Do I Need To Get Tested If He Wore Condom

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can I get it from feces if i wore a condom

Dr. Bob-Please help me. I cannot find any conclusive information. I recently had Anal sex (i was the inserter) with a condom. My question is can I get it from feces. It would have been residual and a very small amount. I just thought I could...

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Hello Scared in Seattle,If the latex condom was properly used and did not fail, there should be no significant risk of HIV transmission. Condoms are impermeable to HIV, blood, feces, and vaginal and/or rectal secretions.There is no doubt your... Read more »

Does my husband need an AIDS test? Do I?/ condom breaking during intercourse

Question #1: After 15 years of monogamous marriage, my husband recently had a brief affair. We are... Read more »

Response from Rick Sowadsky, M.P.H. »

i wore 2 condoms!!!!! please doct help me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

dear dr.a week ago i had sex with a woman with unknown status, she gave me blow job with 1 condom... Read more »

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U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Sex Ed for Seniors: You Still Need Those Condoms

CDC reports that 15 percent of new HIV infections occur among those older than 50, a group that is expected to account for the majority of HIV patients by 2015. Experts say modern developments like Internet dating and erectile dysfunction... Read more »

Massachusetts: Ad-Verse Reaction

A billboard promoting condom use and HIV testing has offended administrators across the street at Dorchester's Catholic St. Kevin School, and they want it pulled. The safe-sex billboard was part of a $100,000 Boston Public Health Commission HIV/AIDS... Read more »

Gender Differences in the Prediction of Condom Use Among Incarcerated Juvenile Offenders: Testing the Information-Motivation-Behavior Skills (IMB) Model

The current study sought to evaluate the predictive value of the Information-Motivation-Behavior Skills (IMB) model of HIV prevention for sexually active juvenile offenders and to explore gender differences in IMB model constructs for condom use in... Read more »

New York City Provides No-Cost Condoms, HIV Tests to Elderly in Effort to Prevent Spread of Virus

The New York City Department for the Aging is providing no-cost condoms and HIV tests to the city's elderly population in an effort to prevent the spread of the virus throughout the group, the AP/ Forbes reports. According to Bernard Branson,... Read more »

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BROKEN CONDOM/need help

Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply

Sorry, my english is not so good. I need some answers. I when to see a prositute house with friends to hang out with no intention to have sex. Pursure suck! She gave me oral sex with a condom and later had vargianl intercourse. The next thing I know... Read more »

hole in condom; need advice

Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply

Hi,

I was recently (2 weeks ago) the insertive partner in anal sex with an hiv+ individual. Anal sex with this man lasted about 1 minute tops. As I pulled out the condom, I realized that there was a hole near the tip of my condom (about 1.0 cm... Read more »

Encounters and test done..Do I need a test ?

Posted by Anonymous, 2 Replies

Hello Experts,

My possible exposure are as below along with testing history...Pls guide me Do I need further testing..?

Date Activity Exposure/Result

07/12/04 Condom Failure Failed protected Vaginal intercourse.
15/03/05 HIV Test Hiv-Negative
28/03/05... Read more »

Is testing needed, no judgements please

Posted by smilingwil, 3 Replies

I've been lectured already, but the facts of my past are done. I no longer engage in this activity. From 1994 to 2002 I use to seek out the company of "ladies of the night." You get my drift. Everything from high class, to massage parlors, to... Read more »

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