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Protected sex with csw - anxiety hell
Anxiety is making me incredibly unwell. I have tingle in penis since day after event which I hope is anxiety driven.
I had protected oral and vaginal sex with csw in Philippines. Sex was from behind so there wasn’t really any grinding of genital together. Condom appeared in tact when I removed it in the bathroom, but I didn’t do any big checks on it. Biggest exposure appears to be her licking my testicles for around 10s during the protected oral.
Anxiety and guilt is killing me. I’ll get full std panel at 7 and 14 days, but I fear I won’t last the 12 weeks I neee for conclusive results.
Is this a real risk, or am I going insane?
I had protected oral and vaginal sex with csw in Philippines. Sex was from behind so there wasn’t really any grinding of genital together. Condom appeared in tact when I removed it in the bathroom, but I didn’t do any big checks on it. Biggest exposure appears to be her licking my testicles for around 10s during the protected oral.
Anxiety and guilt is killing me. I’ll get full std panel at 7 and 14 days, but I fear I won’t last the 12 weeks I neee for conclusive results.
Is this a real risk, or am I going insane?
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Your anxiety is getting the best of you.
There is very little, if any, risk involved here. Licking testicles is no risk, as the skin on your testicles is too thick for germs to penetrate, and licking doesn't do much of anything.
Condom protected oral sex and vaginal sex has very little risk. There may be a slight risk for herpes, HPV and syphilis, as those are transmitted when skin touches skin, but condoms offer significant protection.
Please know that there is no such thing as a "full STD panel". There is a panel that is decided by whoever is doing the testing. It may not include all the STDs.
You don't need to test for gonorrhea, chlamydia, mycoplasma, HIV, hep B and NGU - the head of your penis was covered and you had protection against those.
There is no test for men and HPV, and if you feel you must, you can test for syphilis at 6 weeks. If you have syphilis, you'll get a round, painless sore between days 10 - 90, though the average is 3 weeks.
I wouldn't test for herpes unless you get symptoms. There are lots of false positives, especially on the hsv2 IgG test, and unravelling that takes weeks and a lot of money.
Really, your risk is very low, and your anxiety is out of proportion to the risk level.
There is very little, if any, risk involved here. Licking testicles is no risk, as the skin on your testicles is too thick for germs to penetrate, and licking doesn't do much of anything.
Condom protected oral sex and vaginal sex has very little risk. There may be a slight risk for herpes, HPV and syphilis, as those are transmitted when skin touches skin, but condoms offer significant protection.
Please know that there is no such thing as a "full STD panel". There is a panel that is decided by whoever is doing the testing. It may not include all the STDs.
You don't need to test for gonorrhea, chlamydia, mycoplasma, HIV, hep B and NGU - the head of your penis was covered and you had protection against those.
There is no test for men and HPV, and if you feel you must, you can test for syphilis at 6 weeks. If you have syphilis, you'll get a round, painless sore between days 10 - 90, though the average is 3 weeks.
I wouldn't test for herpes unless you get symptoms. There are lots of false positives, especially on the hsv2 IgG test, and unravelling that takes weeks and a lot of money.
Really, your risk is very low, and your anxiety is out of proportion to the risk level.
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Thanks for response and advice re my specific event. I will test anyway to be sure. Anybody reading this post in the same situation - good luck.
Good luck.
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Herpes spreads by oral, vaginal and anal sex.
Herpes sores blister, then burst, scab and heal.
STIs are the most common cause of genital sores.
Millions of people are diagnosed with STDs in the U.S. each year.
STDs can't be transmitted by casual contact, like hugging or touching.
Syphilis is an STD that is transmitted by oral, genital and anal sex.
