Possible to get herpes from menstrual blood on pubic area?

[alfred88]

Hi all,

I had protected oral sex and protected penetrative sex with a lady I do not know that well recently. We had french kissing and I licked only her clitoris, but when she performed oral sex on me, a condom was used. But halfway during the penetrative sex, her period came suddenly without her knowledge. Some of her period blood got onto my pubic area (below my tummy, directly above the base of my penis), we were both a little shocked and I waited for about half a minute before I went to the washroom to wash it off.

I was very afraid the blood might touch the tips of my penis when I took it off so I kind of hesitate and wondered what to do while in the wash room. In the end I pulled the condom out by holding the tip. Then I quickly washed the blood away from my pubic area.

What are the chances of me contracting any STDs from the blood? I have read that herpes can be contracted via skin-to-skin contact, and that the pores on our pubic area are very big, where the roots of the pubic hair are located. Will I get herpes/AIDS from the blood?

In fact, based on the encounter above, am I at risk for anything regardless of the level of risk?

Thanks.

[alfred88]

I'm not sure about open sores or cuts... before I went down to meet her, I did contemplated shaving my pubes first, which was pretty short because I shaved it about two weeks back but thank god I didn't... I'm worried about the blood entering via my pores, do herpes get in through the pores? Or must there be cuts?

Yeah... at that point of time I was just too shocked. I was recently recovering from a 3-month scare of STDs, meaning my last exposure was in sep last year, and I have to wait for three months before I went for all the blood tests to confirm that I am clear... so it's been a good 4 months before I dare to embark on sexual intercourse again with protected oral and penetrative sex this time round and this has to happen...

I know I should have washed the blood off first but I didn't...

[LeeBrando]

I wouldn't worry too much unless you have some open sores/cuts in that area that the blood could have gotten on. One question though... Why didn't you just wash the blood off while you still had the condom on?