http://www.medhelp.org/user_posts/list/239123 Medical communities and forums staffed by doctors from leading medical centers. Over 325 forums and communities providing medical information and medical help. en You didn't need to start a new thread. You could have asked a brief follow-up to your other one, wit H. Hunter Handsfield, M.D. Mon, 07 Dec 2009 11:40:09 -0600 http://www.medhelp.org/posts/STDs/Timing-of-Test-Accuracy/show/1119322?post_id=post_5151646 http://www.medhelp.org/posts/STDs/Timing-of-Test-Accuracy/show/1119322?post_id=post_5151646 I should have also said that some experts belief that rare cases of trich in women might be self-infe H. Hunter Handsfield, M.D. Mon, 07 Dec 2009 11:30:16 -0600 http://www.medhelp.org/posts/STDs/Trichomoniasis/show/1119263?post_id=post_5151614 http://www.medhelp.org/posts/STDs/Trichomoniasis/show/1119263?post_id=post_5151614 Welcome to the STD forum. Trichomonas is one of those STDs that throughout history were often thou H. Hunter Handsfield, M.D. Mon, 07 Dec 2009 11:28:07 -0600 http://www.medhelp.org/posts/STDs/Trichomoniasis/show/1119263?post_id=post_5151607 http://www.medhelp.org/posts/STDs/Trichomoniasis/show/1119263?post_id=post_5151607 Welcome to the STD forum. This doesn't sound like an STD and clearly you are at low risk for STD b H. Hunter Handsfield, M.D. Mon, 07 Dec 2009 11:19:35 -0600 http://www.medhelp.org/posts/STDs/Skin-condition-on-the-penis/show/1119194?post_id=post_5151582 http://www.medhelp.org/posts/STDs/Skin-condition-on-the-penis/show/1119194?post_id=post_5151582 No. H. Hunter Handsfield, M.D. Mon, 07 Dec 2009 11:14:34 -0600 http://www.medhelp.org/posts/HIV-Prevention/risk-assesment/show/1119275?post_id=post_5151565 http://www.medhelp.org/posts/HIV-Prevention/risk-assesment/show/1119275?post_id=post_5151565 Welcome back to the HIV forum. There is no possible risk of HIV or any other STD from this sort of H. Hunter Handsfield, M.D. Mon, 07 Dec 2009 11:14:24 -0600 http://www.medhelp.org/posts/HIV-Prevention/risk-assesment/show/1119275?post_id=post_5151563 http://www.medhelp.org/posts/HIV-Prevention/risk-assesment/show/1119275?post_id=post_5151563 Unwarranted fear that does not respond to reason is usually a sign of an underlying psychological dis H. Hunter Handsfield, M.D. Mon, 07 Dec 2009 10:12:43 -0600 http://www.medhelp.org/posts/HIV-Prevention/ARS-symptoms--blood-test/show/1119029?post_id=post_5151406 http://www.medhelp.org/posts/HIV-Prevention/ARS-symptoms--blood-test/show/1119029?post_id=post_5151406 It is an abuse of your MedHelp priviledges to keep posting the same questions, especially when only a H. Hunter Handsfield, M.D. Mon, 07 Dec 2009 00:51:48 -0600 http://www.medhelp.org/posts/HIV-Prevention/ARS-symptoms--blood-test/show/1119029?post_id=post_5150503 http://www.medhelp.org/posts/HIV-Prevention/ARS-symptoms--blood-test/show/1119029?post_id=post_5150503 Welcome to the HIV prevention and safe sex forum. Thank you for this question, which undoubtedly is H. Hunter Handsfield, M.D. Sun, 06 Dec 2009 21:07:07 -0600 http://www.medhelp.org/posts/HIV-Prevention/HIV-Exposure-and-Risk-Test-needed/show/1118902?post_id=post_5150099 http://www.medhelp.org/posts/HIV-Prevention/HIV-Exposure-and-Risk-Test-needed/show/1118902?post_id=post_5150099 Welcome to the STD forum. I'm not sure what is going on, but clearly your symptoms are not due to H. Hunter Handsfield, M.D. Sun, 06 Dec 2009 19:44:21 -0600 http://www.medhelp.org/posts/STDs/Purplish-raised-spots-within-bruise-like-margin-on-glans-corona/show/1118861?post_id=post_5149932 http://www.medhelp.org/posts/STDs/Purplish-raised-spots-within-bruise-like-margin-on-glans-corona/show/1118861?post_id=post_5149932 You still don't say enough about the STD risks. Is this a new partner? Does she have other partners H. Hunter Handsfield, M.D. Sun, 06 Dec 2009 18:35:26 -0600 http://www.medhelp.org/posts/STDs/oral-hsv-2-/show/1118656?post_id=post_5149786 http://www.medhelp.org/posts/STDs/oral-hsv-2-/show/1118656?post_id=post_5149786 Welcome to the STD forum. It would be easier to judge your risk for herpes or other STDs if you pr H. Hunter Handsfield, M.D. Sun, 06 Dec 2009 13:55:01 -0600 http://www.medhelp.org/posts/STDs/oral-hsv-2-/show/1118656?post_id=post_5149181 http://www.medhelp.org/posts/STDs/oral-hsv-2-/show/1118656?post_id=post_5149181 STDs are hard to transmit. The very name means exactly that: you must have sex to catch them, preci H. Hunter Handsfield, M.D. Sun, 06 Dec 2009 12:33:32 -0600 http://www.medhelp.org/posts/STDs/Kissing--Auto-inoculation--Dirty-Faucet/show/1118330?post_id=post_5149016 http://www.medhelp.org/posts/STDs/Kissing--Auto-inoculation--Dirty-Faucet/show/1118330?post_id=post_5149016 I meant that you probably are much likely to be hit by lightning than to catch HIV from the exposure H. Hunter Handsfield, M.D. Sun, 06 Dec 2009 12:30:39 -0600 http://www.medhelp.org/posts/HIV-Prevention/Risk--low-risk-or-zero-risk-/show/1118253?post_id=post_5149014 http://www.medhelp.org/posts/HIV-Prevention/Risk--low-risk-or-zero-risk-/show/1118253?post_id=post_5149014 If the "possible exposure" is the same event you asked about last August, you were not at risk for HI H. Hunter Handsfield, M.D. Sun, 06 Dec 2009 02:15:37 -0600 http://www.medhelp.org/posts/HIV-Prevention/Ulcers-in-mouth/show/1118440?post_id=post_5148196 http://www.medhelp.org/posts/HIV-Prevention/Ulcers-in-mouth/show/1118440?post_id=post_5148196 Dr. Hook and I do not comment on each others' replies unless one of us asks the other to do so. That H. Hunter Handsfield, M.D. Sun, 06 Dec 2009 02:10:28 -0600 http://www.medhelp.org/posts/HIV-Prevention/Risk--PEP--Testing-and-Outlook/show/1117360?post_id=post_5148191 http://www.medhelp.org/posts/HIV-Prevention/Risk--PEP--Testing-and-Outlook/show/1117360?post_id=post_5148191 You are over-worrying about non-risk events. They call them STDs because you have to have sex to tra H. Hunter Handsfield, M.D. Sun, 06 Dec 2009 02:07:16 -0600 http://www.medhelp.org/posts/STDs/Kissing--Auto-inoculation--Dirty-Faucet/show/1118330?post_id=post_5148188 http://www.medhelp.org/posts/STDs/Kissing--Auto-inoculation--Dirty-Faucet/show/1118330?post_id=post_5148188 Welcome to the HIV forum. You don't say where in Africa you are. If sub-Saharan, the overall freq H. Hunter Handsfield, M.D. Sat, 05 Dec 2009 23:17:23 -0600 http://www.medhelp.org/posts/HIV-Prevention/Risk--low-risk-or-zero-risk-/show/1118253?post_id=post_5147990 http://www.medhelp.org/posts/HIV-Prevention/Risk--low-risk-or-zero-risk-/show/1118253?post_id=post_5147990 If you paid any attention at all to my reply above, you know the answer. Does it help if I say it a H. Hunter Handsfield, M.D. Sat, 05 Dec 2009 23:06:54 -0600 http://www.medhelp.org/posts/HIV-Prevention/Hiv-in-environmental-surfaces/show/1117438?post_id=post_5147972 http://www.medhelp.org/posts/HIV-Prevention/Hiv-in-environmental-surfaces/show/1117438?post_id=post_5147972 Welcome to the STD forum. The only STD possibilities that could explain such symptoms are gonorrhe H. Hunter Handsfield, M.D. Sat, 05 Dec 2009 15:30:16 -0600 http://www.medhelp.org/posts/STDs/Red-Meatus-and-Irritated-Urethra/show/1118070?post_id=post_5147039 http://www.medhelp.org/posts/STDs/Red-Meatus-and-Irritated-Urethra/show/1118070?post_id=post_5147039