Risk of masturbation

[qingganpuer]

A man masturbates his ass with lubricants. There is a lot of lubricants on his hands. I'm afraid that there may be some blood from his ******* on his hand, and then he strokes my erection penis with his hand to help me masturbate. Is such behavior risky?

[flyinlynn]

If there was a risk of hepatitis c infected blood entering the blood stream of an uninfected person through an open fresh wet wound there could be a risk of transmission.

This would require the bleeding person to be infected with hepatitis c and the uninfected person to have a fresh open injury and that blood from the infected person enter that fresh wound.

Does the other person have hepatitis c? Did you have an open fresh wet bleeding wound on your penis?

[qingganpuer]

I don't know his status. His hands are full of lubricants, and he has penetrated his anus with his fingers before. There is no open wound in my penis. Is the urethral orifice a risk?

[flyinlynn]

Open fresh weeping wet injury is a risk the hepatitis c must enter your blood stream. The urethra is not an access to the blood stream.

Could you not simply inquire as to his status?

[qingganpuer]

Because it's just masturbating, I didn't ask so much. I read the doctor's post. As far as sex is concerned, he said that hepatitis C will only spread during condomless anal sex. So when anal sex without a condom, which side will be infected, or is there a risk for both sides? What are the requirements for condomless anal infection? Is it need to bleed both the anus and penis?

“hepatitis C is transmitted through transfer of blood deep into tissue (sexual transmission does rarely occur in persons with receptive rectal intercourse but that is not relevant to you).”

“The virus does not survive on clothing and is not transferred from one place to another or person's hands and fingers.”

“  The fact is that the transmission of STIs and blood born infections such as hepatitis C (hepatitis C is not an STI for heterosexual men and women who do not take part in rectal intercourse) do not occur through environmental contamination of the sort you mention, whether a contaminated toilet seat, a previously used towel or a puddle on the floor or a counter top.  These organisms begin to die soon after contact to the environment making them non-infectious, the numbers of organisms present decrease with each transfer from location to location, their transmission is facilitated by the friction of sexual activity, and they tend to "stick" to fibers and cloth.  for all of these reasons, despite the large amount of internet mythology, transmission on inanimate objects of the sort you describe does not happen.  Not only is it not described but neither of us has ever seen or heard of such a case. ”

“ Information of how hepatitis C is sexually transmitted is an active area of research but there is no information to suggest that masturbation including anal masturbation is a mechanism by which HIV is transmitted.  I would not worry the your receipt of anal masturbation has increased your risk for hepatitis C and see no need for testing related to the exposure that you describe. EWH

Correct. I mistakenly typed HIV rather than HCV as I should have- sorry.  EWH

Being fingered by another person is considered a form of (mutual) masturbation.  Sorry fo r the confusion.  No risk.  

As for the possibility of deep, bleeding wounds that might have served as a site of innoculation for infection, this is not a meaningful concern either - please don't worry.

I hope these clarifications are helpful. Sorry if I was unclear on my first try. EWH“

[qingganpuer]

“ The event you describe is not associated with any meaningful risk for hepatitis B or C, nor for HIV.  Each of the viruses you mention are quite rare and statistically it is unlikely that any blood from someone infected with these viruses had contaminated the material the phlebotomist touched before applying your band aid.  These viruses are not effectively  transferred from person to person on hands or gloves.  There are a number of reason for this including that the viruses die quickly on exposure to the environment and surface contact of the sort you describe would not get the viruses below the skin where they would need to be to cause an infection. there are no cases of HIV or hepatitis which have ever been spread in this way.  I would not worry about this at all.

Actually, while how "fresh" the blood is is part of the issue, the more important issue is how deep into tissue it gets. Infected material must get deep into tissue to cause infection through the sort of exposure you describe.  EWH“