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Dear Doctor,
On April 25th, 2008 I had a sexual encounter with a guy from Cancun Mexico, that I have known since December. I am from Canada.
We bought condoms, he put one on, and we had vaginal protected intercourse. He also inserted into my anus 2 times and both times I stopped it after like a minute. (I knew that I would get a UTI from this, but was too intoxicated to do anything at the moment; I did get a UTI and got it treated) Anyways when he finally pulled out of my vagina (I am not sure if he had ejaculated since he was pretty drunk; and I never asked him) I noticed that the condom was not on his penis. I immediately asked him where the condom was, he looked down and it was right by my vagina or may have been slightly inserted I don’t recall but he picked it up and moved it. My main reasoning here of what happened is that when he pulled out, the condom had slipped off. I saw some blood on the condom from which I assume was from when we had brief anal sex. The next morning I asked him what happened and he said the condom slipped off and that he checked it and it wasn’t broken. He is also uncircumcised; so I know this increases the risk.
Here are my questions:
1.What are the chances that a 20 year old male, who is from Mexico City and working in Cancun Mexico for the past 10 months, who most likely does not do any kind of drugs that involve needles, have HIV? Is Mexico a country that has a higher occurrence of HIV?
2.If he is HIV + what are my chances of getting it if the condom slipped off and some of his semen/pre-semen leaked inside me; especially since we had brief anal sex and I had some blood earlier. Could it have leaked into the anus or is it unlikely that semen that was exposed to air would still carry the virus?
I got tested for Chlamydia and gonorrhea and both came back negative. I also got a pap smear about 1 ½ months after the incident and it was normal; which I know is linked with HPV.
Thank you doctor
On April 25th, 2008 I had a sexual encounter with a guy from Cancun Mexico, that I have known since December. I am from Canada.
We bought condoms, he put one on, and we had vaginal protected intercourse. He also inserted into my anus 2 times and both times I stopped it after like a minute. (I knew that I would get a UTI from this, but was too intoxicated to do anything at the moment; I did get a UTI and got it treated) Anyways when he finally pulled out of my vagina (I am not sure if he had ejaculated since he was pretty drunk; and I never asked him) I noticed that the condom was not on his penis. I immediately asked him where the condom was, he looked down and it was right by my vagina or may have been slightly inserted I don’t recall but he picked it up and moved it. My main reasoning here of what happened is that when he pulled out, the condom had slipped off. I saw some blood on the condom from which I assume was from when we had brief anal sex. The next morning I asked him what happened and he said the condom slipped off and that he checked it and it wasn’t broken. He is also uncircumcised; so I know this increases the risk.
Here are my questions:
1.What are the chances that a 20 year old male, who is from Mexico City and working in Cancun Mexico for the past 10 months, who most likely does not do any kind of drugs that involve needles, have HIV? Is Mexico a country that has a higher occurrence of HIV?
2.If he is HIV + what are my chances of getting it if the condom slipped off and some of his semen/pre-semen leaked inside me; especially since we had brief anal sex and I had some blood earlier. Could it have leaked into the anus or is it unlikely that semen that was exposed to air would still carry the virus?
I got tested for Chlamydia and gonorrhea and both came back negative. I also got a pap smear about 1 ½ months after the incident and it was normal; which I know is linked with HPV.
Thank you doctor
sorry I meant 86 days not 96.
Doctor,
You will be happy to know that I just went to the lab and gave blood for an HIV and Syphillis test. Since today is July 21, and my exposure occurred April 25, it has been about 96 days since the act. I assume that if this exam is negative that it will be conclusive and you do not recommend further testing at the 6 month mark?
Also, do you know around how many days it takes to process the blood work?
Thank you once again for all of your help in calming down my nerves and making me realize that the risk of being HIV positive from this exposure is very slim. I will be patiently awaiting my results.
You will be happy to know that I just went to the lab and gave blood for an HIV and Syphillis test. Since today is July 21, and my exposure occurred April 25, it has been about 96 days since the act. I assume that if this exam is negative that it will be conclusive and you do not recommend further testing at the 6 month mark?
Also, do you know around how many days it takes to process the blood work?
Thank you once again for all of your help in calming down my nerves and making me realize that the risk of being HIV positive from this exposure is very slim. I will be patiently awaiting my results.
haha I will try not to panic..:p
See what happens when you ask OVER AND OVER ???? dont panic LOL
Thank you everyone. You are right I am not functioning rationally. Ok you are right that typo really made me panic!!!!
Don't panic...the doctor meant he was confident your test would be NEGATIVE. It was a typo, possibly resulting from exhaustion due to answering the same question over and over again.
You're going to be fine. Go get tested because you clearly aren't functioning rationally. I find it hard to believe that you'll be able to study with this hanging over your head.
You're going to be fine. Go get tested because you clearly aren't functioning rationally. I find it hard to believe that you'll be able to study with this hanging over your head.
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