Too Scared To Get Tested After Touching Vaginal Secretions

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rubbing eyes with vaginal secretions ?blood?

Dear Dr. Bob,It is me again and everyday I rush to the computer several times and get disappointed by no reply! I swear i went through the archives and did not find a case like mine. Basically I got a massage in my hotel room in Asia. I touched the...

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Hi,Your STD/HIV-acquisition risk from your rub-and-tug is essentially nonexistent, even if you rubbed your eyes! If you remain worried despite my reassurance, get a single HIV-antibody test at the three-month mark. The results will undoubtedly be... Read more »

Vaginal Secretions on Condom's inside...How risky???

Hey Dr. Frascino, First of all, I want to thank you for the great work you are doing with... Read more »

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Test for viral load in vaginal secretions

I keep reading about possibility of infection of the husband even though his wife has undetectable... Read more »

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Vaginal Secretions

Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply

Can you get AIDS/HIV from exchanging bikini bottoms with another female. I am also female. the girl I exchanged bikini bottoms with had a HIV test 2 years ago and it was negative, she has been married for 4 years and has a child from a previous... Read more »

years of the secret scare

Posted by Anonymous, 2 Replies

I had a hiv scare in 2001 because I heard someone I messed with was positive but was then told they were not when I asked them.I was about 15 then and I've never gotten tested because of fear if that makes sense.I read about symptoms and around the... Read more »

Scared and confused

Posted by Anonymous, 3 Replies

I had an encounter with a women 30 days ago. We did not have intercourse but she got vaginal secretions on me. 15 days afterward, I felt prickly all over. 20 days later and untill now, I feel like I have a sun burn on my Thighs and feet. Sometimes... Read more »

very scared. Please HELP

Posted by Anonymous, 4 Replies

I had a sexual explosure with a protitute that i later knew she was Hiv positive. I used condom, but I did a fatal mistake. After I finished sex I did not take the condom off my penus immediatley, Instead I put on my underwear and I went to the... Read more »

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