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Dear doctor i had an hiv test done before 3 months and for all other std's and tested negative for all after a 3 month window period.
After that until recently i have visited 7 massage parlours in the last 6 months once a month thinking it was a safe sex practise.
All the 7 times 7 different parlour girls gave me a handjob and about 4 times rubbed my anus with her finger but there was no penetration with their fingers,there was no oral sex or no intercourse.
I recently had an oral thrush kind of an infection in my mouth and also a small rash on the head of my penis.I am very scared and freaking out if my recently done massages could have contracted HIV or some other std.I understand that I need to wait for 12 weeks to get tested again and have vowed never to visit a massage parlour again.
I was wondering if one of the parlour girls could have infected me with HIV or another STD through a cut in her hand or semen from another customer during the handjob or during anal rubbing with her finger.
Pls reply as I have a lot of anxiety and stress,thank you
After that until recently i have visited 7 massage parlours in the last 6 months once a month thinking it was a safe sex practise.
All the 7 times 7 different parlour girls gave me a handjob and about 4 times rubbed my anus with her finger but there was no penetration with their fingers,there was no oral sex or no intercourse.
I recently had an oral thrush kind of an infection in my mouth and also a small rash on the head of my penis.I am very scared and freaking out if my recently done massages could have contracted HIV or some other std.I understand that I need to wait for 12 weeks to get tested again and have vowed never to visit a massage parlour again.
I was wondering if one of the parlour girls could have infected me with HIV or another STD through a cut in her hand or semen from another customer during the handjob or during anal rubbing with her finger.
Pls reply as I have a lot of anxiety and stress,thank you
MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL
Sorry, I misunderstood the timing. Still, the exposures you describe carried no risk and from a medical or risk assessment standpoint you don't need to be tested. But if you remain nervous and you would be reassurned knowing you had a negative test result, feel free. Here too your local SHC would be an excellent resource for personalized, confidential, highly expert advice and testing.
Thank you Doctor for your kind time and interest.
Hi doctor thanks for your reply but I had visited the massage parlours AFTER i got tested for HIV and stds.Does that make a difference..pls reply,thanks
MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL
Welcome to the forum. Bottom line: The exposures you describe carried no risk for HIV and your negative test results show you were not infected. There is no reason to be anxious or stressed.
First, the exposures you describe were zero risk for HIV, which cannot be transmitted by hand-genital contact or superfical contact with an infected person's anus. If a bare penis (no condom) does not enter another person's vagina, rectum, or (rarely) mouth, HIV cannot be sexually transmitted. Second, it is statistically unlikely any of your massag parlor partners had HIV, which remains rare in most heterosexual women in Australia (where your profile says you live). Third, you also were at no risk for other STDs, which, like HIV, are rarely if ever transmitted without insertive intercourse.
It is not necessary to wait 12 weeks for accurate HIV testing, regardless of the advice you will find on many websites and other sources. The currently used HIV antibody tests, including those routinely used in your country, generally are definitive after 6-8 weeks. And if you were tested with the latests "DUO" (or "combo") test for both HIV antibody and p24 antigen -- increasingly the norm in many settings, although I don't know about Australia -- then testing any time after 4 weeks is 100% reliable. Therefore, your recent test is very reliable and shows you don't have HIV. Here is a thread that explains why 3 months is often recommended even though it usually isn't necessary to wait that long: http://www.medhelp.org/posts/HIV-Prevention/-A-Question-on-Testing/show/1347755
Collectively, Australia's sexual health centres are perhaps the world's best network of STD/HIV clinics. Wherever you are, you might consider visiting your nearest SHC for world class advice and testing for both HIV and other STDs.
In the meantime, stop worrying. You were not at any significant risk and your tests show you don't have HIV.
Regards-- HHH, MD
First, the exposures you describe were zero risk for HIV, which cannot be transmitted by hand-genital contact or superfical contact with an infected person's anus. If a bare penis (no condom) does not enter another person's vagina, rectum, or (rarely) mouth, HIV cannot be sexually transmitted. Second, it is statistically unlikely any of your massag parlor partners had HIV, which remains rare in most heterosexual women in Australia (where your profile says you live). Third, you also were at no risk for other STDs, which, like HIV, are rarely if ever transmitted without insertive intercourse.
It is not necessary to wait 12 weeks for accurate HIV testing, regardless of the advice you will find on many websites and other sources. The currently used HIV antibody tests, including those routinely used in your country, generally are definitive after 6-8 weeks. And if you were tested with the latests "DUO" (or "combo") test for both HIV antibody and p24 antigen -- increasingly the norm in many settings, although I don't know about Australia -- then testing any time after 4 weeks is 100% reliable. Therefore, your recent test is very reliable and shows you don't have HIV. Here is a thread that explains why 3 months is often recommended even though it usually isn't necessary to wait that long: http://www.medhelp.org/posts/HIV-Prevention/-A-Question-on-Testing/show/1347755
Collectively, Australia's sexual health centres are perhaps the world's best network of STD/HIV clinics. Wherever you are, you might consider visiting your nearest SHC for world class advice and testing for both HIV and other STDs.
In the meantime, stop worrying. You were not at any significant risk and your tests show you don't have HIV.
Regards-- HHH, MD
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