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Dear Doctor,
My questions are very general, and obviously, you are not able to diagnose me over the Internet.
Basically, in the month of September I hooked up with two women. First one was a prostitute. We used a condom for oral, and we also used a condom for vaginal. The condom was used per textbook instruction (i.e., during the entire act, only water-based lube, and no other exchange of fluid.) The condom did not break.
Maybe I
My questions are very general, and obviously, you are not able to diagnose me over the Internet.
Basically, in the month of September I hooked up with two women. First one was a prostitute. We used a condom for oral, and we also used a condom for vaginal. The condom was used per textbook instruction (i.e., during the entire act, only water-based lube, and no other exchange of fluid.) The condom did not break.
Maybe I
MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL
1) No, your assessment of the low risk for HIV is accurate. At least those are your words, but the very fact that you are asking the question indicates you aren't 100% sure. Well, consider yourself reassured.
2) Either you misunderstood what you were gold at the testing site, or they are just wrong. They got it backward: the risks of HIV and hepatitis are close to zero; the risk of herpes is higher (but still low, on average).
3) Since the risk of getting HIV was about zero, it doesn't matter what symptoms you have: they cannot be due to HIV. I have seen your later comment, after you saw your doctor. The absence of lymph nodes reinforces something I have said many times on this forum: It is a fool's errand for anyone to go looking for swollen lymph nodes on themselves. Almost always people are wrong if they think they had an enlarged node; and such prodding misses most abnormal nodes anyway.
Good luck-- HHH, MD
2) Either you misunderstood what you were gold at the testing site, or they are just wrong. They got it backward: the risks of HIV and hepatitis are close to zero; the risk of herpes is higher (but still low, on average).
3) Since the risk of getting HIV was about zero, it doesn't matter what symptoms you have: they cannot be due to HIV. I have seen your later comment, after you saw your doctor. The absence of lymph nodes reinforces something I have said many times on this forum: It is a fool's errand for anyone to go looking for swollen lymph nodes on themselves. Almost always people are wrong if they think they had an enlarged node; and such prodding misses most abnormal nodes anyway.
Good luck-- HHH, MD
PS:
This pelvic/groin/hip issue has been going on for almost a month, and happened immediately after incident #1.
This pelvic/groin/hip issue has been going on for almost a month, and happened immediately after incident #1.
Hello Jared,
I think the first incident was about as safe as you could get.
The second was low risk. Low risk for HIV, but the counselor has it wrong concerning Herpes not being a risk. If she didn't have a cold sore on her lip during the act the one time exposure would equal a low risk.
A person is most likley to transmit herpes when the cold sore is active and the day or two before the cold sore shows up.
The problem for you (the receiver) is that you can see if there is an active cold sore from looking at her lip, but you can't tell if one is on the way or not.
Overall you still are on the very low risk for anything from this incident. Forget about the first one since you were totally protected.
Don't start feeling your leg trying to feel knots etc. You will make it sore and then you will panic b/c it hurts.
You didn't catch HIV and most likely nothing at all from your escapades.
For peace of mind go and have an STD workup including an HIV tst and then when the results are negative put it behind you.
Don't get caught up in all of the stuff you see online.
Good luck my friend!
I think the first incident was about as safe as you could get.
The second was low risk. Low risk for HIV, but the counselor has it wrong concerning Herpes not being a risk. If she didn't have a cold sore on her lip during the act the one time exposure would equal a low risk.
A person is most likley to transmit herpes when the cold sore is active and the day or two before the cold sore shows up.
The problem for you (the receiver) is that you can see if there is an active cold sore from looking at her lip, but you can't tell if one is on the way or not.
Overall you still are on the very low risk for anything from this incident. Forget about the first one since you were totally protected.
Don't start feeling your leg trying to feel knots etc. You will make it sore and then you will panic b/c it hurts.
You didn't catch HIV and most likely nothing at all from your escapades.
For peace of mind go and have an STD workup including an HIV tst and then when the results are negative put it behind you.
Don't get caught up in all of the stuff you see online.
Good luck my friend!
I don't understand how you can say in the same paragraph that I was a "low risk" for HIV, and then go one to say that "I did not catch HIV."
Low risk is not the same thing as no risk.
Low risk is not the same thing as no risk.
You are right that "Low Risk" is not the same as "No Risk", but no one is going to tell you that it is NO RISK. I told you that you don't have HIV based on the exposures that you describe.
Getting HIV from the oral sex you received is lottery winning, lightning strike chances.
Yes you could win the lottery and you could get struck by lightning, but the odds are you will not.
That is what I meant when I said it is a LOW risk activity and that you didn't get it from the oral. Think about how many people get oral daily and don't get infected.
You didn't either.
Wait for the Dr's response, but I think he will agree with me on this one.
Getting HIV from the oral sex you received is lottery winning, lightning strike chances.
Yes you could win the lottery and you could get struck by lightning, but the odds are you will not.
That is what I meant when I said it is a LOW risk activity and that you didn't get it from the oral. Think about how many people get oral daily and don't get infected.
You didn't either.
Wait for the Dr's response, but I think he will agree with me on this one.
Forget about the lymph node question, doctor.
I went to my PCP this afternoon. She checked my groin and said no swollen lymph nodes. HOWEVER, what she did notice was a potential hernia. She stated that everytime I cough or speak, my left testicle rises upward.
To everyone: having swollen lymph nodes is not the same thing as thinking you have them. Also, looking back at my lymph node question, I should have objectively noticed that what I was describing did not even "sound" like swollen lymph node.
That's just my PS to everyone.
I went to my PCP this afternoon. She checked my groin and said no swollen lymph nodes. HOWEVER, what she did notice was a potential hernia. She stated that everytime I cough or speak, my left testicle rises upward.
To everyone: having swollen lymph nodes is not the same thing as thinking you have them. Also, looking back at my lymph node question, I should have objectively noticed that what I was describing did not even "sound" like swollen lymph node.
That's just my PS to everyone.
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Herpes spreads by oral, vaginal and anal sex.
Herpes sores blister, then burst, scab and heal.
STIs are the most common cause of genital sores.
Millions of people are diagnosed with STDs in the U.S. each year.
STDs can't be transmitted by casual contact, like hugging or touching.
Syphilis is an STD that is transmitted by oral, genital and anal sex.
