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Hello I posted this approximately two weeks ago and I have developed a canker sore in my mouth could this or anything that might follow be related to that exposure? I hardly get canker sores, it seems like a weird coincidence. Please take everything beneath into account :
"I went on a date to a guys place (i m a guy as well) and During our date an uninvited guest appeared at his door and it turned out to be his "friend" who was just talking about how he had sex at a "cruising spot" , he stayed for an hour or so and as he left he shook my hand. My date later told me he is HIV+. I had cuticle breaks around my fingernails. and no other wound on my hand (that I am aware of). The guy obviously had sex before coming there (don t know how long before) ; what if he didn't wash his hands after sex and there was semen residue on his hand? Am I somehow at risk ? through indirect contact shortly after the handshake? (touching face, rubbing my eyes, smoking so touching lips with my fingers, phone etc.)
Am I overreacting this? Is there any chance this could lead to anything? Do I need to test and am I still HIV- (because I know I am)?
I m even afraid to touch the things i touched after the handshake, to be honest it was the first time I knowingly got to meet a HIV+ person ( I realize I sound like an ignorant) I m just confused. No offence. "
thank you.
"I went on a date to a guys place (i m a guy as well) and During our date an uninvited guest appeared at his door and it turned out to be his "friend" who was just talking about how he had sex at a "cruising spot" , he stayed for an hour or so and as he left he shook my hand. My date later told me he is HIV+. I had cuticle breaks around my fingernails. and no other wound on my hand (that I am aware of). The guy obviously had sex before coming there (don t know how long before) ; what if he didn't wash his hands after sex and there was semen residue on his hand? Am I somehow at risk ? through indirect contact shortly after the handshake? (touching face, rubbing my eyes, smoking so touching lips with my fingers, phone etc.)
Am I overreacting this? Is there any chance this could lead to anything? Do I need to test and am I still HIV- (because I know I am)?
I m even afraid to touch the things i touched after the handshake, to be honest it was the first time I knowingly got to meet a HIV+ person ( I realize I sound like an ignorant) I m just confused. No offence. "
thank you.
Did you have unprotected anal sex with your date or his "friend" who you learned is HIV+? If not - then none of the things you describe would put you at risk of contracting HIV. HIV is transmitted via unprotected anal or vaginal sex, sharing needles when using intravenal drugs, or from HIV+ mothers to their babies during childbirth.
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