Have used escorts, now have suspected ringworm - risks?

[mikefromlondonuk]

Hi,

I'm a hetro male, 34, from London UK desperately in need of advise.

In the past few months I've visited 6 different escorts in different brothels, specifically for protected hand-jobs, by which I mean ALWAYS with a condom. I'd assumed what I was doing was about as safe as it gets and these forums tend to agree.

However. I visited my doctors (regular, not STD specialist) because I've had a small area of dry skin/small cut on my forearm and another similar thing on my back for a few weeks, which haven't gone like scrapes normally do. He seemed fairly certain they weren't cuts, but ringworm. I knew nothing about ringworm, but essentially it's a very contagious skin infection caught from pets, touch, shared bedsheets and so on.

As I can rule out most causes, the shared bedsheets - from the brothels I visited - seems a very likely suspect. But the 'where' isn't really my concern.

My real concern is, what risk/s have I put myself at since I've been visiting these brothels, with ringworm? I've only ever had topless hand-jobs (with condom) but I didn't realise I had these small broken skin infections. It's possible the escort/s have touched them with their hands, and I have certainly laid the broken skin area on my back on bedsheets or towels that have probably had other clients or escorts secretions etc.

I don't want to rule anything out, although my understanding is HIV is very fragile and the odds of infection would be low. I'm thinking hep b,c are possibilities, and a host of others.

Really, really scared, any advise would be of comfort.

Thanks

[gracefromHHP]

you were never at risk for any std. having ringworm didn't increase your risk for anything either.

grace

[mikefromlondonuk]

Good point, well made.

Thanks

[Vance2335]

Google a picture of  syphilis sore, you don't have syphilis.

[mikefromlondonuk]

Thanks so much for replying.

I'm in an odd situation where my genitals aren't the area of concern/potential point-of-entry for STD/s.

Is there any chance what my regular (non-STD specialist) doctor thinks is ringworm is actually a syphilis chancre?

It occurs to me syphilis can be passed from touching a sore. Is it possible I touched/brushed a syphilis sore on one of the ladies with my forearm and that's what I've actually got?

I'm wondering if I visit to an STD specialist might be a good idea.

Thanks again.

[Vance2335]

For info on HIV and Hep post in those forums, but you had no risk even without a condom for STD's.