Hiv risk from small 24 hours old cut at the base of penis

[Karammt]

Dear Doctor ,
45 days ago I had protected sex with a sex worker having a 24 hours old small cut at the base of penis (not actively bleeding ), and some vaginal fluids came on contact with the cut. 4 weeks later I had a persistant sore throat with no other symptoms. Do I need an hiv test ?

[DragonPulse]

If vaginal fluids contacted your cut outside the body there would not be any risk at all, as HIV is instantly neutralized when exposed to air. If that cut contacted the vaginal mucosa (inside the body during penetration) there was a risk.
Do you remember if the cut got inside the vagina ? If the answer is affirmative, I would test using a 4th generation ab/ag test, accurate 28 days after the exposure.

Small cuts are a negligible risk of getting HIV, as body heals them from the moment they are produced. In order to get an infection that way, the cut would have to be HUGE, and a big quantity of infected fluid would have to be dropped inside the cut without possibility of getting out, which is rare itself, as bleeding would push it outside. Even with open cuts, the risk is remote.

All the best.

[Karammt]

Thank you very much for your clear answer.
I am not sure if the cut got inside the vagina or not , it was at the base of penis for this reason condom didn't coverd it and it is hard to the base of penis to get inside the vagina.

[CurfewX]

HIV would never enter your blood stream via small cuts or scrapes.  HIV doesn't enter through the whole penis - it ONLY enters via the urethra.  Forget about this event and move on.  You had zero risk for HIV.