Oral And Possible HIV Exposure

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Non-Occupational Post Exposure Prevention

Other non-occupational HIV PEP programs may be available through emergency rooms or local clinics. Your city or state department of public health may have more information about HIV nPEP programs in your area. This list merely reflects formal programs that we are aware of at the time of publication. Commentary The decision to use nPEP is a difficult one. Even if you participated in an activity that put you at high risk for HIV infection,...

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Pls Help...Possible Exposure from Oral Sex

Hi ...I am a Male and I went for escort girl from Latvia...she looked ok...free from all deseases...was divorced... as per what she told me....We both first took a bath seperately then she came and sat on my penis ...my penis was in erect mode and...

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

University of North Carolina

Hello thereOral sex is a very inefficient way to acquire HIV. The mouth does not contain the type of cells that HIV likes to infect. One study from Europe that followed couples where one person was HIV+ and the other HIV- failed to find a case of... Read more »

Possible exposure to HIV/STD?

Possible HIV/STD exposureHello everyone, I was in a situation recently that has given me some concern about possible HIV/STD exposure.I am a male, always been with women but decided I wanted to try something with another guy. I met him online, and...

Response from Erik Glenn, M.A.

Chicago Black Gay Mens Caucus

Thanks for your question,First off, there's no risk for HIV, Hepatitis, Gonorrhea, or Chlamydia from the sex you had. This is because it was protected. Those four STDs are transmitted by fluid and condoms stop fluids from being passed between... Read more »

HIV test after possible exposure

I've made the biggest mistake of my life. 3 weeks ago I had sex with a woman that was not my wife. She is a friend of a friend. I performed oral on her and we had vaginal sex with a condom. I've been married over 8 years. This is the...

Response from Ewald Horwath, M.D.

University of Miami School of Medicine

The PCR test is not intended as a screening test. For the most part, it is used to measure viral load. The standard screening tests are ELISA and Western blot, which are greater than 99.9% sensitive. You should trust the results. You may repeat... Read more »

please help on exposure possible infection hiv

Hi, last dec16 i had an exposure while drunk. Didn't knew what happened but i got blood scatches on my face fom the episode. Exactly a week later, 23Dec i developed acute muscle pain in all limbs and next day in lower limbs to this day 12Jan....

Response from Shannon Southall

Rocky Mountain CARES

HiYou are on the right course for testing the standard for rapid HIV tests, whether oral swab or blood are very accurate at 28 days, and conclusive at 90 days. However, when someone has had a known exposure to someone with HIV, you could perform a... Read more »

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Possible exposure to HIV/STDS?

Posted by James3, 1 Reply

Possible HIV/STD exposure
Hello everyone, I was in a situation recently that has given me some concern about possible HIV/STD exposure.

I am a male, always been with women but decided I wanted to try something with another guy. I met him online, and... Read more »

Possible exposure to hiv and subsequent testing schedule

Posted by stuffjunk, 1 Reply

Hi,

So on December 5th I had receptive anal sex with a 20 year old guy I met online. We used condoms and lubricant, however very shortly after first achieving intromission he noticed that the condom had torn. We replaced it and continued. We both... Read more »

Two possible exposures?

Posted by gamaw123

Hello everyone, I may had two possible exposure.

First one was oral sex for less than 2 sec, without inserting penis into my mouth..just touching it with my tongue. He hadn't finnish but I don't know if he had precum.

I'm like 90% sure that the guy... Read more »

Exposure possible?

Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply

Gave and received unprotected oral with a woman. After the fact, I discovered she was a sex worker. Was in south east asia. Upon my return back to the USA, I've had really bad flu like sytomptoms (diarea and fever). Could I be infected? Read more »

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