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Am i being paranoid or are my worries genuine.
My original post in HIV Prevention Forum.
I have been living in a lot of stress and tension lately thinking about the contraction of HIV.
Around 11 months back I paid a CSW to have some fun. She seemed very young and cautious. After getting into a room she first cleaned my penis with water and herself put a condom on it. She started to give me protected oral sex.
Because it was my first time I didn’t go all the way. Didn’t have vaginal intercourse or anal.During oral sex my penis started bleeding just under the urethtral because my foreskin was pulled back this much for the first time. At that time I had a condom on.After removing the condom I put TP over the wound to check the bleeding.The condom didnot break.
But in the end I fingered her. My finger did feel a bit wet inside her but weather that was vaginal fluid or not I am not sure. And with the same finger I MIGHT have touched the head of my penis or the open wound, just under the urethral which was bleeding, with the same finger. The wound wasn’t very big but was on my penis and I had covered it with toilet paper to check the bleeding. Although I am pretty sure that I wouldn’t have touched my open wound, knowing myself I would have never touched a wound with my finger.
But if unknowingly I did touch the open wound or around it with the same finger.
1)What are my chances of contracting HIV by just TOUCHING the wound if she was HIV+ and there was some vaginal fluid on my finger and the contact was quick. Also I have no clue of her having or not having HIV.
When my wound had stopped bleeding and healed a bit i got out from the room. In an act of stupidity I hooked up with another CSW.I had stopped bleeding and thought that i was fine then.
After getting into the room she put a condom on me and I had protected vaginal intercourse(my wound was also safe within the condom) for a few moments but because my wound was still fresh it started to hurt and I withdrew.She removed the condom from her hands and passed me toilet paper to press the wound and didnt let me touch her for the fear of infection.The condom was intact as all my sperm and some blood from the wound was inside the condom.Is it possible that some vaginal fluid(from taking off the condom) could have gone from her hands to the toilet paper and into my wound ?
I called up an AIDS helpline in India and they told me it was possible to transmit HIV through such a contact.I also did some research over the net it said if a mucous membrane,in this case urethral opening, or an open wound comes in contactwith HIV infection or bodily fluids of HIV person it is possible to transmit HIV.
Does an open wound have to be in direct contact with bodily fluids or such a contact can also transmit HIV.Is there any minimum amount of virus required to transmit HIV? Can HIV survive outside the body for that long?
Is an HIV 1&2 antibody test required?Because I am to afraid of gettig the test done.
I have been throught most of your earlier answers but couldn’t find my answers.
HELP REQUIRED.....Please .....URGENTLY....
Teak and my research on another website has suggested that the above situation doesnt fulfill the requirements of getting HIV.Although I did getter normal for some time I still have some doubts.I am too afraid of getting the test done for the fear it might come positive.Please need some help.
I have been living in a lot of stress and tension lately thinking about the contraction of HIV.
Around 11 months back I paid a CSW to have some fun. She seemed very young and cautious. After getting into a room she first cleaned my penis with water and herself put a condom on it. She started to give me protected oral sex.
Because it was my first time I didn’t go all the way. Didn’t have vaginal intercourse or anal.During oral sex my penis started bleeding just under the urethtral because my foreskin was pulled back this much for the first time. At that time I had a condom on.After removing the condom I put TP over the wound to check the bleeding.The condom didnot break.
But in the end I fingered her. My finger did feel a bit wet inside her but weather that was vaginal fluid or not I am not sure. And with the same finger I MIGHT have touched the head of my penis or the open wound, just under the urethral which was bleeding, with the same finger. The wound wasn’t very big but was on my penis and I had covered it with toilet paper to check the bleeding. Although I am pretty sure that I wouldn’t have touched my open wound, knowing myself I would have never touched a wound with my finger.
But if unknowingly I did touch the open wound or around it with the same finger.
1)What are my chances of contracting HIV by just TOUCHING the wound if she was HIV+ and there was some vaginal fluid on my finger and the contact was quick. Also I have no clue of her having or not having HIV.
When my wound had stopped bleeding and healed a bit i got out from the room. In an act of stupidity I hooked up with another CSW.I had stopped bleeding and thought that i was fine then.
After getting into the room she put a condom on me and I had protected vaginal intercourse(my wound was also safe within the condom) for a few moments but because my wound was still fresh it started to hurt and I withdrew.She removed the condom from her hands and passed me toilet paper to press the wound and didnt let me touch her for the fear of infection.The condom was intact as all my sperm and some blood from the wound was inside the condom.Is it possible that some vaginal fluid(from taking off the condom) could have gone from her hands to the toilet paper and into my wound ?
I called up an AIDS helpline in India and they told me it was possible to transmit HIV through such a contact.I also did some research over the net it said if a mucous membrane,in this case urethral opening, or an open wound comes in contactwith HIV infection or bodily fluids of HIV person it is possible to transmit HIV.
Does an open wound have to be in direct contact with bodily fluids or such a contact can also transmit HIV.Is there any minimum amount of virus required to transmit HIV? Can HIV survive outside the body for that long?
Is an HIV 1&2 antibody test required?Because I am to afraid of gettig the test done.
I have been throught most of your earlier answers but couldn’t find my answers.
HELP REQUIRED.....Please .....URGENTLY....
Teak and my research on another website has suggested that the above situation doesnt fulfill the requirements of getting HIV.Although I did getter normal for some time I still have some doubts.I am too afraid of getting the test done for the fear it might come positive.Please need some help.
Glad to hear it.
Dear Joggen,
I finally managed to go through with my test.Couldnt sleep the whole night though.But totally worth.I am negative.
Thank you for your support and patience for bearing with me.
I finally managed to go through with my test.Couldnt sleep the whole night though.But totally worth.I am negative.
Thank you for your support and patience for bearing with me.
I will not comment further on other sources of information. I have given you my advice: if you remain in doubt about your status, then get tested.
I will delete any further comments, unless and until you report your HIV test result.
I will delete any further comments, unless and until you report your HIV test result.
Thank you very much for the re-assurance.I was worried not because of myself but that if I contracted HIV I wouldnt me able to live upto the expectations of my family and discharge all my duties towards them.
I am still too afraid of getting an HIV test.
The information provided on the net for transmission of HIV is stressing me out rather than being helpful because it nowhere states that the direct wound should come into contact within the body.Kinldy refer :
CDC does not recommend post-exposure prophylaxis for healthcare workers whose only exposure has been HIV-infected blood on intact skin. The CDC guidelines that I quoted above state "For skin exposures, follow-up is indicated if it involves direct contact with a body fluid listed above and there is evidence of compromised skin integrity (e.g., dermatitis, abrasion, or open wound)."
For a health care worker it is not possible for an open wound to come into direct contact with bodily fluid of infected HIV person, inside a person.
I am still too afraid of getting an HIV test.
The information provided on the net for transmission of HIV is stressing me out rather than being helpful because it nowhere states that the direct wound should come into contact within the body.Kinldy refer :
CDC does not recommend post-exposure prophylaxis for healthcare workers whose only exposure has been HIV-infected blood on intact skin. The CDC guidelines that I quoted above state "For skin exposures, follow-up is indicated if it involves direct contact with a body fluid listed above and there is evidence of compromised skin integrity (e.g., dermatitis, abrasion, or open wound)."
For a health care worker it is not possible for an open wound to come into direct contact with bodily fluid of infected HIV person, inside a person.
"What are my chances of contracting HIV by just TOUCHING the wound if she was HIV+ and there was some vaginal fluid on my finger and the contact was quick. Also I have no clue of her having or not having HIV."
No risk. HIV transmission requires penetration. As Teak already told you, HIV is not infectious outside its host. Nobody has ever contracted HIV from the type of situation that you describe.
"Is it possible that some vaginal fluid(from taking off the condom) could have gone from her hands to the toilet paper and into my wound ?"
Doesn't matter, even it did it would not pose a risk for infection.
"I called up an AIDS helpline in India and they told me it was possible to transmit HIV through such a contact.I also did some research over the net it said if a mucous membrane,in this case urethral opening, or an open wound comes in contactwith HIV infection or bodily fluids of HIV person it is possible to transmit HIV."
Again, HIV is not transmitted outside the body. That is a CRITICAL fact that is missing from what you have been told and have read.
"Does an open wound have to be in direct contact with bodily fluids or such a contact can also transmit HIV."
Direct contact is required inside the body.
"Is there any minimum amount of virus required to transmit HIV?"
It takes lots of virus to transmit HIV, much more than you could ever introduce to a wound through the contact that you describe.
"Can HIV survive outside the body for that long?"
No.
"Is an HIV 1&2 antibody test required?"
Your choice is basically this: believe what you have been told in two MedHelp forums, that you were never at any risk for HIV, or go get tested. We aren't responsible for other sources of information- at this point, you can choose to believe them or us. There is no medical need for you to test, but if you still have doubts about your status, then the logical thing to do is get answer through an HIV test so you can move on.
No risk. HIV transmission requires penetration. As Teak already told you, HIV is not infectious outside its host. Nobody has ever contracted HIV from the type of situation that you describe.
"Is it possible that some vaginal fluid(from taking off the condom) could have gone from her hands to the toilet paper and into my wound ?"
Doesn't matter, even it did it would not pose a risk for infection.
"I called up an AIDS helpline in India and they told me it was possible to transmit HIV through such a contact.I also did some research over the net it said if a mucous membrane,in this case urethral opening, or an open wound comes in contactwith HIV infection or bodily fluids of HIV person it is possible to transmit HIV."
Again, HIV is not transmitted outside the body. That is a CRITICAL fact that is missing from what you have been told and have read.
"Does an open wound have to be in direct contact with bodily fluids or such a contact can also transmit HIV."
Direct contact is required inside the body.
"Is there any minimum amount of virus required to transmit HIV?"
It takes lots of virus to transmit HIV, much more than you could ever introduce to a wound through the contact that you describe.
"Can HIV survive outside the body for that long?"
No.
"Is an HIV 1&2 antibody test required?"
Your choice is basically this: believe what you have been told in two MedHelp forums, that you were never at any risk for HIV, or go get tested. We aren't responsible for other sources of information- at this point, you can choose to believe them or us. There is no medical need for you to test, but if you still have doubts about your status, then the logical thing to do is get answer through an HIV test so you can move on.
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