losing some sleep need some answers

[highroller]

Thank you for your time, 3 days ago had oral sex from a woman but wore a condom. About 24 hours later had a blister on my scotum, looks consistent with what i have been reading on herpes,but from what i read in the archives blisters should not appear that rapidly. Also i was pretty drunk and fell asleep with the condom in my boxer shorts which fit tightly,could this have caused some sort of pimple or boil. I have one more quick question,did not have vaginal intercourse with the woman but inserted my fingers into her vagina. I had a number of cuts on my fingers which were about 1 to 2 days old, what are the chances of contracting hiv from her vaginal juices. I also massaged her back and her legs can herpes be passed to skin on areas like the hand,now have a small pinlike bump on my palm but it could be an old callus Do i have genuine worries or is anxiety and paranoia my biggest concern.

[H. Hunter Handsfield, M.D.]

You had the safest sexual encounter I can think of:  oral sex itself is highly safe, and adding a condom reduces the chance of any STD to just about zero.  Hand to genital contact is never a risk, regardless of recent cuts or sores on the hands.  You can be certain the "pinlike bump" of your palm isn't herpes or any STD.

Further, no STD can cause symptoms in less than 36-48 hours.  Whatever is causing the "blister" on your scrotum has nothing to do at all with the sexual exposure you describe.  Without seeing the lesion, I cannot comment on whether it's a pimple, boil, herpes, or something else.  (The term "blister" sort of implied herpes, but blisters and pimples look very differrent; you should be able to tell them apart yourself.  Herpes of the scrotum is uncommon.)

Bottom line, to answer your closing question: You have no worries about STD from this episode.

Good luck--  HHH, MD

[frnkbates]

Bro, If you wore a condom for oral sex and did not have vaginal sex then you can't get any safer than that. The only safer option is not to have any sexual contact. ( i'm not joining the monestry just yet :O)   You wont have picked anything up if that was your only contact,whatever is going on it isn't STD related,but see what the doc says.

[monkeyflower]

Oral is really pretty safe, and with a condom, I think it's about as safe as you can get while still having a partner. No way you could get HIV from touching her, even with those cuts on your hands, and no way you could get herpes on your hands, either. I think you have nothing to worry about - your anxiety's getting the better of you :-)