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I have a unique situation with unique circumstances. I had sex with an asian sex worker at a massage parlor in San Francisco about 3 weeks ago. A few days ago (3 weeks after exposure) I developed a sore throat that felt like it was turning into a cold but never did. It has lasted for 3 days and is starting to subside. I have a fatigued feeling but never had a fever. I used a condom the enitre time (about 15-20 minutes) and she was on top the whole time. However, I have genital warts and one of the warts was below the bottom of the condom. Can the HIV survive outside the skin for this period and what is the probablity I contracted HIV? Is the fact the open wart was below the condom make the use of the condom null n void? I am extremely worried and plan on taking a test at the 4, 6, and 12 week marks.
I have a unique situation with unique circumstances. I had sex with an asian sex worker at a massage parlor in San Francisco about 3 weeks ago. A few days ago (3 weeks after exposure) I developed a sore throat that felt like it was turning into a cold but never did. It has lasted for 3 days and is starting to subside. I have a fatigued feeling but never had a fever. I used a condom the enitre time (about 15-20 minutes) and she was on top the whole time. However, I have genital warts and one of the warts was below the bottom of the condom. Can the HIV survive outside the skin for this period and what is the probablity I contracted HIV? Is the fact the open wart was below the condom make the use of the condom null n void? I am extremely worried and plan on taking a test at the 4, 6, and 12 week marks.
MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL
These are non-specific symptoms and do not mean you ahve HIV. No change in my assessment or advice. Time for you to move on, not waste time overthinking this. EWH
Well what about my swollen lymphnodes, stuffy nose, and sore throat 3 weeks after exposure?
MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL
Thanks for offering to move the question. Let's just address it here and get it out of the way.
The question you pose is far from unique. In fact it is answered several times each week on the HIV Forum. the chance that your partner, as a commercial sex worker in San Francisco had HIV is less than 5% and probably lower than that. Furthermore, this risk of getting HIV through condom protected vaginal intercourse is less than 1 in 100,000. These two factors alone make your statistical risk of having gotten HIV about 1 in 2 million- not something to worry about. Your genital warts do not increase your risk in a meaningful fashion.
As for your questions about HIV survival, it is important to point out that the presence of HIV on skin (even when a wart is present) does not lead to HIV transmission. This is the reason that there has never been a case of HIV transmitted through mutual masturbation despite the fact that it is very common.
Feel free to test. I am confident that your tests will be negative, whenever you test.
I hope this comment helps and provide you with some peace of mind. EWH
The question you pose is far from unique. In fact it is answered several times each week on the HIV Forum. the chance that your partner, as a commercial sex worker in San Francisco had HIV is less than 5% and probably lower than that. Furthermore, this risk of getting HIV through condom protected vaginal intercourse is less than 1 in 100,000. These two factors alone make your statistical risk of having gotten HIV about 1 in 2 million- not something to worry about. Your genital warts do not increase your risk in a meaningful fashion.
As for your questions about HIV survival, it is important to point out that the presence of HIV on skin (even when a wart is present) does not lead to HIV transmission. This is the reason that there has never been a case of HIV transmitted through mutual masturbation despite the fact that it is very common.
Feel free to test. I am confident that your tests will be negative, whenever you test.
I hope this comment helps and provide you with some peace of mind. EWH
I know I posed this in the wrong forum but I don't know how to move to HIV forum. I paid for an answer so I still want one but don't want to bother people in this forum. Can I move the question?
You are reading content posted in the STDs Forum
Herpes spreads by oral, vaginal and anal sex.
Herpes sores blister, then burst, scab and heal.
STIs are the most common cause of genital sores.
Millions of people are diagnosed with STDs in the U.S. each year.
STDs can't be transmitted by casual contact, like hugging or touching.
Syphilis is an STD that is transmitted by oral, genital and anal sex.
