thanx a lot doctor.Your answer it's enough for my anxiety.
Best regards.
I recommend it for your peace of mind but not becasue I have any great concern about your risk for HIV. EWH
Thanks for your answer doctor!So if i understand well i have to do the test just for peace of my mind right?As doctor you don't reccomend it, right?
Thanks again.
Welcome to the HIV Prevention Forum. I hope that I can provide you with information that will help you. To provide you with a summary of my thinking to start with, I think your risk for HIV is very, very low. A more detailed response is found below.
To summarize your note, you have condom protected sex with several women in Japan as well as receiving and giving unprotected oral sex and rimming of one of your partners. The risk from these activities is low. HIV rates is Japan and relatively low and while escorts are high risk partners, despite this the large majority of them do not have HIV. Thus it is unlikely that any of the partners you mention had HIV. You cannot get HIV from un-infected partners.
But, what if they had HIV?? The quoted figure for HIV risk, if one has oral sex with (giving or receiving) an infected partner is less than 1 in 10,000 and, in my estimation that is too high. Some experts state there is no risk at all from oral sex. Neither of us on this site have ever seen or reading the medical literature of a convincing instance in which HIV was passed by oral sex. the risk from rimming is about the same (very, very low).
So, what should you do . There is no great medical reason for you to have an HIV test. At the same time, if your get an HIV test now, it will put your mind at ease and relieve you of any lingering doubts you have about the exposures you mention. for that reason, I suggest you go on and get an HIV test. I am confident that the results will be negative and at that time you will be able to move forward with your relationship with no doubts whatsoever.
I hope this comment helps. EWH