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HIV risk with fingering with some breaks around fingernail

hi all the kind peeps here. am a tad paranoid, but well, am gonna ask anyways. pls kindly advise
had sex wih a sex worker. practised protected sex through the session except for one tiny problem. i fingered her vagina a little(2-3 swipes ard the labia) with my finger(did not move in too much other than the first section of my middle finger),
my finger had some kind of bloodless-breaks in the area where the skin is attached to the fingernail and some tiny skin peeling(bottom of the fingernail) with tiny bloodless/dried(aint sure) area that is tender to the touch (it is prolly due to me having unbalanced nutrition in my lifestyle for past week)  
is this considered an open wound as those areas which i described are tender to touch(am sure everyone had them be4) ?
Am i at any risk for HIV?
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186166 tn?1385259382
no...we dont need a picture of your finger ! !

as you have been told...YOU WERE NEVER AT RISK.

now move along
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there seems to be a skin lesion of sort, but its there for a while, on the side of my nail to the skin, which is sore and red. hence i am afraid that its an open entry.
should i take a pic of the finger n show it?
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Dear palin,greetings to you, there was no fresh blood or fresh wound or lessions on your finger,it was intact,for transmission to occour there has to be fresh cut and open ,which was not so in your case, nothing to worry, if u are still doubting take a test at 8 weeks and put your worry to rest, bye and God bless
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but, wun the breaks allow the entry of hiv ?(IF there is that is)
or that it is very very low risk
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No you were not at risk from fingering..
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