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Please, need an opinion and reassurance
Hello,
I have previously posted regarding the HIV risk of exposure of giving brief, unprotected oral sex without ejaculation via from myself, a female, to a male, who had spent the first 6 or so years of his life in Somalia (a high risk country).
However, now I am also wondering about another sexually-related exposure: It was not intercourse, but mutual masturbation with a different man, with the possibility of his secretions on his hands possibly making their way into my vagina.
I realise these are irrational fears. But in the event these two people were indeed HIV positive (I do not know their status), do you believe I should be tested?
I have previously posted regarding the HIV risk of exposure of giving brief, unprotected oral sex without ejaculation via from myself, a female, to a male, who had spent the first 6 or so years of his life in Somalia (a high risk country).
However, now I am also wondering about another sexually-related exposure: It was not intercourse, but mutual masturbation with a different man, with the possibility of his secretions on his hands possibly making their way into my vagina.
I realise these are irrational fears. But in the event these two people were indeed HIV positive (I do not know their status), do you believe I should be tested?
Teak, thankyou for your prompt response. It is much appreciated.
In that case, given that I do not engage in unprotected sex, should I not bother with a test, given that I have not had an opportunity to be exposed since these events?
I realise that these fears are crazy, but my main concern does still rest with the unprotected oral contact with someone from a high risk country. If he had indeed contracted HIV from a medical procedure, his mother as a baby, or in a household situation, is there any conceivable chance of this being passed to me?
In that case, given that I do not engage in unprotected sex, should I not bother with a test, given that I have not had an opportunity to be exposed since these events?
I realise that these fears are crazy, but my main concern does still rest with the unprotected oral contact with someone from a high risk country. If he had indeed contracted HIV from a medical procedure, his mother as a baby, or in a household situation, is there any conceivable chance of this being passed to me?
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