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HIV risk after strip club - please help
Hello,
8 days ago I was a strip club and only spent time with one girl the entire evening. She gave me one kiss(with tounge), had her hand in my pants for 5 seconds and I figered her a couple of time throughout the evening(never longer that a couple of seconds but my finger was inside deep). I never washed my hands after the last time I fingered her and went back to my hotel(40-60 minutes later) where I masturbated. My penis was bruised from all the dancing and rubbing so the anxiety only kicked in - dirty hands, vaginal fluids, bruised penis and masturbating.
I saw a lot of posts on this site saying that it's not possible to get HIV from such an encounter(vaginal fluid outside the body then masturbating), but then at day 5 I woke up with an insane headache that felt like a hangover. I thought the 3 beers the previous night was a bit rough and would shake it off throughout the day but then half way through the day the headache was still so intense.
So now day 8 the headache is a bit better, but still comes and goes everyday and I feel dizzy from time to time. I have no rash anywhere as I am checking my private parts regularly. Also no fever, just the headache.
From what I have seen HIV headaches only start between day 10-20. Is my symptoms related to an STD that I might have picked up during my encounter or anxiety? Is there anything that relates to an aching testicale once in a while or is this just anxiety that I am experiencing? In my case is an STD test needed at all?
Am I overly worriing for now reason?
Please some feedback would be appreciated!
8 days ago I was a strip club and only spent time with one girl the entire evening. She gave me one kiss(with tounge), had her hand in my pants for 5 seconds and I figered her a couple of time throughout the evening(never longer that a couple of seconds but my finger was inside deep). I never washed my hands after the last time I fingered her and went back to my hotel(40-60 minutes later) where I masturbated. My penis was bruised from all the dancing and rubbing so the anxiety only kicked in - dirty hands, vaginal fluids, bruised penis and masturbating.
I saw a lot of posts on this site saying that it's not possible to get HIV from such an encounter(vaginal fluid outside the body then masturbating), but then at day 5 I woke up with an insane headache that felt like a hangover. I thought the 3 beers the previous night was a bit rough and would shake it off throughout the day but then half way through the day the headache was still so intense.
So now day 8 the headache is a bit better, but still comes and goes everyday and I feel dizzy from time to time. I have no rash anywhere as I am checking my private parts regularly. Also no fever, just the headache.
From what I have seen HIV headaches only start between day 10-20. Is my symptoms related to an STD that I might have picked up during my encounter or anxiety? Is there anything that relates to an aching testicale once in a while or is this just anxiety that I am experiencing? In my case is an STD test needed at all?
Am I overly worriing for now reason?
Please some feedback would be appreciated!
You did not get HIV from your night out. You did nothing to risk HIV at all and do not even need to test. Take some ibuprofen for your headache. You don't have HIV from this exposure.
The only ways HIV is spread are:
-Unprotected anal/vaginal penetrations.
-Sharing needles to inject drugs.
-Mother to child.
a contact with a surface, even with infected fluids on, has never caused a single case of infection. HIV is a very fragile virus, and it does not survive for long outside the body.
If you did not do any of the actions I posted before, you were never exposed to HIV.
All the best.
-Unprotected anal/vaginal penetrations.
-Sharing needles to inject drugs.
-Mother to child.
a contact with a surface, even with infected fluids on, has never caused a single case of infection. HIV is a very fragile virus, and it does not survive for long outside the body.
If you did not do any of the actions I posted before, you were never exposed to HIV.
All the best.
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