Is It Common For Hiv To Get Inside The Urethra

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HIV and Urethra (pee hole), read a lot but cannot find the answer! Please help!

Hi doc, tq for answering my question. Just for clarification, if the inner part of the condom have been contaminated with HIV+ fluid or semen, and the sex worker put it on my penis for hand job.. and I ejaculated (cum) inside the condom. Is it...

Response from Lisa Hightow-Weidman, M.D., M.P.H.

University of North Carolina

Hello there-No - this is not possible, semen comes out but would be near impossible for enough HIV "go back up" take care,LHW... Read more »

Last confirmation from previous question, HIV and Urethra (pee hole), please help me doc!!

Hi doc, This is my previous question:Hi doc, this is already my second question, the first one have not been answered. Ive read an answer by Dr Bob said that HIV virus can transfer through urethra (pee hole). My question is, is it possible for me to...

Response from David Wohl, M.D.

University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill

There is no risk here. You can conjure up many possible scenarios but the fact remains that the activities you describe do not lead to spread of HIV. You don't believe me. That is fine. So get an HIV test and when it is negative please... Read more »

HIV and Urethra (pee hole), read a lot but cannot find the answer! Please help!

Hi doc, this is already my second question, the first one have not been answered. Ive read an answer by Dr Bob said that HIV virus can transfer through urethra (pee hole). My question is, it it possible for me to be infected by HIV while receiving...

Response from Lisa Hightow-Weidman, M.D., M.P.H.

University of North Carolina

Hello thereNo, the exposure you describe does not pose a risk for infection. You would have to have a whole lotta hiv infected fluid delivered directly up and in your "pee hole" to be at risk. This is not the case with a hand job. Take... Read more »

HIV into urethra during masturbation?

Sir,I'm 15, and I've been masturbating for about an year. I have not really noticed any strange effects in my life, but I feel guilty about it (my religion does not permit me to masturbate).Also, I remember learning in Biology that HIV...

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Hello Samir,Despite what your religion would want you to believe, here are the facts:1.Masturbation is healthy and normal. There is no reason you shouldn't enjoy it. And certainly no reason to feel guilty about doing it. There are no health... Read more »

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Urethra...?

Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply

OK, here is what many will think is a DUMB question, but I wanted to ask anyway...Assuming penile/vaginal sex, for a man to catch the virus, he has to have an opening on his penis..assuming there is no cuts or open sores, then the only place it can... Read more »

HIV through the Urethra

Posted by Anonymous

Can anyone tell me how likely it is to get the hiv virus if it comes into contact with your urethra only. Be it by being the insertive partner vaginally or anally, or even using another persons sexual fluid to masturbate with. Does it just take a... Read more »

Tingle in Urethra

Posted by Anonymous

I have had this abnormal sensation of ''1-second-tingling'' sensations inside my urethra, usually inside the head of the penis for several weeks now. The tingling sensation occurs 4-7 times a day, it just comes and go sporadically. What could be the... Read more »

urethra

Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply

exposure =broken condom
no ulcer or bumps on penis head, but there is a dark pigmented spot on the side, HIV infection?

Please respond, going nuts

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