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Posted by Anonymous, 3 Replies

Female, unprotected vaginal intercourse Nov 22.

@ Dec 19 pains in joints, tingling, on and off sore throat, headache and pain behind eyes to date.

tested at 12 weeks, Home Access
and 13.75 weeks, Orasure
BOTH negative.

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Posted by Anonymous

REceived my test results yesterday and they were NEGATIVE!! To recap, my exposure was one of possible concern....more so than others I suppose is how I should put it. Unprotected vaginal sex with three guys...all whom I knew and talked about their... Read more »

vaginal oral sex

Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply

Im a 19 year old male who plans to have vaginal oral sex on a 39 year old woman in a few hours. What's the risk of contracting HIV. I have nu cuts whatsoever.

Oh and I plan to wear condoms when we have sex Read more »

oral vaginal

Posted by Anonymous, 2 Replies

hi, i wonder if anyone know the update on oral-vaginal sex. i performed oral sex in a girl for about 2 min and then had sex with a condom.after that she told me that her last boyfriend had recived oral sex from prostitutes although i suspect that it... Read more »

vaginal yeast

Posted by sadface, 4 Replies

Ok, I have had enough!!! its ME again!
I have had sex twice with the hubby, now I think I am getting a yeast infection. When will this ever end. my 8.5 week was neg...I have to wait 2 more weeks for another test and then its conclusive. Am I nutts??? Read more »

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Birth: Caesarean or vaginal

Hi, I'm due to give birth in June. This is a planned pregnancy, current cd4 around 450, vl belowlevel of detection for three years now. Am in very good health. I had originally opted for vaginal delivery of baby. However after considering the...

Response from Katherine Luzuriaga, M.D.

University of Massachusetts, Medical School

The risk of transmitting HIV from mom to baby is under 1% when moms have undetectable viral load on therapy. At that point, the potential risk of complications of C-section exceed the potential risk of transmitting the virus; for this reason, the... Read more »

Vaginal Secretions No Blood

I recently had unprotected vaginal sex with a married woman who had her tubes tied. Since pregnancy was not risk, I did notuse a condom and did not consider the risk of STD's until after the foolish act was over. 4 weeks after, I tested...

Response from Cal Cohen, M.D., M.S.

Harvard Medical School

I'm afraid your understanding of the female reproductive anatomy and physiology is a little off. The fact that a woman has her tubes tied has nothing to do with menstruation or risk of transmitting HIV. It simply prevents pregnancy by... Read more »

vaginal fluid - please advise me

Before a week I visited a strip club and despite the fact that I didnt have sexual contact with any of the strippers, there is an incident that keeps me worrying about. A stripper jumped on me and then I touched with my finger her ass and vagina...

Response from David Wohl, M.D.

University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill

No. Touching vaginal fluid does not transmit HIV. DW... Read more »

Lap Dancer and Vaginal Fluids

Ryan:5 weeks ago I went to a private strip club where both the striper and I were naked and masturbating. There were no genital contact between us, but she briefly touched my lips and face 2 or 3 times while she was masturbating, and I'm...

Response from Ryan M. Kull, C.S.W

Columbia University's Health & Related Services

Read through Rick Sowadsky's responses to Frequently Asked Questions and some of my recent responses on this site. Also look through answers to questions about Transmission (Sexual) and Transmission (Non-Sexual). No cases of HIV have been... Read more »

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