Advice on testing

[robbieward32]

Hello, I am a 26 yr old male who lives in England. Thought it might be easier if I do a timeline/bullet point of my exposures.

Mid 2007.
Had protected vaginal sex with a female escort. Penetration lasted about 10 minutes.  Had allsorts of HIV symptoms between 2 – 8 weeks after, even though I used a condom. Also received oral without a condom. I did send the girl a message asking about HIV & STD’s and she said I’ve got nothing to worry about as she was negative but I decided to test for HIV, STD & Hep B 5 weeks later at a gum clinic. All results where negative/clear of diseases. I presume the HIV test was a standard antibody test.

April 2008
Had protected sex and received oral sex from a female escort – both protected using a condom. We changed the condom after the oral and used a fresh one for the vaginal sex. Penetration lasted about 5 / 6 minutes. I asked the girl about STD’s and she said she was clear and gets tested every 8 weeks.

June 08
Protected sex and received oral sex from a female escort – both protected using a condom. Penetration lasted about 3 / 4 minutes.

September 08
Protected vaginal sex with a female escort. Penetration lasted about 5 / 6 minutes. Received oral without a condom, therefore went for get tested for Chlamydia and Gonorrhoea 10 days later and none of theses showed up/negative.  

January 09
Protected vaginal sex but received unprotected oral, again from a female escort. I asked the girl about STD’s and she said she was clear and gets tested once a month.

Basically I’ve always had vaginal sex, no anal sex, always used a condom for penetration, had a negative HIV in mid 2007 (albeit only 5 weeks after my last bout of protected vaginal sex) and had protected sex with 4 people since and I tested clear for Chlamydia and Gonorrhoea after I received unprotected oral back in August 2008.

1) Should I test for STD’s regarding the oral I received in January? Haven’t had any symptoms of any STD so far.

Thanks, Rob

[Vance2335]

Posted this in the HIV board and I have a feeling but I don't know for sure, so I don't want to say and give out bad info.

[robbieward32]

Thanks Vance. Do STD's spread easier than HIV?

[Vance2335]

Getting an STD from oral sex is tough, not impossible but not easy. Most of the STD's you would get like gonorrhea and NGU show symptoms most of the time.
Herpes without a sore on the other persons mouth is unlikely and syphilis is rare in developed countries and rare in women in general.

I would advise testing for all STD's every 6 months to 1 year since you are sexually active. Including HIV. I forgot to mention that when I answered your question on the HIV form.