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[lovidovi]

hello doctor,

i am a 30 years old guy and i am quiet active sexually and always get tested for HIV every 6 months and by gods grace always practice safe sex and use condoms.

now i have doubt about certain ways of HIV transmission and i wanted to clear them with u and that is as follows..

i have been having unprotected i.e (without condom) handjobs at massage parlours alsmost half my life...
i mean atleast thrice a week i get massage and everytime i get a handjob and its always unprotected as i ALWAYS THOUGHT THAT IT IS NOT A WAY OF HIV TRANSMISSION.

I JUST WANT TO ASK YOU IS IT ACTUALLY NO RISK OF TRANSMISSION OR IT DOES POSE A RISK?

AS PER MY EXPERIENCE I NEVER CAUGHT HIV AS I HAD HANDJOBS ZILLIONS OF TIME BUT STILL WAS I LUCKY OR ITS JUST NO WAY OF TRANSMISSION...
THANKS AND BEST REGARDS

[H. Hunter Handsfield, M.D.]

Welcome to the forum.  Thanks for your question.

Congratulations on limiting your non-monogamous sexual experiences to safe sex.  If I understand correctly, you always use condoms for vaginal sex, and otherwise only have sex in the forum of masturbation during massages.  These are entirely safe practices.  HIV and other STDs are not transmitted by hand-genital contact.

It's still wise to be tested for HIV from time to time, as you are doing -- not because of hand-genital contact, but in case of an undetected condom failure during riskier practices.  For the same reason, you should consider also having a urine test for gonorrhea and chlamydia and a blood test for syphilis; once a year would be about right.  Assuming no obvious condom breakage, you can expect negative results.

I hope this has helped. Best wishes--  HHH, MD

[H. Hunter Handsfield, M.D.]

What more can I say than I already have?  Asking the same question in different words won't change the answer.  I already told you there is no HIV risk, and it is obvious from my reply that the nature of your partner makes no difference.  Do your best to accept the reasoned, science based advice you have had and move on with your life.

That's all for this thread.

[flicky888]

The girl is from same college and she came from good family and she seems all the time neat and healthy but during third time my condom teared sideways and i immediately removed and rolled another one andi had protected vaginal and unprotected oral recieving and smooching vigorously she licked me by applying choclate on my penis and later i came to know that she also had sex with my college mates of nearly 3 members protected vaginal and unprotected oral but i first time had sex with her only does she or me afftected with hiv do ineed to go for hiv test ...i didnt experienced any symptoms after exposure that it happened april 12 2012 and now i am experiencing inconvinience in throat and white patches on mouth and burny itching of skin ...please do help me whether i need to go for hiv test or does i am effected with hiv i am from conservative family and i am just 23 now please do help me i am fully stressed

[H. Hunter Handsfield, M.D.]

"i hope these tests are warranted only for my vaginal exposures and not for handjob exposures?"

Correct.

[lovidovi]

thanks a lot doctor...i would go for the test for sure doctor...

but i hope these tests are warranted only for my vaginal exposures and not for handjob exposures?

[H. Hunter Handsfield, M.D.]

Correct on both counts.  However, condoms do fail sometimes -- usually you would notice, but to be safe I still recommend occasional testing for all fourL  HIV, syphilis, chlamydia, and gonorrhea.

[lovidovi]

if i understand correctly i guess there is no risk of GONORRHEA AND CHLAMYDIA and  SYPHLIS with hand job?

and  i can keep getting handjob as safe sex as far as hiv transmission is concerned even in future?