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HIV Risk From Fresh Precum on Urethra
I am a gay male in my 40's and around 15 days ago I met another older gay male around 55. We hugged each other fully naked and he kissed me all over my neck, no mouth kissing though. He then went down and sucked me for about 30 seconds. Then he rubbed his glans penis against mine which had a lot of fresh precum. We both are uncut. Nothing more than this we did. I asked his HIV status and he told me he was +ve with a viral load of 700 and said he has been on medication for around 4 months. This gave me tremors till my spine and now I am completely devastated as my mind cannot put this incident to rest. I have read across various forums that HIV virus is very fragile and dies quickly once exposed to air. But there are many other forums and websites out there who claim that HIV survives around 30 seconds to 5 minutes outside the body. So I am very afraid now thinking that while he rubbed his glans penis against mine some of his fresh precum might have entered my urethra from the slit on my penis. So now I would like to know in the worst scenario what are my chances of being infected? Even if we take into account that HIV survives maximum of 30 seconds outside the body still it's quite a long enough time to infect me as he continuously rubbed his fresh precum on my penis tip and few of his fresh precum might have definitely entered the mucus membrane of my penis hole. I took the 4th generation duo HIV test on the 10th day and it came back -ve. But since the past 3 days I am having flu like symptoms which has added more to my anxiety and now I am started getting panic attacks thinking about this whole incident.
So do I need to wait 90 days to test again or should I need not to worry? There are posts which claim that not one report of HIV infected in the last 40 years from the situation like mine and they say it only happens from unprotected anal and vaginal sex, sharing of IV needles. But there are also people who claim that fresh body fluids coming into contact with any mucus membrane poses a risk and can infect. So please give me an explanation about my risk.
So do I need to wait 90 days to test again or should I need not to worry? There are posts which claim that not one report of HIV infected in the last 40 years from the situation like mine and they say it only happens from unprotected anal and vaginal sex, sharing of IV needles. But there are also people who claim that fresh body fluids coming into contact with any mucus membrane poses a risk and can infect. So please give me an explanation about my risk.
The risks for HIV are very clear and these are the ONLY risks. HIV is transmission can happen if you have unprotected vagina or anal sex with penetration or sharing IV needles to inject drugs. Air and saliva inactivate the virus. NOTHING you mention is a risk for HIV. Does not matter the other person's status! You could not get HIV from your activity.
You do not need to test. At all. You didn't need the first test but taking a 4th generation test at day 10 if you did have a risk would be meaningless. That test is only accurate at 28 days and beyond. But you do not need a test at all for this exposure as it was no risk.
You do not need to test. At all. You didn't need the first test but taking a 4th generation test at day 10 if you did have a risk would be meaningless. That test is only accurate at 28 days and beyond. But you do not need a test at all for this exposure as it was no risk.
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But what about those many opinions on many websites and many HIV doctors even say that HIV survices around 30 seconds to 5 mins outside the body? in that case it's enough time to infect like in my case.
The length of time that HIV might theoretically "survive" is irrelevant. NO ONE has ever gotten infected in the manner that you think you did.
The risks for HIV are well-known and well-documented, for nearly 50 years. There is not suddenly going to be a magic, new way that people get infected. You didn't have unprotected intercourse. You had no risk.
The risks for HIV are well-known and well-documented, for nearly 50 years. There is not suddenly going to be a magic, new way that people get infected. You didn't have unprotected intercourse. You had no risk.
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