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HIV Scare...
please pardon my rambling.
I had protected sex with a lady I now know has HIV as she did an RNA test and was found to be positive for HIV1 and HIV2 antibodies. I have genital warts and I had a warts pimple or pimple (not painful or itchy and I had burst it over a week or so ago before the sexual encounter and it was healing) along with a small whitish skin coloration, light non bleeding (not painful) bruise like thing around the pimple caused by tea tree oil mixed with vitamin E oil that I applied a few days ago (4-5 days prior to sexual contact) on the pimple, which was also healing at the base of my penis. During sex I noticed the condom rolled up a bit exposing the whitish skin thing, not the pimple (as condom still barely covered the pimple after rolling up). I stopped to pull down the condom properly (not more than eight minutes into sex), but after sex I went to the bath room with the condom still on, but as I pulled off the condom I fear some vaginal fluid from the rim or ring of the condom or from the vaginal fluid that was on the base/bottom end of my penis after i pulled the condom down, may have touched the wart pimple sore/pimple.
I will still go for a test in 3 months but please I want to know with the explanation given above, am I at risk of HIV infection?
I had protected sex with a lady I now know has HIV as she did an RNA test and was found to be positive for HIV1 and HIV2 antibodies. I have genital warts and I had a warts pimple or pimple (not painful or itchy and I had burst it over a week or so ago before the sexual encounter and it was healing) along with a small whitish skin coloration, light non bleeding (not painful) bruise like thing around the pimple caused by tea tree oil mixed with vitamin E oil that I applied a few days ago (4-5 days prior to sexual contact) on the pimple, which was also healing at the base of my penis. During sex I noticed the condom rolled up a bit exposing the whitish skin thing, not the pimple (as condom still barely covered the pimple after rolling up). I stopped to pull down the condom properly (not more than eight minutes into sex), but after sex I went to the bath room with the condom still on, but as I pulled off the condom I fear some vaginal fluid from the rim or ring of the condom or from the vaginal fluid that was on the base/bottom end of my penis after i pulled the condom down, may have touched the wart pimple sore/pimple.
I will still go for a test in 3 months but please I want to know with the explanation given above, am I at risk of HIV infection?
NO. Any fluids that may have contained the virus and had come into contact with your sore(s) had already been exposed to air and temperature changes and the virus would have been rendered inactive. Further, HIV can ONLY be transmitted INSIDE the human body.....your sores and the fluid were both OUTSIDE.
NO RISK
NO RISK
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Thanks RubyWitch for your comment. I appreciate it.
please bear with me a little more. I would like to know if there is still no risk even when the condom rolling up and barely exposing just a little of the sore during intercourse (not more than eight minutes), though the sore was majorly covered by the condom.
please bear with me a little more. I would like to know if there is still no risk even when the condom rolling up and barely exposing just a little of the sore during intercourse (not more than eight minutes), though the sore was majorly covered by the condom.
NO RISK
Thanks RubyWitch... I appreciate your taking time out to answer my questions.
Hello RubyWitch,
It took awhile to decide to contact you again because of the rule on repetitive questions as you had answered no risk previously.
However pls bear with me again for the last time. I had sex with the infected lady on the 29th of September 2016, a few days (5th day after) after I had really itchy eyes, running nose, pain in the throat but not sore throat, temperature from my waist down and loads of spots on my shoulders, woke up in the mornings sweating (2 days). Two weeks after i had red spots on my chests (just a few) and went away after 5 days while applying tea tree oil on them. My poo (I beg your pardon) was yellowish brown and this lasted two weeks. Finally I have been experiencing pains in the both knees, thigh muscles and joints, upside of my feet, my calf muscles, back, right elbow, arm and hands and sometimes finger or big toe. The pain comes and goes.
From my symptoms described above, do you think I should be concerned of possible HIV infection?
It took awhile to decide to contact you again because of the rule on repetitive questions as you had answered no risk previously.
However pls bear with me again for the last time. I had sex with the infected lady on the 29th of September 2016, a few days (5th day after) after I had really itchy eyes, running nose, pain in the throat but not sore throat, temperature from my waist down and loads of spots on my shoulders, woke up in the mornings sweating (2 days). Two weeks after i had red spots on my chests (just a few) and went away after 5 days while applying tea tree oil on them. My poo (I beg your pardon) was yellowish brown and this lasted two weeks. Finally I have been experiencing pains in the both knees, thigh muscles and joints, upside of my feet, my calf muscles, back, right elbow, arm and hands and sometimes finger or big toe. The pain comes and goes.
From my symptoms described above, do you think I should be concerned of possible HIV infection?
so far till date I have had no fever or chills, just the high temperature from the waist down.
from time to time I get the feeling of being sick (not vomiting, no high temperature) and then it goes. keeps occurring often like that.
You already know you can't catch HIV from what you did.
You can't catch disease from symptoms either, so leave it at that, because you are getting back into repetitive questions which brings the same answers you already know. '
It is a waste of your time keeping track of all your "symptoms" which add up to a lot of baggage that is making you more fearful. It is 99% guaranteed that all of the symptoms are just in your head because it is natural to tense up when you are fearful for your life. Time to lighten up and see how many symptoms disappear.
You can't catch disease from symptoms either, so leave it at that, because you are getting back into repetitive questions which brings the same answers you already know. '
It is a waste of your time keeping track of all your "symptoms" which add up to a lot of baggage that is making you more fearful. It is 99% guaranteed that all of the symptoms are just in your head because it is natural to tense up when you are fearful for your life. Time to lighten up and see how many symptoms disappear.
In my opinion and I hope the senior members of this threat " The Guru's" comment on your status but as protection was used so that puts your out of Risk. The rolling of condom wouldn't matter as what i have read the HIV is transmitted within the body and once its exposed to air it dies. So i would not worry about it. I strongly believe this was NO Risk incident.
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Thanks for leaving a comment and allaying my fears worried_canada.
I still hope "The Gurus" and Doctor leave answers on my status because I need all the help I can get.
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