Risk assessment doctor

[whatistherisk]

Good morning Doctors.


Yesterday i went to a massage parlour and received a hando job whickh i know is zero risk.

The problem is i have the habit of bitting my nails vigorously and due to this always have cuts. The day of the incident i had a cut wich was bleeding for about half an hour but i usually suck the finger until it stops bleeding. When i got the massage the finger was no longer bleeding but you could see the flesh. The blleding was about 3 hours previous to the encounter. While i got the massage i touched the girls vagina for about 10 minutes. I did not stick my finger in. I only rubbed the outside of the vagina.

Is there a risk for HIV?
Should i test due to this event?
Is there generally HIV infectious fluids in the outside of girls vagina?
Since this is the only event outside my relationship can i ressume unprotected sex with my partner?

I really appreciate your help and will take your advice.

[Edward W Hook, MD]

Whether you were in contact with her genital secretions or not is irrelevant- even if she was infected (unlikely) and you contacted her secretions, there is NO RISK for infection.  EWH

[whatistherisk]

Thank you very much doctor. You give me a rellief. One last thing. Since i did not stick my finger in her vagina, just touched the outside, i can assume i did not even have contact with hiv infectious fluid. Am i correct?

[Edward W Hook, MD]

Welcome to the Forum. The event you describe has no meaningful risk for acquisition of HIV or any other STI.  Mutual masturbation is safe sex, irrespective of whether your partner happens to have an STI or not (and most people, even most masseuses and commercial sex workers, are not infected).  Surface contamination of skin, even recently cut or abraded skin does not lead to infection with HIV or other STDs. While there is a theoretical concern that this might happen, the risk is purely theoretical and should not concern you - there are no reported instances of this ever happening despite the fact that there have been millions, if not billions of instances in which persons with HIV have participated in mutual masturbation activities and not transmitted infection.


Is there a risk for HIV?
No, this is a no risk event.

Should i test due to this event?
No, there is no need for testing.

Is there generally HIV infectious fluids in the outside of girls vagina?
No, when infected secretions leave the body, they become non-infectious almost immediately.

Since this is the only event outside my relationship can i ressume unprotected sex with my partner?
Yes, you can safely have unprotected sex with your regular partner without fear that you were infected by the events that you describe.

I hope these comments are helpful. Take care. EWH