Please Answer Really Worried

[tiv7586]

Hello Dr,

I am a 25 year old male from India staying currently in Hong Kong. Last night, I went to a night club in Hong Kong and got a lap dance from a girl who belonged to Philippines.

I fingered her vagina and the outside of her anus through the exposure and immediately (less than 30 seconds) after finishing fingering her vagina and the outside of her anus I went to use to the toilet. I forgot to wash my hands after fingering her vagina and the outside or her anus and touched my penis in order to urinate.

During the lap dance exposure, there was no direct physical contact between my penis and her vagina; her vagina and my mouth; my penis and her mouth; her anus and my mouth; and her anus and my penis.

Also please note I had no bleeding cuts or wounds on my hands, fingers or any part of my penis.

My questions are as follows:

1) Am I at a risk for HIV through this exposure?
2) Do I need to get tested for HIV for the above mentioned exposure?
3) Normally how long does the HIV virus survive on fingers?

Thank you so much for answering my questions.

[Edward W Hook, MD]

Final answers

1.  Correct, no risk as I said before.
2.  HIV is spead through sexual contact or introduction of infected blood or bodily secretions deep into tissue, not by touching.

You need to move on.  I am moving on. there will be no further replies to this thread.  EWH

[tiv7586]

Hi Dr,

Please answer these questions below and I will be really grateful to you.

1) The genital secretions from the dancer that were very high on HIV content and that were transferred to my fingers and hands, and that came into direct contact with my penis in less than 10 seconds after transfer is not a risk for HIV transmission right?
2) In terms of degree of risk of transmission of HIV, is there any difference between genital secretions that is high on HIV virus content and infected blood that is high on HIV virus content? Apart from HIV infected genital secretions and HIV infected blood is there any other medium through which the HIV virus can be transferred and be dangerous?

[Edward W Hook, MD]

Still no risk.  HIV is not spread by kissing of any sort.  EWH

[tiv7586]

Thanks Dr.

I also French kissed (kissed her lip to lip) the dancer.
The inner part of my lips were bleeding when we kissed. Assuming that her lips and gums were bleeding and she transferred blood, high in HIV content from her lips and gums to my heavily bleeding inner lips, is there a risk for HIV transmission?

Please let me know.

[Edward W Hook, MD]

This is a repetitive question which is answered above.   No risk.  EWH

[tiv7586]

Hi Dr EWH,

So just to confirm the genital secretions from the dancer that were transferred to my fingers and hands, and that came into direct contact with my penis in less than 10 seconds after transfer is not a risk for HIV transmission right?

I just want to be 100% sure that I dont need any HIV testing for this exposure.

[Edward W Hook, MD]

Welcome to our Forum. The events you describe have no appreciable risk for HIV.  It is unlikely that the dancer you were in contact with was infected but even if she was, HIV is not transmitted through masturbation of a partner or transfer of infected sections from person to person on the hands or fingers.  Thus this was a no risk event.

In answer to your specific questions:
1) Am I at a risk for HIV through this exposure?
No, none at all.  There has never been a case of HIV transmitted through an exposure such as this.

2) Do I need to get tested for HIV for the above mentioned exposure?
No, there is no medical reason for testing related to the events you describe.

3) Normally how long does the HIV virus survive on fingers?
HIV begins to die and become non-infectious almost immediately upon exposure to the air and environment.

I hope these replies are helpful There is no reason for concern or for even testing related to the events you have described.  EWH

[tiv7586]

Hi Dr,

Just as an additional qs to my above question:
Do you know of any cases before where HIV was spread through an exposure as described by mine above?