HIV RISK

[ramkapor]

Hello Doctor,

I have 2 potential exposure with the same stipper. I went to a strip club in san francisco, california and had a nude lap dance :

1) The dancer was nude and during a lap dance she rubber her vagina over my stomach (she lifted my shirt for say 1 minute), I have few small scratches there.

2) dancer licked my ear and I have an open wound (not bleeding) there and have applied some steroid cream. What if there were some traces of blood in her saliva

What is my Risk of HIV from both these exposure. Please help me. Do I need testing?

[Edward W Hook, MD]

HIV is not transmitted in saliva.  As I said, there4 was no risk associated with this exposure.  EWH

[ramkapor]

Thankyou Dr. Hook. This makes me feel good. Just one clarification, On the dancer licking  (saliva) my wound (not actively bleeding but was open, I can see the red color of the cut) on the ear  is also not a exposure? Is this because saliva cannot cause HIV transmission?

Thankyou, your answer puts my mind to rest, as this incident happened yesterday and and very worried after that.

[Edward W Hook, MD]

Welcome to our Forum. the exposures you describe did not put you at risk in any way for HIV or other STDs.  For starters, it is statistically unlikely that the stripper had HIV. Even if she did, HIV is spread through penetrative sex or through injection of infected material deep into tissue.  HIV is not spread by non-penetrative rubbing, nor by surface contamination by secretions, even if those secretions contain blood. this was a no risk event which does not require testing and should not worry you.  Take care. EWH