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Menstrual blood inside condom. Extremely worried about HIV.
Hello, I'm Luis, I'm a 23 years old male and I had protected oral and vaginal sex with a stripper in Mexico yesterday. After about 20-30 minutes of oral and vaginal sex I noticed a lot of menstrual blood covering my condom covered penis. (I couldn't notice before because it was very dark and she hadn't started menstruating until then, so she didn't tell me before starting sex.)
I freaked out when I noticed it and went to the bathroom to take the condom off. After I took it off, I noticed a bit of blood on my penis shaft and also close to my penis head, about 2 drops of blood, this made me extremely worried and anxious. I guess the blood sipped into the condom while having sex or while I rolled it down to the base of my penis a few times during sex so that the condom would stay well put.
I don't know her HIV status but she says she gets regularly tested for STD's as she has to do that for her job at a strip club, but I am still too anxious. Could I be at risk for HIV? Do I need to get tested or look for PEP and medical attention? I know protected sex is always safe against HIV as long as the condom doesn't break or fall off, but given the situation, could I be at any risk compared to all other cases of protected sex?
Thanks a lot for your help. Luis.
I freaked out when I noticed it and went to the bathroom to take the condom off. After I took it off, I noticed a bit of blood on my penis shaft and also close to my penis head, about 2 drops of blood, this made me extremely worried and anxious. I guess the blood sipped into the condom while having sex or while I rolled it down to the base of my penis a few times during sex so that the condom would stay well put.
I don't know her HIV status but she says she gets regularly tested for STD's as she has to do that for her job at a strip club, but I am still too anxious. Could I be at risk for HIV? Do I need to get tested or look for PEP and medical attention? I know protected sex is always safe against HIV as long as the condom doesn't break or fall off, but given the situation, could I be at any risk compared to all other cases of protected sex?
Thanks a lot for your help. Luis.
It is highly unlikely that she was bleeding so profusely it would have been able to penetrate the ring of the condom at the base of your penis. I would simply assume you got some of her menstrual blood on your penis when you removed it, which is no cause for concern as it would have been exposed to air and temperature changes which would render the virus inactive. (Unable to infect)
I think you should stop rolling the condom down during sex as I would perceive this as being an unnecessary risk. All you need to do to check if the condom is still on is to simply touch the base of your penis and feel for the ring........if it's there, so is the condom.
You had no risk and do not need to test nor do you need to seek PEP treatment.
I think you should stop rolling the condom down during sex as I would perceive this as being an unnecessary risk. All you need to do to check if the condom is still on is to simply touch the base of your penis and feel for the ring........if it's there, so is the condom.
You had no risk and do not need to test nor do you need to seek PEP treatment.
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