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I never had sex but could probably been exposed!!!!!
hi, i'm 18 and have never had sex. but i think i cuold have been exposed by a guy. i met a guy at school and we ended playing with each other. i gave him a handjob and he fingered me. i'm worried about fingering by him. he mentioned earlier in the day he hurt his finger slightly in morning working on his car. i don't remember seeing any blood. but what if? websites any wound are possibilities. help me assess this.
You were not at risk from being fingered, even if he had a wound on his finger, PERIOD.
even if the wound was slightly bleeding? why?
i see others have said that small cuts that are bleeding do not pose a risk...
the cdc and other sites say any wound is a risk.
i see others have said that small cuts that are bleeding do not pose a risk...
the cdc and other sites say any wound is a risk.
HIV has never been known to be transmitted through fingering, and it is very common for people to have wounds on their fingers, even bleeding ones. Further, there must be thousands if not hundreds of thousands of instances per year in which HIV positive people were involved in fingering.
Therefore, logic dictates that wounds are not consequential for transmission in the context of fingering.
Therefore, logic dictates that wounds are not consequential for transmission in the context of fingering.
I see that "NO RISK" comment regarding fingering with a wound in many posts here. But can't find a reason for that. There must be some phisiological/biological reasons for that? Do you have any idea? like most i think a wound where there is blood is a wound...hope you can help me.
Well, for one thing, virus in blood on the surface of the finger would be rendered non-infectious due to exposure to air, drying, etc. And wounds tend to seal pretty quickly from the inside, meaning that unless someone cuts his finger and fingers you immediately after, you will not be exposed to fresh, infectious blood.
However, since it has never happened in the history of the epidemic, why do you even care about the biological mechanisms? And really, why are you even thinking about this to begin with? You said yourself that you never saw blood on his finger.
Please move on and worry about more important things.
However, since it has never happened in the history of the epidemic, why do you even care about the biological mechanisms? And really, why are you even thinking about this to begin with? You said yourself that you never saw blood on his finger.
Please move on and worry about more important things.
i'm a paranoid gal. sorry.
joggen - one last thing - you said 'Well, for one thing, virus in blood on the surface of the finger would be rendered non-infectious due to exposure to air, drying, etc."
how is that if his finger inside of me? does that mean it's isolated from the bloodstream/host as i have read in some posts...?
joggen - one last thing - you said 'Well, for one thing, virus in blood on the surface of the finger would be rendered non-infectious due to exposure to air, drying, etc."
how is that if his finger inside of me? does that mean it's isolated from the bloodstream/host as i have read in some posts...?
"he mentioned earlier in the day he hurt his finger slightly in morning working on his car."
My point was that whatever blood (IF THERE EVEN WAS ANY BLOOD) on his finger from his injury earlier in the day would not be infectious to you due to exposure to air.
You would not have been exposed to fresh, infectious blood therefore there is no concern. And before your paranoia makes you ask, even if he cut his finger 5 seconds before he fingered you, there would still be only a THEORETICAL concern. Fingering is NOT a documented risk for infection.
That is all I have to say. Again, the biological mechanisms are irrelevant- just focus on the fact that it NEVER happens. You won't be the first person to get HIV through being fingered.
If you still have concerns, please take them to the OCD Forum. This forum has rules about excessive posting.
My point was that whatever blood (IF THERE EVEN WAS ANY BLOOD) on his finger from his injury earlier in the day would not be infectious to you due to exposure to air.
You would not have been exposed to fresh, infectious blood therefore there is no concern. And before your paranoia makes you ask, even if he cut his finger 5 seconds before he fingered you, there would still be only a THEORETICAL concern. Fingering is NOT a documented risk for infection.
That is all I have to say. Again, the biological mechanisms are irrelevant- just focus on the fact that it NEVER happens. You won't be the first person to get HIV through being fingered.
If you still have concerns, please take them to the OCD Forum. This forum has rules about excessive posting.
joggen - i think u're right. i prolly need to the ocd forum =( i just found myself browsing through this forum for two hours about fingering...gosh...
one last question - i've read on multiple forums that trivial cuts/scrapes/wounds pose no threat...a theoretical threat would be a large laceration,etc.
whats the difference? don't they both have blood? huh?
no more questions - i hope.
one last question - i've read on multiple forums that trivial cuts/scrapes/wounds pose no threat...a theoretical threat would be a large laceration,etc.
whats the difference? don't they both have blood? huh?
no more questions - i hope.
ok this is gettnig bad. i know u're not a therapist. but i can't sleep. can u answer my last question so i can get some rest...so tired already...
Sorry, the volunteers on this forum are not here to hold people's hands. Move on.
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