Swollen Glands After Lap Dance Worried I Have HIV

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Lap dance followed by swollen lymph nodes

Hi, I went to a strip club about a month ago and had a lap dance. The dancer nibbled on my right ear lobe (could feel licking and saliva on my ear lobe) and she breathed in my ear. Then she playfully bit my member through my pants (wasn't hard...

Response from Shannon Southall

Rocky Mountain CARES

HIYou cannot get HIV from kissing or licking your ears, or from a lap dance or stroking through your clothes. HIV transmission only happens when there is a direct exchange of body fluid, semen, vaginal fluid, blood or breast milk. There was fluid... Read more »

Lap Dance with a hand job and quite worried

Dr. Bob,I went to a strip club and fortunately had a condom on in the event a stripper grinded me... Read more »

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lap Dance...very much worried

I have been for lap dance 3-4 times. The incident that worries me is given below. During the lap... Read more »

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Lap Dance, HIV?

Posted by Anonymous, 4 Replies

I feel embarassed posting this question but I need some input. A few nights ago I went to a strip club with a friend where I got a lap dance. This is when the dancer dances on your lap and occassionally grinds your penis with her buttocks. Anyways,... Read more »

Lap Dances

Posted by Anonymous, 2 Replies

I was in New Zeland recently and went for a lap dance. All the while during the dance I had my clothes on and she was naked. The thing that worries me is that at one point of time I could feel the vagina of the girl on the shaft of my penis through... Read more »

Lap Dance

Posted by vworried123, 2 Replies

I am worried. For some stupid reason I had a private lap dance on Holiday and I got just a bit more. I flicked my tongue over her breast and nipple for about a second, kissed her skin, and licked quickly up her bum crack twice totally a few seconds.... Read more »

Are Lap Dances Harmless? Is Testing Needed?

Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply

Hi. I am wondering whether lap dances, where a woman wearing a thong, t back, or g-string, rubs her self, including at times her genitals, against a clothed customer, whether or not that is risky for HIV or other STDs? I thought that if they were... Read more »

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