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HIV risk after protected vaginal sex with CSW, test timelines after PEP
Hi - I am a hetro male and had protected oral and protected vaginal sex with a female CSW for the first time which lasted not more than 2 minutes. The condom was intact. Given I am married, do I need to test?
I starter PEP within 16 hours and today is the 18th day. If I need to test, when should I test?
I starter PEP within 16 hours and today is the 18th day. If I need to test, when should I test?
Your situation involves personal contact with an object in air (mouth, hand, maybe blood, maybe cuts, lips 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. Note that 2 of them require a penis and the third requires a hollow injecting shared needle - there are no OTHER 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 ANSWER "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 to live virus.
If you still have questions about your risk, after reading all of the above, then it is because you didn't answer the QUESTION above.
You can't get hiv when you use a condom. It was not necessary to use the condom for the oral, but my advice was written as if you didn't so you'll know for the next time.
You should stop taking the PEP today since you had ZERO exposure to live hiv virus. You were probably anxious so the doctor only gave it to you so you would leave his office.
It is irrelevant whether you are married.
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 ANSWER "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 to live virus.
If you still have questions about your risk, after reading all of the above, then it is because you didn't answer the QUESTION above.
You can't get hiv when you use a condom. It was not necessary to use the condom for the oral, but my advice was written as if you didn't so you'll know for the next time.
You should stop taking the PEP today since you had ZERO exposure to live hiv virus. You were probably anxious so the doctor only gave it to you so you would leave his office.
It is irrelevant whether you are married.
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In summary, you're in great shape because it was a non-event for hiv. Throw away the PEP (there can be side effects and it is doing nothing for you) and go back to your happy life.
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