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Blood on Condom after Protected Oral Sex- RISK?
I am a male who had protected oral sex with a woman. The room was darker than I had hoped so I was not able to tell if she might have had any blood in her mouth (a possible cause of theoretical transmission). She had most if not all of my penis in her mouth. My main concern is that she might have gotten some traces of blood (again if any) on the base of the condom and since my penis was not very erect, some of the blood might have squeezed a little into the crack of the base ring. Now when she took of the condom, a segment of the base brushed up against the head of my penis. If there was blood from the saliva of her mouth on that segment, it could have theoretically been transmitted to my bloodstream. How would you assess my risk? Is testing warranted? Thanks!
are you at risk if you perform oral on a women, i met a girl at a culb and gave her 10 second oral sex and then had protected sex.
even if you're not protected, hiv through oral is very very VERY small risk.
std is more common with oral sex...namely herpes...
std is more common with oral sex...namely herpes...
But what if the outside segment of the condom brushes up against the head of my penis briefly? The outside base had her saliva (and more importantly/dangerously blood) on it. Couldn't the blood have entered my body during that brief contact with the head or is the blood too diluted from saliva and too small in trace?
No risk - move on.
Just to add, the type of thinking you are going through is typical of HIV anxiety. The situation you are describing is unlikely, but even if it was true - HIV, if she had it (much less than 1% of women in the US have HIV) - would not be able to penetrate the condom. Latex is an efficient barrier at preventing transmission. Additionally, it is very very very very rare to get HIV from oral sex. There are no good documented cases of people getting them from receiving oral sex, and on top of that, it is estimated the risk is 1 in 20 000 (very close to 0).
I would like to commend you on your choice to use a condom, even for oral sex. While it rarely transmits HIV, other STDs are much more easily transmitted this way. Continue your commitment to safe sex! :)
Just to add, the type of thinking you are going through is typical of HIV anxiety. The situation you are describing is unlikely, but even if it was true - HIV, if she had it (much less than 1% of women in the US have HIV) - would not be able to penetrate the condom. Latex is an efficient barrier at preventing transmission. Additionally, it is very very very very rare to get HIV from oral sex. There are no good documented cases of people getting them from receiving oral sex, and on top of that, it is estimated the risk is 1 in 20 000 (very close to 0).
I would like to commend you on your choice to use a condom, even for oral sex. While it rarely transmits HIV, other STDs are much more easily transmitted this way. Continue your commitment to safe sex! :)
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