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HIV Risk from this exposure
Hi, I will be brief and to the point of the facts, please help to evaluate my risk:
1) 10 Days ago in the morning, I shaved my pubic hair
2) In that afternoon, began experiencing itch around the pubic hair region so I scratched it.
3) Later that night I had protected vaginal sex with a women of unknown status
4) The next day, I found a small pimple at the area I was scratching previously, it had a small opening with very slight pus, less than 1 mm in diameter.
My worry:
1) The "pimple" was located at my pubic hair region, about 1 inches above the base of my penis shaft and was not covered by the condom
2) It could already be there when I was having sex
Please evalute my risk thanks so much!
1) 10 Days ago in the morning, I shaved my pubic hair
2) In that afternoon, began experiencing itch around the pubic hair region so I scratched it.
3) Later that night I had protected vaginal sex with a women of unknown status
4) The next day, I found a small pimple at the area I was scratching previously, it had a small opening with very slight pus, less than 1 mm in diameter.
My worry:
1) The "pimple" was located at my pubic hair region, about 1 inches above the base of my penis shaft and was not covered by the condom
2) It could already be there when I was having sex
Please evalute my risk thanks so much!
Your situation is not a risk for HIV because the head of your penis was covered. That is all that is required. Herpes is inactivated by air so the pimple would not factor in. The only ways people get HIV is from unprotected vaginal or anal sex or sharing of IV drug needles.
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