dry humping with scrape

Hello Doctor

Approx. 11 weeks ago I had uprotected sex with a girl in Sub-Saharan Africa. The sex involved dry humping, she was wearing underpants + jeans and I was wearing a boxershort. I didn't ejaculate and my boxershort didn't get soaking wet during the dry humping, but may have become slightly humid (not sure, to me it felt dry afterwards).

I have read your response to similar queries, however my situation is slightly different as I also has a small scrape on the shaft of my penis (1 day old, I think healing well, but could have been slightly damaged during the dryhumping). My concern is that the scrape may have been in contact with possible humid areas on my boxershort.

5-6 weeks after the incident I had a few days of shivering / feeling cold, and night sweating, but no temperature increase. I did not experience any other ARS symptons, however 2 weeks later also some diarea (diarrhea).

I now have two queries:
1 - did I expose myself to a risk of HIV transmission that requires testing?
2 - could the shivering / night sweating after 5-6 weeks be an ARS sympton?

Your response is much appreciated,

Thanks and kind regards,

[kumar007]

1- NO
2- no because you never had a risk

[kj76]

Thanks for your quick response!

I am aware of the fact that transmission of HIV usually only occurs during penetration inside the vagina. However I thought that the scrape in combination with dry humping may give some additional risk for transmission that could require testing.

If someone else thinks differently about my exposure please let me know....

[kumar007]

stop thinkin about hiv because you never had a risk...
move on

[kj76]

OK thanks, I have noted your response and will move on, however one question remains which I would like to have answered by one of the experts here on this forum / website.

I have understood that infected scrapes / cuts can be a receiptor for HIV due to the presence of white blood cells. Can a scrape like mine (few square mm) in the early stages of its healing process qualify for such an infected scrape (with white blood cells) and therefore make my risk during the dry humping significantly higher than without scrape?

The scrape was basically a small damage to the skin, it has never bleeded and within a week or so it was gone.

I am aware of the fact that the wound did not enter the vagina and was even seperated to it by some layers of (humid?) clothing, and risk for infection is therefore low. But I would like to know if the wound could give a significant increase in risk, compared to normal dry humping.

An informative response (not just a NO / YES) is very much appreciated!

[Teak]

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