STD transmission from 5 secs. oral?

[health246]

A male I met and don't know gave me a hand job. He wanted to give me oral sex and I asked to see his tongue (looking for blood or cuts, I did not see any). He then licked my gland (penis head) and put his lips around it (no deep-throat). I pulled him off. He was on my genital for about 5 to 6 seconds.
I am feeling totally fine. I am just afraid of STDs since I know some STDs can hide.  

I just got an STD test about a month ago (before this happened) and I was clear, STD free. So I am not sure if I am just panicking. I want to make sure I took no risk, if I did, then...

1. Should I get checked out again?

2.. Is it possible to get an STD from this even though it was very quick? I did not ejaculate in his mouth.

3. If you suggest I get checked out, how long should I wait so that test will be clear? This happened 4 days ago.

4. He pulled on his penis and also on mine, is it possible to get STD this way? We did not mix our semen, but I guess some of the pre-fluids were there and I'm concerned he might have had some on his hand as he was pulling on my penis.

Thank you so much for your help!

[H. Hunter Handsfield, M.D.]

Welcome to the forum.  Responding preliminarily to the question as posed in the title, before reading anything else:  I cannot imagine there is any significant risk from such a brief oral-genital exposure.

Now I have read it all.  My initial belief is unchanged.

2) I'm answering this first, since it is of course the primary issue.  As I said, such a brief superficial exposure probably carried no STD risk.  There are no data, of course; this has never been studied.  But based on the biology of the STD bacteria and viruses, and the fact that oral infections are localized in the throat and not lips and tongue, this really shouldn't be a problem.

1,3) I see no need for testing and therefore cannot suggest a time frame.

3) Not applicable; see no. 1.

4) No STDs are transmitted by hand-genital contact, even if sexual secretions are used as lubricant.  Nobody can say it is impossible, but we never see such cases in busy STD clinics.

I hope this helps.  Take care--  HHH, MD

[H. Hunter Handsfield, M.D.]

Five weeks is fine for just about all STD testing, and definitely so for gonorrhea and chlamydia.  It's just a tad early for syphilis and HIV antibody testing; 6 weeks (definitely not 6 months) would be better.  However, the chance of any STD is so low from analingus or mutual oral that if I were you, I wouldn't get tested at all.

[health246]

Hello,

I am reposting this follow-up question since I have not gotten a response. I understand you might be busy so here it is again...

Thank you so much for your answer. You have put my mind at ease. I do however have one question regarding the STD test I took. (I hope I can post a follow up question).

The last sexual activity I had prior to the test was  5 weeks prior (mutual oral and anilingus on me), 4 weeks before (oral and anilingus me giving it). Did I take the STD test too early?

I made a post on the Community Forum regarding STD test time frame and according to answer I got, I believe the longest was syphilis with a 6 month wait. Based on the sexual activity mentioned, should I test again in due time?

I am still feeling well and I am happy about that. Thank you!

[health246]

Thank you so much for your answer. You have put my mind at ease. I do however have one question regarding the STD test I took. (I hope I can post another question).

The last sexual activity I had prior to the test was  5 weeks prior (mutual oral and anilingus on me), 4 weeks before (oral and anilingus me giving it). Did I take the STD test too early? I just had a routine physical and decided to get checked out for STDs without thinking it might be too early.

I am still feeling well and I am happy about that. Thank you!