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Can You Contract HIV From Sex With A Prostitute

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Risk of HIV contraction after protected sex with prostitute

Hi,I recently went to a massage parlour in macau and one thing led to another and had protected sex with the girl giving me the massagee. we used a condom which didnt seem to have any gaping hole or such. However i did lick her clitorial region a...
Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation
Hi,Your HIV-acquisition risk is essentially nonexistent, assuming you used a latex condom properly and it didn't fail (break)."Symptoms" that occur three days after a potential HIV exposure would not be related to HIV acquisition. The... Read more »

sex with a prostitute; could my armpit swelling be HIV?

I know how many questions you must get each week but would be eternally grateful if you could find... Read more »

Protected Sex with a prostitute

Over the last two years or so, I have visited a number of prostitutes and had both oral, vaginal,... Read more »
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U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

In Conservative Botswana, a Push to Legalize Prostitution

The former president of Botswana wants the country to decriminalize prostitution in order to facilitate HIV prevention initiatives with sex workers. One in four adults have HIV in Botswana, and that rate has hardly moved during the last decade. ... Read more »
U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Boston: Especially Shunned, Especially Vulnerable -- Fighting HIV by Reaching Out to Transgender Prostitutes

Transgenders exist at the far margins of society, hidden to most people except for those who seek them out. Largely shunned, many live in extreme poverty. Many abuse drugs and work as prostitutes, performing acts that other sex workers avoid. And... Read more »
U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

United Kingdom: Cuts Raise Fears for Prostitutes' Health: Edinburgh Support Group Loses Vital Funding

One of Scotland's oldest support groups for sex workers will be forced to cut services at the end of March after losing key financial support, officials said. National Health Service (NHS) Lothian cut funding to the group, Scottish Prostitutes... Read more »
Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation

Some Sex Workers in Kenya Might Carry Gene That Protects Them From HIV, Study Finds

Some commercial sex workers in Kenya who apparently are immune to HIV might be carrying a gene that protects them from contracting the virus, according to a study presented last week at the XVI International AIDS Conference in Toronto, the ... Read more »
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Prostitutes vs.safe sex

Posted by Anonymous, 2 Replies
Is there such a thing as safe sex with a prostitute?
Barring condom failure, should there really be a concern?

This is not a moral issue for me, it is a serious inquiry.
Background is I am a single father raising 2 children devoting my time to my... Read more »

story about anthony johnson: forced prostitution

Posted by 6arywary, 3 Replies
has anyone heard the story of anthony johnson? he was a boy who was sexually abused, forced into prostitution by his parents, and it eventually led him to contract aids. then he was adopted by his social worker.
i just heard about this story... Read more »

ORAL SEX FROM A PROSTITUTE

Posted by Anonymous, 2 Replies
HEY GUYS. IVE NOTICED A LOT OF QUESTIONS GETTING ANSWERED AND I WAS WONDERING IF YOU CAN HELP ME OUT TOO. I GOT HEAD FROM A PROSTITUTE THIS PAST FRIDAY AND IM REALLY SCARED. I CUMMED IN HER MOUTH AND I CAME HOME MY BALLS STARTED TO HURT. MAYBE ITS... Read more »

Oral sex with Irish prostitute

Posted by Anonymous, 2 Replies
About three weeks ago I received oral sex from an Irish prostitute. I wore a condom, but when it was all done and over with, and after the condom was taking off by her, I noticed that I was bleeding next to the head of my penis. I went to see my... Read more »

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