High Blood Sugar & HIV

[honeymoon]

hi dr. i am a straight 29 male living in qatar. i had protected sex with a prostitute with an unknow HIV status. i didnt ejaculate and i was still turned on when i took out my penis so i removed the condom and started masturbating myself. my hands were still wet from the condom (with her fluids all over the condom), is there a possibility/risk that i culd have gotten it to myself as my fingers were wet from the condom when i started masturbating myself? i had a very small scratch on the top of my penis, can that be a way the hiv might have gotton through my body? I had a test 4 weeks later and it was –ve. But 2 days ago I had my blood sugar tested and it was surprisingly high (still within the average), my question is:

1.      can HIV affect the blood sugar and raise it (if its there)?

2.       can the high blood sugar rate affect the accuracy of the test I did?

3.       what is my risk factor?

4.       do you recommend another test?



thx

[H. Hunter Handsfield, M.D.]

No risk for HCV.  Despite popular beliefs, HCV is almost never sexually transmitted anyway, except by anal sex in gay men.

[honeymoon]

thanks Dr. that really helps. i am not sure if my question fits this forum, but does the same incident puts me in Hepetaits C risk? plz let me know if i should address this question in the heptitse c forum.

best.

[H. Hunter Handsfield, M.D.]

Relax.  No worries here.  You describe a zero risk sexual exposure.  Hand-genital contact with infected secretions does not transmit HIV.

I don't understand what you mean by your blood sugar being "surprisingly high" but "within average".  It was either eleveated above the normal range or it wasn't.  Blood sugar levels normally are quite variable within the normal range.  If it was elevated  and if you had not eaten anything for a few hours, then you need to be checked for diabetes. If you had eaten, even a definitely high blood sugar probably is meaningless (but this might explain the difference compared to a lower level 2 weeks earlier).  In any case, this has nothing to do with HIV.

The direct answers to your questions are 1) no, 2) no, 3) zero, and 4) no.

Regards--  HHH, MD