Question re: anal fingering

[salesrep2005]

I was at a massage parlor and at the end of the session I received hand stimulation which I realize you can't catch anything from. Then this girl stuck her finger in my anus. I was shocked and she removed pretty quickly as I wasn't counting on a prostate exam. Am I at any risk for any type of disease from this action ?  I am especially concerned because I had some irritation from wiping the area a little too much earlier in the day from some Chinese food that didn't sit too well. The reasonable side of me says there is nothing much too worry about but the unreasonable side of me reads too many horror stories on the internet and have scared myself about possible blood contact if she had a cut or dirty finger and the irritation I had at the time, hepatitis, and or any other types of diseases.  Thanks for your time and the service you provide.

[NCCrew]

Been trying to post it as a unique question but I'm having a hard time getting it in. Thats why I tried to slide it in with this topic. But worry not; I'll keep trying to post.

[NCCrew]

I'm sorry for this I hit post too soon. Please forgive me. I understand that typically it takes 2-10 days for an HSV1 infection to show up after infection. Would this apply in the case I described above? Or would a different lenght of time apply? I am just curious in case I did give her an exposure how long would I, her, we need to wait to look for outward signs of an infection short of a blood test.  

[NCCrew]

Question Regarding this:

I encountered a similar situation with my wife and was wondering what the chances were of passing the virus (Herpes).

I have had cold sores for most of my life and as a by product of that I am very conscious of them. I wash my hands, don't kiss, and I don't allow anyone to eat/drink after me and so forth. One night the wife and I were fooling around and I manually stimulated her. We've both come to terms with the sores. So I decided to give a "hand job." As best I can recall I didn't pick or rub, or even touch my cold sore at any point prior to the sex. My fear came, and from the sounds of it paranoia, in that an errant drop of spital with Herpes got on my hand and I passed it on. Is it likely that I exposed her? Or does she have a better chance of getting hit by an asteroid?

And just out of curiosity how long can HSV1 survive outside, say on the hands or another like surface (I realize that nothing is for certain and that humidity, heat, UV light exposure, and type of surface all factor in).

I saw a few posts that seemed to touch and dance around this scenario, but nothing hitting mine problem exactly. Was just hoping to get some comfort from a professional

Thanks,
-Paranoid

[Spursman]

Salesrep,

If you look at my first post "HIV Worries After High Risk Sex" you'll see I asked a similar question in it.

Doesn't appear to be too much risk

[H. Hunter Handsfield, M.D.]

Sorry, but this really is a new question/issue; needs to be posted as a new thread.

[H. Hunter Handsfield, M.D.]

Listen to your own reasonable side.  There is no risk of infection at all; and certainly what you ate recently or pre-existing anal irritation makes no difference.  Any hypothetical risk from a cut on her finger is too low to worry about; the exposure would risk her health far more than yours, because normal rectal bacteria could cause a severe infection if she had a cut.  You don't have anything to worry about.

Good luck--  HHH, MD