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Hello Doctor. Thanks you for the help and support you provide thorugh this forum. My question is as follows: I recently had an encounter with a prostitute in Las Vegas. She rubbed her vagina for a few minutes. Shortly after she gave me a hand job with lotion. Is there any risk for STDs? Should I be tested. I am concerned since I am in a relationship. Thank you again.
MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL
Glad to help. EWH
Thank you so much doctor. I very much appreciate your help.
MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL
Welcome back to the Forum. I'll try to help. While there is a theoretical chance that an STD could be transferred when an infected person rubs their genitals and then handles another person's genitals, this is a theoretical concern just as there is a theoretical concern that you could be hit by a falling satellite from space while you were in Las Vegas- i.e. it is not something to be realistically concerned about. The chances are the commercial sex worker you saw was not infected- few are. In addition, even if she was the organisms that cause STDs are fragile and are not at all efficiently transferred on one person's hands to another person through masturbation. In my over 30 years of STD focused practice I have NEVER seen or heard of such a case. it is not something to worry about. As far as the lotion that was used is concerned, STDs are not spread in contaminated lotions- typically, if anything such things kill STDs.
I hope this comment helps. there is no reason for concern and no reason for testing. EWH
I hope this comment helps. there is no reason for concern and no reason for testing. EWH
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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.
