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Oral Sex With Transexual
Nov 30, 2009 01:34PM in the HIV Prevention Expert Forum
As you suspect, there are no data by which to judge risk based on the details of oral sex. But even doubling an extremely low risk still means extremely low risk. You should not lose sleep over something like 1 in 5,000 versus 1 in 10,000.
Soreness, skin tears, bleeding after intercourse ??
Nov 30, 2009 01:22PM in the STDs Expert Forum
Welcome to the STD forum. I cannot comment on whether or not you had warts, but self-diagnosis (if you are not a health professional) is quite unreliable. If you had warts, and they are now gone, they would not be causing the symptoms you describe. In addition, you don't describe anything that makes be believe you actually have herpes. This sounds mos...
Worried and want to move on..
Nov 30, 2009 01:08PM in the HIV Prevention Expert Forum
You had a low risk exposure. Heterosexual HIV transmission in the UK occurs mostly among immigrants from AIDS-endemic area, like southern Africa. Even among CSWs in London, only about 1 in 1,000 have HIV -- so the chance your partner had HIV is extremely low. Therefore, from a strict risk-assessment perspective you didn't need HIV testing at all; the ben...
hello dr., i hope you can help
Nov 30, 2009 12:48PM in the HIV Prevention Expert Forum
I replied to this comment above. If you have had such an exposure and have not seen a health professional about it, please do so immediately.
hello dr., i hope you can help
Nov 30, 2009 12:46PM in the HIV Prevention Expert Forum
Your opening paragraph isn't clear. But I think you are asking how long to be tested after a high risk exposure for an HIV test to be accurate. With standard HIV antibody tests, about half of newly infected people have positive results in 2-3 weeks; 90% are positive by 4 weeks; and 99% have positive results by 6-8 weeks. In very rare circumstances, it can ...
vaginal discharge with bleeding
Nov 30, 2009 12:26PM in the STDs Expert Forum
Welcome to the STD forum. You are correct that this symptom should be promptly evaluated by a health professional. Although STDs often cause such symptoms, there are many non-STD causes of vaginal discharge. If you had a total hysterectomy (i.e., if your cervix was removed along with the rest of your uterus), the chance of STD is lower. However, you say...