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This forum is limited to prevention of HIV and to safe sex in general. All questions will be answered by H. Hunter Handsfield, M.D. or Edward W Hook, MD.

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This forum is limited to prevention of HIV and to safe sex in general. If you believe you might have been exposed to HIV and want help to...

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ARS symptoms 2 days after.

pqrty

Dear Dr Hook, I am 24 years old living in the UK. I have had protected oral (her to me) and vaginal sex (me to her) with an escort ab...

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Did I get HIV?

IdiotBF

So I cheated on my gf with a guy. I had unprotected receptive anal sex with him, I don't think he ejaculated in me because I pulled away ...

10 weeks HIV test negative-- Still Symptoms. Too freaked out and worried!

worriedguy892

Hello Dr, I did a stupid and most biggest mistake in my life and had a less than 5 min exposure with a woman of unknown status. Risk i...

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Fingering, unprotected oral, genital rubbing = HiV?

kuchkahopeless

Dear Doctor, I'm male from Jakarta, Indonesia. On 9 April I got message by a nude lady (unknown HIV status), she gave me unprotected oral...

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possible risk due to condom slip off

jay_2020

Hello doctor, About 5 week's ago I had protected vaginal sex with random girl, just met. During the intercourse at one point when I re...

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Very worried!!

J1988

Hi, Am really worried with the current situation that am in, I usually patronized the spas in Malaysia and engage in protected sex wit...

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penis bump + hiv risk + handjob

polaris9

hi dr , on Sept , after received handjob , my penis have 4 bump like pimples . I go to std clinic and the doc do penile swab and say ntg ...

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STD from a transvaginal ultrasound?

MagnoliaMe

I have had two transvaginal ultrasounds in the past six months for ovarian cysts. I didn't think about this the first time, but my second...

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SCARED

sl2515

I am a 38 yro male. My history is a few encounters about 10-12 years ago with the same person of unknown HIV status. In the last 3 years ...

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Hard time moving on...COMBO test at 6 Weeks

goingkuku

Dear Doctors, I recently posted this on the community forum (please see post there as I can't fit my story in the character limit here...

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Mucous membranes

ATJP

Hello doctor, I been reading post after post and cannot find an answer into this one, i know skin to skin contact is very less likely ...

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