Chances Of Catching AIDS From Sex With A Prostitute

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Oral sex with prostitute-Scared like hell.

Dear Bob,About 2 months ago, i had oral sex with a high risk prostitute back home in Pakistan. She looked perfectly healthy, and it was a momment of madness, which i really really feel guilty about.I had oral sex for about 2 minutes, and was just...

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Hello Pakistani-Guy,Your HIV-acquisition risk from cunnilingus is extremely remote. That your mouth was apparently closed throughout the session puts the risk into the essentially nonexistent category. I'll repost below some information about... Read more »

If I superglue my penis shut before sex instead of wearing a condom, can I still catch aids?

please tell me what are the chances of getting aids if i do this.... Read more »

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oral sex with a chinese prostitute

Dear Doctor,Two weeks back one chinese prostitute performed oral sex on me. I have used condem.... Read more »

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U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Indian, Pakistani Prostitutes Discuss AIDS Lessons

In the Sonagachi district of Calcutta, where about 6,000 sex workers are active, Indian prostitutes have been giving Pakistani prostitutes tips on safe sex and brothel management, health workers said. The peer educators are part of Durbar Mahila... Read more »

Prostitution Rife in Nigerian Capital as AIDS Rates Soar

Nigeria has more than 1 million female sex workers and as many as 7 million people with HIV/AIDS, according to nongovernmental organizations. The fight against HIV/AIDS was a key topic at a four-day Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Abuja... Read more »

Poverty, Prostitution, Tradition Fuel AIDS on Lake Victoria Shores

Poverty, sex work and the tribal practice of widow inheritance are stoking a new rise in HIV cases among Kenyan communities along the banks of Lake Victoria. Though intense public health campaigns target the 500-person beach village of Asat, it has... Read more »

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Encounter with prostitute, is it safe to date?

Posted by Anonymous, 2 Replies

Good evening, this is a tough post for me. I hope this question isn't too controversial, but I think its something a lot of us deal with. I am looking for honest and open repsonses. Please respond.

Last week I had an encounter with a prostitute.... Read more »

Risk of Catching HIV in Single Sex Act Low

Posted by Anon_E_Moose, 1 Reply

By DANIEL Q. HANEY, AP Medical Editor

CHICAGO (AP) - A study of heterosexual couples in Africa
concludes that the chance of catching the AIDS (news - web sites) virus from a single
sexual encounter with an infected person is one in 588.

This risk is...

Prostitutes? HELP!

Posted by Anonymous, 3 Replies

Hi all,

I have a terrible fear of being infected with HIV. About four years ago, I had sex with three different prostitutes (In Holland, I'm Dutch). Two times she satisfied me orally, one time vaginally. I am almost certain that I used condoms (I... 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 »

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