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How do you tell?
What's considered a swollen lymph node?
On the right side of my collar bone, I feel my lymph node. It feels pretty big but at the same time, I can push it and it doesn't hurt. It feels rather big. I also have a scratchy throat. Not to the point of hurting. And I've been having nasal congestion symptoms the past week.
On the right side of my collar bone, I feel my lymph node. It feels pretty big but at the same time, I can push it and it doesn't hurt. It feels rather big. I also have a scratchy throat. Not to the point of hurting. And I've been having nasal congestion symptoms the past week.
by H. Hunter Handsfield, M.D., Oct 09, 2007 10:54AM
There is no measurable risk of HIV transmission from fingering or any sort of hand-genital contact, regardless of healing cuts on the fingers.
Best wishes-- HHH, MD
by H. Hunter Handsfield, M.D., Dec 08, 2009 07:43PM
You already know what I'm going to say, as indicated by "I have read this is no risk on this site". Did you think I or Dr. Hook would change our minds for your particular question? Even if one can envision a theoretical risk from fingering, in the 30 years of the known worldwide HIV/AIDS epidemic, nobody is known to have been infected by hand-genital or hand-anal contact.
For more detailed discussions, enter "fingering" in this forum's search function and read through the nearly 1,000 threads that will show up.
Regards-- HHH, MD
by H. Hunter Handsfield, M.D., Feb 25, 2009 10:52AM
You asked a similar question in the HIV communty forum 2 years ago, and had a negative HIV test back then, and had an accurate reply about the zero-risk nature of the exposure. The reply is the same this time. Even with an HIV positive partner, nobody in the world ever caught HIV by fingering, regardless of nicks or cuts on the fingers; and the odds the stripper has HIV are low.
You could not have been infected and do not need HIV testing on account of this even. Unless, of course, you don't believe this reassurance and need the additional evidence of a negative test to help you sleep better. If so, have a test in a few weeks. (This is not "code" that means I really think there was some risk. There was none.)
Regards-- HHH, MD
by Edward W Hook, MD, Feb 11, 2010 07:29PM
Welcome to the Forum. You have nothing to worry about from this exposure. For starters, it is statistically unlikely that your partner had HIV. Most dancers and commercial sex workers do not. Furthermore, HIV is not spread through kissing, including french kissing. finally, your insertion of your finger into her anus, and her subsequent sucking on your finger is masturbation and /HIV is not spread by masturbation either. Thus you need not be concerned. As far as your specific questions are concerned:
1. No
2. No
3. There is no medical reason for you to seek HIV testing. If you cannot shake the idea and your concern, then a single test at 6-8 weeks following the events you describe will be negative and will prove that you did not get HIV (I already know that you did not).
4. Nope
Hope these responses are helpful to you. Take care. EWH
NO MORE DISCUSSION ON YOUR NO RISK FINGERING.
There is no measurable risk of HIV transmission from fingering or any sort of hand-genital contact, regardless of healing cuts on the fingers.
Best wishes-- HHH, MD
by H. Hunter Handsfield, M.D., Dec 08, 2009 07:43PM
You already know what I'm going to say, as indicated by "I have read this is no risk on this site". Did you think I or Dr. Hook would change our minds for your particular question? Even if one can envision a theoretical risk from fingering, in the 30 years of the known worldwide HIV/AIDS epidemic, nobody is known to have been infected by hand-genital or hand-anal contact.
For more detailed discussions, enter "fingering" in this forum's search function and read through the nearly 1,000 threads that will show up.
Regards-- HHH, MD
by H. Hunter Handsfield, M.D., Feb 25, 2009 10:52AM
You asked a similar question in the HIV communty forum 2 years ago, and had a negative HIV test back then, and had an accurate reply about the zero-risk nature of the exposure. The reply is the same this time. Even with an HIV positive partner, nobody in the world ever caught HIV by fingering, regardless of nicks or cuts on the fingers; and the odds the stripper has HIV are low.
You could not have been infected and do not need HIV testing on account of this even. Unless, of course, you don't believe this reassurance and need the additional evidence of a negative test to help you sleep better. If so, have a test in a few weeks. (This is not "code" that means I really think there was some risk. There was none.)
Regards-- HHH, MD
by Edward W Hook, MD, Feb 11, 2010 07:29PM
Welcome to the Forum. You have nothing to worry about from this exposure. For starters, it is statistically unlikely that your partner had HIV. Most dancers and commercial sex workers do not. Furthermore, HIV is not spread through kissing, including french kissing. finally, your insertion of your finger into her anus, and her subsequent sucking on your finger is masturbation and /HIV is not spread by masturbation either. Thus you need not be concerned. As far as your specific questions are concerned:
1. No
2. No
3. There is no medical reason for you to seek HIV testing. If you cannot shake the idea and your concern, then a single test at 6-8 weeks following the events you describe will be negative and will prove that you did not get HIV (I already know that you did not).
4. Nope
Hope these responses are helpful to you. Take care. EWH
NO MORE DISCUSSION ON YOUR NO RISK FINGERING.
Could you just describe? I really do feel a bump/ball in my collar bone when I press in on it. But only my right side...
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