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Please i need an answer, dont know what to do. Well im a 18 yr old college student. last weekend i went to party with some friends to Mexico. their we decided to find some girls. We did but they were prostitutes, i had never done this but we pay them to have sex with us. I was super nervous since the beggining, but also stupid. The girl i was with said she was 19. but look younger then me or that age, she also look clean and not a drug user. She started giving me oral with a condom then we started having intercourse. she was really dry so when i put my penis inside about 2-3 inches inside here, the condom broke i imediately pull out. i freak out. but she pulled out right away when she felt it too she also look kind of scared. i ask if she had anything she said no that the local gov makes them test monthly. i was freakout. so i told here i had Chlamydia to see if she would get scared, she did. she ask me what was that, so i kind of made it up, cause i really dont know the symptoms i told here i was taking anti biotics and that it would go away with that. I really dont have anything, but im worry that i do now. What are my chances of getting HIV or any STD? i really hope i didnt get HIV, i dont wanna die im still a kid i think! and also i dont know if i should tell my girlfriend or my parents, im just not having sex with here. PLEASE HELP! i havent tell anyone and i need some answers, what are my chances?
1.) well my main questions is what are my chances of gettind HIV? if it took less then a second to pull out, and she wasnt wet at all? she also assure me she didnt had anything, and worries of the chlamydia story i made up. Also im not circumcise does this affect me more.
Thanks Doctor, it would be a great relief if you answer this questions.
1.) well my main questions is what are my chances of gettind HIV? if it took less then a second to pull out, and she wasnt wet at all? she also assure me she didnt had anything, and worries of the chlamydia story i made up. Also im not circumcise does this affect me more.
Thanks Doctor, it would be a great relief if you answer this questions.
MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL
Most likely you are noticing something that has been there all along and is not abnormal. HIV doesn't do this and in any case it started too soon to be due to HIV. Do not examine yourself or try to focus on whatever new feeling or trivial little bump you find. If you work hard enough at it, you will notice more normal things that don't matter. Also stop searching the internet for HIV symptoms. Since almost every symptom of almost any infection sometimes can be caused by HIV, you'll only find bad news that will make you nervous. Accept the reassurance you have been given and move on. You don't have it.
Thanks Doctor, and im already getting tested on monday.
One question thought. The day after my encounter with the sex worker, i notice a little ball like feeling on the lower left side of my chin. I found they are lymph nodes and they get swollen because of various thins including HIV infection, i also found out is highly unlikely its because of that, but it got me more nervouse.
What could it be if i dont feel sick in anyway apart from the stress im going threw?
Thanks!
One question thought. The day after my encounter with the sex worker, i notice a little ball like feeling on the lower left side of my chin. I found they are lymph nodes and they get swollen because of various thins including HIV infection, i also found out is highly unlikely its because of that, but it got me more nervouse.
What could it be if i dont feel sick in anyway apart from the stress im going threw?
Thanks!
MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL
Welcome to the HIV forum. I'll try to help.
First, it is unlikely your CSW partner had HIV. Of course I cannot guarantee that, but the chance is low in a woman of her age, especially since it seems that she normally has her customers use condoms. And you probably can believe her story that she gets tested for HIV and other STDs frequently and recently had a negative test. And even if she had HIV, your risk from a single episode of (unintentionally) unprotecgted vaginal sex is somewhere around 1 in 2,000. The chance of another STD, like chlamydia, probably is higher, but still not a particularly high risk.
So what are the odds you caught HIV? Let's say there was a 1% risk she had HIV, even though it seems less likely than that. Multiply that by 1 in 2,000 and your risk is around 0.01 x 0.0005 = 0.00005, or 1 in 200,000. Being uncircumcised roughly doulbes the risk in someone who is exposed to HIV -- but even so your rrisk is no higher than 1 chance in 100,000.
To help settle your fears, see a health care provider and get tested both for HIV and common STDs, like chlamydia, gonorrhea, and syphilis. Your local health department STD clinic would be an excellent choice for accurate, confidential, low-cost advice and testing.
Finally, I think you understand it was irresponsible and cruel for you to claim you had an STD when you did not. I understand why you did it -- you were frightened and not sure what to do -- but that doesn't make it all right. Commercial sex workers are human, and she doesn't want a serious disease any more than you do; that she was frightened by the condom failure and further frightened by your false story were appropriate responses. Reading between the lines, it sounds like you regret it. I hope you will take it to the next step and attempt to contact her and reassure her about it. And send her some flowers. It's the mature and macho thing to do.
But don't worry about HIV. Get tested for reassurance, but don't lose sleep waiting for the test result. It will be negative.
Regards-- HHH, MD
First, it is unlikely your CSW partner had HIV. Of course I cannot guarantee that, but the chance is low in a woman of her age, especially since it seems that she normally has her customers use condoms. And you probably can believe her story that she gets tested for HIV and other STDs frequently and recently had a negative test. And even if she had HIV, your risk from a single episode of (unintentionally) unprotecgted vaginal sex is somewhere around 1 in 2,000. The chance of another STD, like chlamydia, probably is higher, but still not a particularly high risk.
So what are the odds you caught HIV? Let's say there was a 1% risk she had HIV, even though it seems less likely than that. Multiply that by 1 in 2,000 and your risk is around 0.01 x 0.0005 = 0.00005, or 1 in 200,000. Being uncircumcised roughly doulbes the risk in someone who is exposed to HIV -- but even so your rrisk is no higher than 1 chance in 100,000.
To help settle your fears, see a health care provider and get tested both for HIV and common STDs, like chlamydia, gonorrhea, and syphilis. Your local health department STD clinic would be an excellent choice for accurate, confidential, low-cost advice and testing.
Finally, I think you understand it was irresponsible and cruel for you to claim you had an STD when you did not. I understand why you did it -- you were frightened and not sure what to do -- but that doesn't make it all right. Commercial sex workers are human, and she doesn't want a serious disease any more than you do; that she was frightened by the condom failure and further frightened by your false story were appropriate responses. Reading between the lines, it sounds like you regret it. I hope you will take it to the next step and attempt to contact her and reassure her about it. And send her some flowers. It's the mature and macho thing to do.
But don't worry about HIV. Get tested for reassurance, but don't lose sleep waiting for the test result. It will be negative.
Regards-- HHH, MD
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