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STDs (Expert Forum)
SHOULD I BE WORRIED?
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University of Washington
Seattle - WA
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IMPORTANT
This forum is limited to questions about STDs other than HIV/AIDS. For questions about HIV prevention, or if you have general questions about safe sex (e.g., condoms, how to protect yourself from HIV and STDs), please visit the HIV Prevention and Safe Sex Forum
Some of the most common types of questions concern the risk of HIV or STD after a particular sexual exposure, and about symptoms that might or might not be due to HIV. If your question is along these lines, please visit the HIV Prevention and Safe Sex Forum.
This forum is limited to questions about STDs other than HIV/AIDS. For questions about HIV prevention, or if you have general questions about safe sex (e.g., condoms, how to protect yourself from HIV and STDs), please visit the HIV Prevention and Safe Sex Forum
Some of the most common types of questions concern the risk of HIV or STD after a particular sexual exposure, and about symptoms that might or might not be due to HIV. If your question is along these lines, please visit the HIV Prevention and Safe Sex Forum.
SHOULD I BE WORRIED?
by WORRIED2007RT, Aug 07, 2007 04:24PM
HELLO DOCTOR, TO GIVE YOU A BRIEF RECAP ON MY CONCERN. I RECENTLY (WITHIN LAST 2 WEEKS) HAVE BEEN HAVING UNPROTECTED SEX W/ A WOMEN WHO JUST RECENTLY MOVED BACK INTO THE AREA. I DO KNOW HER SO SHE IS NOT A COMPLETE STRANGER TO ME. WE HAVE HAD SEX APPROX 7-8 TIMES W/O A CONDOM. SHE HAS INSISTED THAT SHE IS FREE OF A STD'S INC HIV. I DONT HAVE ANY SYMPTOMS TO SUGGEST THAT I HAVE CAUGHT ANYTHING HOWEVER MY CONCERN IS THAT EVEN IF SOMEONE DID HAVE HIV WHAT ARE THE ODDS/CHANCES THAT YOU CAN GET HIV FROM HAVING VAGINAL UNPROTECTED SEX 7-8 TIMES? I KNOW THAT I AM BEING OVER ANXIOUS BUT IM NOT SURE IF IT WAS A BIG RISK EVEN IF SHE WERE TO BE INFECTED. ANY INFO WOULD BE GREAT AND MUCH APPRECIATED. THANK YOU
Doctor's Answer
by H. Hunter Handsfield, M.D., Aug 07, 2007 06:02PM
, Aug 07, 2007 06:02PM
Apparently you missed the statement at the top of this forum: "This forum is limited to questions about STDs other than HIV/AIDS. For questions about HIV prevention, or if you have general questions about safe sex (e.g., condoms, how to protect yourself from HIV and STDs), please visit the HIV Prevention and Safe Sex Forum."
The chance your partner has HIV is just about zero. Even if she does, the chance you caught it is less than 1 for every 2000 times you have sex. But feel free to get tested for HIV if it will make you feel better.
HHH, MD
The chance your partner has HIV is just about zero. Even if she does, the chance you caught it is less than 1 for every 2000 times you have sex. But feel free to get tested for HIV if it will make you feel better.
HHH, MD
The chance your partner has HIV is just about zero. Even if she does, the chance you caught it is less than 1 for every 2000 times you have sex. But feel free to get tested for HIV if it will make you feel better.
HHH, MD