your stress and worry about the whole thing. try not to worry so much as oral sex is generally concidered a low risk sexual practice. More information on this link: http://www.aidsmap.com/Oral-sex/page/1044877/
Best wishes,
Dr José