Your risk of having any STD is very low. this includes HIV. I would not stress about your test results, go and get them. I am confident they will be negative. Your major risk if from the unprotected vaginal exposure, not from oral sex. Oral sex is an inefficient way to transfer STDs and the prevalence of oral infections is lower than the prevalence of vaginal infections. With that as background, let's go straight to your questions:
1. Most strippers/commercial sex workers do not have HIV. Just for arguments’ sake, let’s go on the high side and say the chance that your partner had HIV is 1 in 10 (10%). Then, the risk from vaginal sex is 1 in 1000 at most, Thus mathematically, your risk of HIV, at most is 1 in 10,000. This really is not something to spend a lot of time worrying about.
2. Less than half of people who acquire HIV get the ARS.
3. Very, very low. Most STDs and you were on the lookout. thus you would not have missed something that was even mildly symptomatic.
4. Uncommonly. Depends on the STD. In general most people who get STDs but do not know it do so because they attribute their symptoms to something else.
5. NO, at this time you should have complete confidence in your test results, which I am confident will be negative.
Take care. EWH
Glad to help. Indeed, your tests are completely negative for syphilis, herpes, hepatitis C and HIV. Tkae care. EWH
Hi Doc, just had my results faxed to me. They are as follows:
Test Description: Result: Reference:
HBcAB Negative Negative
Hepatitis C Ab. Negative Negative
RPR Non-Reactive Non-Reactive
Herpes I Ab. (IgG) 0.51 <0.90
Herpes II Ab. (IgG) 0.31 <0.90
Herpes Simplex Virus Types 1 & 2 IGM ABS (EIA) W/ REFLEX IFA
HSV Type 1 <0.8
HSV Type 2 <0.8
HIV 1/0/2 ANTIBODY NON-REACTIVE NON-REACTIVE
[Assay for Detection of Antibodies to HIV including Group 0 (HIV-1 + "0") and/or Type 2 (HIV-2) Manufactured by Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics]
Hi Doc. I called and got my results. Everything (tested via blood for herpes hsv1&2, hiv, syphilis etc.) was NEGATIVE. It was exactly 102 days, or 14.5 weeks since the initial exposure. I haven't yet seen my results directly, but the nurse told me that everything is negative. Based on what you've written above and in the other posts in terms of time frames, am I correct to assume I do not need additional testing?
I'd like to sincerely thank you for the invaluable work you do here. You must get a lot of 'THANK YOUs', but I wanted to express my profound appreciation for your knowledgeable, and sober assessment, as well as your time. All the best to you.
Even if your partner was a "high risk" partner, your risk would be low. Most "high risk" persons still do not have HIV and any single exposure has little risk of transmitting HIV. Thus like DR. Handsfield, I do not recommend testing following each individual exposure to "risky" partners. On the other hand, as you point out, testing on a regular basis when a person ahs had multiple sex partners is an absolutely reasonable thing to do in the context of routine screening.
Bottom line, you still have very little to worry about EWH
Doctor, please allow this follow-up, as I await my results. Would you consider this a highly risky encounter with a "high risk" partner that would warrant testing on it's own. Dr. HHH has said that he doesn't even recommend testing unless there was a confirmed exposure with someone who is known to have HIV, or unless was engaged in highly risky activity like Unprotected anal between gay men. I understand the need for routine "screening".
Also, I'm not sure about whether the stripper was an IV drug user, I don't recall seeing track marks. Thanks.