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Could i have gotten an STD ?
Hey doctor
First off i want to start off by saying thank you in advance. Im a male, 18 years old, and 5 months ago i gave oral sex on girl for about 1-2 seconds LITERALLY, then i touched her vagina for like 5 seconds and thats it. There was no vaginal sex, or anything else involved.It was mostly touching.
Im freaking out because it was my first time ever having an experience like this ( im still a virgin ). 15 minutes later after we were done i went to the bathroom, and i may have touched the tip of my penis after touching her. after that exposure, 3 weeks later, i had cold like symptoms such as sore throat, dizziness, cough, ear ache and it took me 2 weeks to fully get back to normal, and i also noticed a hard lump around my right groin area near my scrotum about 3 or 4 months ago, it felt hard , not painful and i still have it but decreased in size , i think it might be a cyst because i squeezed it and pus came out but the lump, it is under the skin and it is not visible by looking at it, i noticed it by feeling it and i have been tired lately and sleepy most of the time . I was so anxious and scared, that 4 months after that exposure, i tested for hiv, chlamydia, hep b and syphilis and they were all negative, im going on vacation in about a week and a half and im not gonna enjoy it while thinking that i have an std, everyday i always think about if i have any stds, and i worry that i may have given an std to my friends because we sometimes share food and drinks. I worry that mabye i have gonorrhea or other stds. But my questions are :
1) should i be concerned with stds 5 months later after that exposure i explained to you ?
2) should i test for gonorrhea or other stds?
3) Did i have a risk ?
thank you so much in advance , and i hope my anxiety and fear goes away with you help.
First off i want to start off by saying thank you in advance. Im a male, 18 years old, and 5 months ago i gave oral sex on girl for about 1-2 seconds LITERALLY, then i touched her vagina for like 5 seconds and thats it. There was no vaginal sex, or anything else involved.It was mostly touching.
Im freaking out because it was my first time ever having an experience like this ( im still a virgin ). 15 minutes later after we were done i went to the bathroom, and i may have touched the tip of my penis after touching her. after that exposure, 3 weeks later, i had cold like symptoms such as sore throat, dizziness, cough, ear ache and it took me 2 weeks to fully get back to normal, and i also noticed a hard lump around my right groin area near my scrotum about 3 or 4 months ago, it felt hard , not painful and i still have it but decreased in size , i think it might be a cyst because i squeezed it and pus came out but the lump, it is under the skin and it is not visible by looking at it, i noticed it by feeling it and i have been tired lately and sleepy most of the time . I was so anxious and scared, that 4 months after that exposure, i tested for hiv, chlamydia, hep b and syphilis and they were all negative, im going on vacation in about a week and a half and im not gonna enjoy it while thinking that i have an std, everyday i always think about if i have any stds, and i worry that i may have given an std to my friends because we sometimes share food and drinks. I worry that mabye i have gonorrhea or other stds. But my questions are :
1) should i be concerned with stds 5 months later after that exposure i explained to you ?
2) should i test for gonorrhea or other stds?
3) Did i have a risk ?
thank you so much in advance , and i hope my anxiety and fear goes away with you help.
MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL
Even 30 minutes would make no difference. And you had negative STD tests. And going back to your original question, what in heaven's name makes you think you could possibly given an STD to someone by sharing drinking glasses?
Your fears are way out of line with reality. If you find yourself continuing to worry about it, you should consider professional counseling. It is not normal to be so resistant to scientific fact and reasonsed reassurance. However, this forum is not a substitute for such counseling -- so there won't be any further comments or discussion on this thread.
Your fears are way out of line with reality. If you find yourself continuing to worry about it, you should consider professional counseling. It is not normal to be so resistant to scientific fact and reasonsed reassurance. However, this forum is not a substitute for such counseling -- so there won't be any further comments or discussion on this thread.
Does it matter if it wasn't exactly 2 seconds, it may have been 5-8 seconds . Would the risk factor still be the same?
Thank you so much doctor , u took a load off my shoulder. U have have no idea how relieved iam, I was just so scared and anxious, thank you and god bless.
MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL
Welcome. But you had accurate replies on the community forum, so my responses are brief.
Like a lot of young people today, you have an inflated understanding of STD risks. You had a virtually zero risk sexual exposure. STDs are uncommon by oral sex, and even if you had acquired oral gonorrhea, it would have cleared up by now; oral gonorrhea infection generally clear up on their own within a couple of months. Further, almost all oral gonorrhea is entirely asymptomatic; it rarely causes sore throat and never dizziness, ear symptoms, etc.
You were overtested for STDs based on the nature of your exposure. The direct answers to your quesitons are:
1) No, you should not be concierned.
2) You should not have any further STD testing for gonorrhea or anything else.
3) No, you were not at risk.
Don't over think it; there are no circumstances you can imagine that would change my opinion or advice. Please move on without worry about it.
Regards-- HHH, MD
Like a lot of young people today, you have an inflated understanding of STD risks. You had a virtually zero risk sexual exposure. STDs are uncommon by oral sex, and even if you had acquired oral gonorrhea, it would have cleared up by now; oral gonorrhea infection generally clear up on their own within a couple of months. Further, almost all oral gonorrhea is entirely asymptomatic; it rarely causes sore throat and never dizziness, ear symptoms, etc.
You were overtested for STDs based on the nature of your exposure. The direct answers to your quesitons are:
1) No, you should not be concierned.
2) You should not have any further STD testing for gonorrhea or anything else.
3) No, you were not at risk.
Don't over think it; there are no circumstances you can imagine that would change my opinion or advice. Please move on without worry about it.
Regards-- HHH, MD
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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.
