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Hi Doctor,
Yesterday I went to a massage parlor, and had the following exposures:
1) The masseuse spit on the tip of my penis a couple of times while performing a handjob. Q: Is there any risk for any STD (including herpes), considering that her saliva may have entered my penis through the urethra?
2) She kissed and licked my body (not genitals). Her mouth seemed OK (no sores) Q: Same question as above.
3) She kissed my lips gently a couple of times (no tongue involved). Q: I do not have herpes (1 or 2) as shown in previous tests. Any risk of aquiring herpes through this kissing exposure?
Thank you very much Doctor. I am a Family man and very worried of these exposures.
Yesterday I went to a massage parlor, and had the following exposures:
1) The masseuse spit on the tip of my penis a couple of times while performing a handjob. Q: Is there any risk for any STD (including herpes), considering that her saliva may have entered my penis through the urethra?
2) She kissed and licked my body (not genitals). Her mouth seemed OK (no sores) Q: Same question as above.
3) She kissed my lips gently a couple of times (no tongue involved). Q: I do not have herpes (1 or 2) as shown in previous tests. Any risk of aquiring herpes through this kissing exposure?
Thank you very much Doctor. I am a Family man and very worried of these exposures.
MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL
Welcome to the forum. Thanks for your question.
Lots of sexually active people have come to believe oral risk carries high risk for STDs. It does not. Oral-genital contact isn't entirely risk free, but it carries much lower risks for all STDs than unprotected vaginal or anal intercourse. In general, STDs are far less common in the oral cavity than they are in the genital and anal areas; and even when oral infection is present, it's generally not efficiently transmitted. People simply don't catch STDs in massage parlors, unless traditional sexual exposures occur while there (e.g. unprotected insertive sex).
As for herpes, active, transmissible oral infections with HSV-1 are uncommon in the absence of visible oral herpes outbreaks. Even then, for infection to take, the virus probably has to be massaged fairly vigorously into the exposed tissues. New herpes typically occurs at the areas most vigorously stimulated during sex, such as the head of the penis, the vaginal opening and labia minor in women, or the anus if exposed. More casual exposure -- licking, for example, either of the penis or anywhere else -- probably very rarely result in HSV transmission, if ever. And for sure the exposures you describe would carry no appreciable risk of other STDs (gonorrhea, chlamydia, syphilis, HIV, etc) even if your partner was infected with one of them.
I think those comments answer all three of your questions: you are at no STD risk from any of the specific exposures you have described.
I hope this has helped settle your fears. Best wishes-- HHH, MD
Lots of sexually active people have come to believe oral risk carries high risk for STDs. It does not. Oral-genital contact isn't entirely risk free, but it carries much lower risks for all STDs than unprotected vaginal or anal intercourse. In general, STDs are far less common in the oral cavity than they are in the genital and anal areas; and even when oral infection is present, it's generally not efficiently transmitted. People simply don't catch STDs in massage parlors, unless traditional sexual exposures occur while there (e.g. unprotected insertive sex).
As for herpes, active, transmissible oral infections with HSV-1 are uncommon in the absence of visible oral herpes outbreaks. Even then, for infection to take, the virus probably has to be massaged fairly vigorously into the exposed tissues. New herpes typically occurs at the areas most vigorously stimulated during sex, such as the head of the penis, the vaginal opening and labia minor in women, or the anus if exposed. More casual exposure -- licking, for example, either of the penis or anywhere else -- probably very rarely result in HSV transmission, if ever. And for sure the exposures you describe would carry no appreciable risk of other STDs (gonorrhea, chlamydia, syphilis, HIV, etc) even if your partner was infected with one of them.
I think those comments answer all three of your questions: you are at no STD risk from any of the specific exposures you have described.
I hope this has helped settle your fears. Best wishes-- HHH, MD
MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL
I read and understood those details. No risk. Don't let it worry you.
Thanks for your kind words about the forum.
Thanks for your kind words about the forum.
Thank you for your quick repky Doctor.
After reading your opinion, I still have one final question.
Does the SALIVA of the masseuse (which was used to lubricate my penis during the handjob, and may have entered my penis through the urethra), poses any risk of STD transmission of any sort?
I truly appreciate your kind and quick help.
Regards and have a great weekend.
After reading your opinion, I still have one final question.
Does the SALIVA of the masseuse (which was used to lubricate my penis during the handjob, and may have entered my penis through the urethra), poses any risk of STD transmission of any sort?
I truly appreciate your kind and quick help.
Regards and have a great weekend.
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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.
