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Fingering with a cut
Hi Dr, thank you very much for your service. Last Friday I visited a strip club in the US. As I was heading into the club I dollar note went into my finger nails by mistake and damaged my nail skin bed. After 5-10 minutes of entering the club I ended up fingering a white stripper. The fingering was quite vigorous and her vagina ended up becoming moist after a bit. I quite can't remember if I used the same finger that was damaged or it was my middle finger but the damaged finger was definitely in the area. I would like to understand the my risk of HIV transmission in the example. I don't know the HIV status of the stripper.
The risks, and ONLY risks, for HIV transmission are to have unprotected vaginal or anal sex or to share IV needles to inject drugs. Air inactivates the virus. So, fingering is not a risk. Including if it is cut, has a paper cut, or anything at all like that. Fingering is never a risk for HIV and the race of the other person has nothing to do with anything.
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