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cuts on fingers, inserted in vagina
I had pricked my finger on a thorn, one drop of blood came out. The next day I'd forgotten it was even there, it was barely perceptible. I briefly inserted my finger in the vagina of a stripper. In other words the wound wasn't fresh, deep or bleeding, and the encounter was brief, but regardless I am concerned. I didn't have any of the "typical symptoms" ie. swollen glands, rashes etc., but I did get a cold about 10 weeks after the fact. Should I be worried?
And a thorn prick, which proudces a drop of blood, would not be considered deep enough? To be honest I am usually aware of these sorts of things, but because it was so tiny and only appeared as a red dot on my finger tip, I completely forgot it was even there.
My point exactly. Although I am aware the chances would be small, is there no chance that the tiny point where the thorn entered created just such a pathway?
A gaping open wound--and if that was the case you wouldn't be putting your finger in a womans vagina.
Obviously this is what I want to hear, but again the literature says otherwise. If you have a cut, and there is the presence of blood, if you then insert your finger in a woman's vagina an she is HIV positive, however small the chances, from what I've read you can contract HIV. What I am curious about is if the sort of cut I had would be considered at all a risk.
that's not what the literature suggests, though it does suggest that there should be the presence of blood and a farily deep fresh wound, but that's why I'm asking.
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