HIV begins to die almost immediately (and therefore becomes non-infectious) after leaving the body. EWH
Dr Ed,
Just for my knowledge, it is said that hiv does not survive in the environment outside human body. Is there a number as to how long it takes for a hiv to die once out of the body?
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Thanks for relieving my worries Dr. Hook. The activities I described are exactly what happened, no more, no less. I really appreciate your comments. God bless you and please continue to help people.
Let me be clear- there is no risk for you of getting HV form the activities you describe. None!!! EWH
Dear doc,
What do you really mean when u say it is statistically unlikely that my partner had HIV. Plus after touching the outside of the condom when removing it I might have touched my own penis. Could that transmit the virus? I m actually in a long distance relationship with a girl n going to meet her soon. Can I have unprotected sex with her? I have never been in a sexual contact except with my gf earlier and recently with this incident I mentioned just mentioned and which has been stressing me out.
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Welcome to our Forum. The exposure you describe did not put you at any risk for HIV. It is statistically unlikely that your partner had HIV but if she did, there is still no risk for infection. Condom protected sex is safe, no risk sex and no person has ever been shown to get HIV from receiving oral sex from an infected partner (you can be confident that the condom did not fail as well- when condoms fail they break wide open, leaving no doubt that they failed. Further, HIV is not transmitted from person to person on the hands so that you touched the outside of the condom after sex was a no risk event as well. I would not worry and see no medical need to even consider testing. EWH