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Air Inactivates HIV
Hi,
I recently experienced a low risk encounter (fingered a woman). At 30 days I took a 4th gen duo test, it came back negative. My questions are:
How does air inactivate the virus during the act of fingering when the finger its self is inside of the vagina closed off as a penis is closed off inside a vagina?
Is my negative test at 30 days conclusive after the act of fingering a woman?
Thank you
I recently experienced a low risk encounter (fingered a woman). At 30 days I took a 4th gen duo test, it came back negative. My questions are:
How does air inactivate the virus during the act of fingering when the finger its self is inside of the vagina closed off as a penis is closed off inside a vagina?
Is my negative test at 30 days conclusive after the act of fingering a woman?
Thank you
Your situation involves personal contact with an object in air vagina, skin etc. ). You will be happy to learn that you had no risk, because you can't get hiv from personal contact except unprotected penetrating vaginal or anal with a penis, neither of which you did and you didn't share hollow needles to inject with which is the only other way to acquire hiv - there are only 3 ways to get hiv. Analysis of large numbers of infected people over the 40 years of hiv history has proven that people don't get hiv in the way you are worried is a risk.
HIV is a fragile virus in air or saliva and is effectively instantly dead in either air or saliva so the WORST that could happen is dead virus rubbed you, and obviously anything which is dead cannot live again so you are good. Blood and cuts would not be relevant in your situation since the hiv has become effectively dead, so you don't have to worry about them to be sure that you are safe.
There is no reason for a person to test when they are safe. The advice took into consideration that the other person might be positive, so move on and enjoy life instead of thinking about this non-event. hiv prevention is straightforward since there are only 3 ways you can become infected, so next time you wonder if you had a risk, ask yourself this QUESTION. "Did I do any of the 3?" Then after you say "No, I didn't" you will know that it's time to move on back to your happy life.
No one got hiv from what you did during 40 years of hiv history and no one will get it in the next 40 years of your life either. You can do what you did any time and be safe from hiv.
The other person's status is irrelevant when you have no exposure.
You didn't have a low risk exposure and should stop interchanging the words "no" with "low" as if they were the same thing. It is not necessary for you to understand the science for it to be a reality, so just focus on avoiding the 3 and you will not get hiv.
HIV is a fragile virus in air or saliva and is effectively instantly dead in either air or saliva so the WORST that could happen is dead virus rubbed you, and obviously anything which is dead cannot live again so you are good. Blood and cuts would not be relevant in your situation since the hiv has become effectively dead, so you don't have to worry about them to be sure that you are safe.
There is no reason for a person to test when they are safe. The advice took into consideration that the other person might be positive, so move on and enjoy life instead of thinking about this non-event. hiv prevention is straightforward since there are only 3 ways you can become infected, so next time you wonder if you had a risk, ask yourself this QUESTION. "Did I do any of the 3?" Then after you say "No, I didn't" you will know that it's time to move on back to your happy life.
No one got hiv from what you did during 40 years of hiv history and no one will get it in the next 40 years of your life either. You can do what you did any time and be safe from hiv.
The other person's status is irrelevant when you have no exposure.
You didn't have a low risk exposure and should stop interchanging the words "no" with "low" as if they were the same thing. It is not necessary for you to understand the science for it to be a reality, so just focus on avoiding the 3 and you will not get hiv.
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Hi, thanks for the info, greatly appreciate it. One last thing, why do the majority of websites state otherwise. I’ve read on many sites that fingering is considered to be a low risk not a no risk.
We rely on the opinion of expert doctors and don't pay attention to whatever people can post they read somewhere, otherwise we will be here arguing all day. The next case of hiv transmission from fingering will be the first.
Some sites use theoretical transmission when they list risks, so how useless is that?
Gotcha. Thanks again and I hope you have wonderful week!
Out of curiosity, the information given on this site, are they medically reviewed by infectious disease physicians or based on opinion by non physicians.
I’m asking to make sure I’m receiving accurate information etc. as I know that the internet may not be a good way to get accurate information given by non experts.
I’m asking to make sure I’m receiving accurate information etc. as I know that the internet may not be a good way to get accurate information given by non experts.
We don't care about opinions posted elsewhere by non-physicians. Our info is from medical experts, and all of the available scientific information.
No one has ever been infected by fingering. You will not be the first.
No one has ever been infected by fingering. You will not be the first.
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