Risk? Please help

[aahekmaz]

Hi Doctors,

Please help.
I had this encounter with a stripper. It was a lap dance in Vegas. She sat on my bare belly and rubbed her vagina on my belly. After the rubbing was done, there was vaginal secretions on my belly/stomach. I do not have any cuts or sore on my belly. Am i at risk for HIV or any other STD. Can virus travel through belly button? Please answer. Many thanks.

regards

[H. Hunter Handsfield, M.D.]

Welcome back to the forum.

HIV is not transmitted sexually unless a bare penis (no condom) enters another person's vagina or rectum.  Genital area rubbing, fingering, etc carry no risk, and there is no risk from getting sexual secretions (or blood) on the skin.  The navel is not a canal to the inside of the body -- it has entirely intact skin, and exposure of the navel to sexual secretions or blood is not an HIV risk.

For those reasons, this event carried no risk for HIV or other STDs.  You do not need testing, and if you have a regular partner, you can safely continue unprotected sex without worry of transmitting anything from your lap dance events.

Best wishes--  HHH, MD

[aahekmaz]

Thanks Doctor

[H. Hunter Handsfield, M.D.]

So?  This wouldn't increase your risk.

Re-read my original reply. You are not at risk for HIV, period.  There's no point in any further discussion about it, so that's my last comment.

[aahekmaz]

hi doctor,

i forgot to mention i have 2 cherry angiomas on my stomach.

[aahekmaz]

Thanks Doctor

[aahekmaz]

Thanks Doctor