Can You Contract HIV From Sex With Stripper

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Contracting HIV from stripper

Hi,Just a few nights ago I visited a strip club and got a lap dance. In this particular club the strippers place a dishtowel over lap before they sit on you. When the stripper got up for a second, I touched the towel because it wasn't...

Response from Ewald Horwath, M.D.

University of Miami School of Medicine

You are suffering from anxiety and possibly guilt too. I don't see how you could become HIV in this way.... Read more »

All the way with Stripper (twice)

Dr. BobThank you for responding to my question entitled All the way with a Stripper (twice). I... Read more »

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A cut and contact with a strippers sweat and saliva

Dear Dr. Frascino,I recently went to a strip club and I had a small cut on my hand. This cut got... Read more »

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D. »

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Likelihood of contracting HIV

Posted by Anonymous, 3 Replies

7 weeks ago I made the stupid mistake of having unprotected sex with this girl, a one-night stand. I was having [vaginal] intercourse with the girl for maybe 10 minutes at most, when I felt like I was about to ejaculate, so I pulled out (I wasn't... Read more »

HELP! STD from oral sex with stripper

Posted by lost_wolf, 1 Reply

More than a month ago I bought a dance from a stripper in a gentleman's club at downtown LA. We are in a VIP/champagne room and we made out and she licked my penis and briefly performed unprotected oral sex on me. Around four days ago I engaged in... Read more »

Contracting HIV

Posted by Anonymous, 3 Replies

Recently my husband found out he is HIV+. At this time I am HIV - but I have only had one test and no viral load test done. We know he was negative in the beginning of last year and now he ha HIV. When I asked him about how he got this he told me... Read more »

HIV contraction possible in this scenario?

Posted by Melissa_Rowan, 1 Reply

I have a question. I noticed I had some blood looking spots on my sleeve, after I wiped my nose with my shirt , my nose in which was sore and raw from a cold. Theoretically if the blood on my shirt was from an HIV+ person and I did wipe my sore and... Read more »

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