HIV Risk Very Worried

Hi Doc(s),

Recently had flu bu stupidly visited Sex Worker (female). During time i kissed her nipples for a lenthy time and fingered her vagina. During same day developed bad flu like symptoms and over next few days. I also noticed my tonge did not look right (white tonge) and developed what appeared like cold sore on lip (possible from where sex worker shaved)
Please can you advise if i was at risk from HIV as my immune system would have been weak from flu.

Thanks

[H. Hunter Handsfield, M.D.]

Welcome to the HIV forum.  However, you won't learn anything you didn't already see from the responses on the HIV community forum.  It is not possible to catch HIV by mouth contact with skin, including nipples, and it is never transmitted by fingering.  Having influenza, cold sore, or any other infection makes no difference -- you just can't catch HIV by mouth-skin contact.  Anyway, presumably you're in UK, judging by your username -- where HIV is very rare in women, assuming your partner wasn't an immigrant from a country with high HIV rates.  Even among commercial sex workers in the London area, only about 1 in 1,000 have HIV.

Bottom line:  Stop worrying about this.  You don't need HIV testing.  And you'd better do some research to educate yourself about HIV risks.  Avoid having unprotected vaginal or anal sex with high risk partners and you'll never catch HIV.  It's that simple. Touching, fingering, and kissing make no difference.

HHH, MD

[LondonE1]

Hi Doc,

Thanks for the responce.

I did not have have unprotected anal, vaginal and oral sex with the sex worker. It is just that I developed what appears like grazes on tonge and small cold sore on lip possible from where sex worker shaved or removed hair from either from chest area or arms.
Please can you advise if this would increase risk also I visted sex worker previosuly only receiving unprotected oral sex last year but when tested for HIV was negative (this was almost a year ago)

Thanks

[H. Hunter Handsfield, M.D.]

I understood all that.  I have nothing to add to my reply.  Why should I repeat myself?  And please read the MedHelp rules (which Teak quoted to you) about superfluous, anxiety-driven questions.

That's all for this thread.

[LondonE1]

Sorry Doc