Contact with Menstrual blood

[vannkerala]

Hello,

Yesterday I had a protected sexual contact with a CSW in India.  During foreplay I noticed she was lactating and copious amount of breast milk was coming out, which I used to wipe off with my hands. I had painful skin breaks around the nails on the thumb of both hands. Does his pose a risk for hiv transmission?

I had put on a condom and she first gave me a oral with the condom on.

Later on I penetrated her and while changing position when I pulled my penis out, I saw menstrual blood on the condom. The lady immediately removed the condom. Though I did not check, I feel the condom was not broken as I could not see any visual blood on my penis.

She then put on another condom on my penis and proceeded to give me oral. Here  I am not sure whether she had got blood on her fingers when she removed the earlier condom.

Does this pose a risk, considering she had certain traces of blood on her fingers?

What is more worrying for me is she had earlier during a conversation agreed for a penetration without a condom, which means she would have also had unprotected sex with other clients.

Am I at a risk here? Should I consider going for a PEP?

[Teak]

You never had an exposure.

[vannkerala]

Hello Lizzie,

I had a sexual encounter on 21/03, on the 44th day i.e. on 05/05, I had rashes completely circling around my neck comming down to both sides of the chest.

This got me very worried and I went for a hiv rapid spot test on 06/05, excatly 45 days after the sexual incident. The report said hiv I & II (CARD) - NEGATIVE

Being really worried and still not being at ease, I opted to have an ELISA test on the 70 day mark i.e. post 10 week on 31/05. I decided to test at 10 weeks because I was thinking if the rash was a ars symptom then antibodys would have show up after 25 days of the rash appearing.

The result was Negative.

Reading various forums and articles, the comman consensus is, a test at 12 or 13 weeks is considered conclusive primarily because the 3rd generation rapid hiv test kits in India are licensed for diagonising post 12 weeks.

If we consider my sexual encounter had an element of risk, would this mean:
1. My ELISA test was not reliable?
2. How long does it take for detectable antibodies to show up after ars manifests?

Any advice from you will help me ease my mind..

Thanks a lot,

[LIZZIE LOU]

you had NO risk...why would you test?

[vannkerala]

Thanks Lizzie,

Do I need to go and take a precautionary hiv rapid test after 6 weeks?

[LIZZIE LOU]

nothing that you've described put you at risk for contracting hiv.