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Single Exposure Risk

Seven days ago I was drinking at a bar in a high end hotel in NYC. Chatting with an African American woman in her 30s. I know she has a 12-18 month child because we showed pictures. To make a long story short, I ended up in her room and was an idiot. I think we had unprotected sex for brief 1-2 minutes and I didn't finish. I do not recall any oral of any kind. I don't think I had that much to drink but I cannot remember periods of time so this is my estimate of time. I don't even remember going to her room at all - just remember being there. Once I realized what I was doing, I stopped and left. I do remember at one point in time, she paused and had concerns - I said I was "fixed" and she said something like that not what I'm worried about.

At this point, I'm wondering how high risk this was given the typical prenatal care that most women receive. She didn't seem like the type that does this a lot - she was just as mortified after the incident as I was. All of my money was still in my wallet so I don't really think I was roofied. I don't know who this is so I cannot find her and her STD history. I know I need to get testing but I'm talking a zpak to be safe. I'm running out of excuses to not have sex with my wife and she's getting suspicious. What are my real odds of catching anything worse than Chlamydia and Gonorrhea from this encounter. I don't need the scare numbers from CDC but rather real world number. I know I need to get tested but if I'm not seeing any signs (no discharge, no sores or bumps) am I highly likely to be in the clear.

Any insight (other than "you're an idiot us a condom") would be much appreciated.

thanks
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Trich is very low, HPV-post in the HPV forum.

As for self medication we don't recommend and we do not give medication info out then that is not the recommended treatment for those STD's.
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Quick follow up - a friend of mine prescribed me a Zpak as a precaution - that should take care of any exposure to Gonorrhea and Chlamydia right? What about Syphilis - can I just take the antibiotic to be safe? I cannot wait 6 weeks to resume activity with my wife. Since I'm fixed, we do not use condoms and she would be very suspicious if I need to use them again. I'm not trying to be snake but it will destroy her that I did this stupid thing and it has never and will never happen again - really odd situation for me.
What about trichomoniasis and HPV - how much risk is there for that?

Thanks for the help!
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No real number to give but low risk, most likely unlikely you got a STD from that exposure. I would not be worried. But since you do have a wife I will give you testing time frames:
Gonorrhea and Chalmydia-5 days
herpes-3 months
HIV-28 day DUo or 6-8 week antibody test
syphilis-6 weeks
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