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Risk of STD from unprotected oral and protected vaginal sex
Dear dr hook
I am 32 years of age and I visited an escort 2 days ago, she was asian I had unprotected oral sex for 2 to 3 minutes and then she put a condom on and I had protected vaginal sex,and ejaculated in the condom after 2 minutes, do I have a risk of contracting hiv or other kind of std please help
I am 32 years of age and I visited an escort 2 days ago, she was asian I had unprotected oral sex for 2 to 3 minutes and then she put a condom on and I had protected vaginal sex,and ejaculated in the condom after 2 minutes, do I have a risk of contracting hiv or other kind of std please help
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Hi - Dr Hook hasn't been on our site since 2014, when we stopped having experts.
Oral sex is never a risk for HIV.
So receiving unprotected oral sex puts you at risk for syphilis, genital herpes type 1, gonorrhea and NGU.
Syphilis isn't that common, and your partner would have had to have a sore in their mouth to transmit it. You wouldn't see symptoms of this for 10-90 days, but the average is 21 days, and you'd get a sore called a chancre. This doesn't cause burning, pain, discharge, etc. You can test for this at 6 weeks. If you get symptoms, but test negative at 6 weeks, test again at 90 days, and get to the doctor as soon as you see symptoms.
If you don't already have herpes type 1 (think oral sores, like cold sores but not canker sores), then you could get genital herpes type 1 from receiving oral sex. This can happen even if the person performing oral doesn't have a sore, but it's more likely if they do. The time from infection to symptoms is usually 2-12 days, but the average is 4 days. You can test for this now, and then again at 4 months to make sure you don't have it. If you test positive now, it's a pre-existing infection that you had before this encounter. About half the adult population has this, and 90% don’t know it. Ask for a type specific IgG blood test.
You'd see symptoms of gonorrhea at about 2-5 days, and this would usually be a discharge, burning, etc. Some people don't get symptoms. You can test for this as early as 3 days, but 5 days is better. You can have a urine test or a swab test.
NGU is an infection in the urethra that is caused by anything other than gonorrhea (nongonococcal urethritis urethritis, sometimes called NSU, for non-specific). This can be caused by normal mouth bacteria entering the urethra, and the symptoms and testing times are the same as gonorrhea.
Oral sex is lower risk than penetrative sex, but there is still some risk. I wouldn't run out and test right now, or start panicking, but if you are sexually active, you should be testing regularly.
Oral sex is never a risk for HIV.
So receiving unprotected oral sex puts you at risk for syphilis, genital herpes type 1, gonorrhea and NGU.
Syphilis isn't that common, and your partner would have had to have a sore in their mouth to transmit it. You wouldn't see symptoms of this for 10-90 days, but the average is 21 days, and you'd get a sore called a chancre. This doesn't cause burning, pain, discharge, etc. You can test for this at 6 weeks. If you get symptoms, but test negative at 6 weeks, test again at 90 days, and get to the doctor as soon as you see symptoms.
If you don't already have herpes type 1 (think oral sores, like cold sores but not canker sores), then you could get genital herpes type 1 from receiving oral sex. This can happen even if the person performing oral doesn't have a sore, but it's more likely if they do. The time from infection to symptoms is usually 2-12 days, but the average is 4 days. You can test for this now, and then again at 4 months to make sure you don't have it. If you test positive now, it's a pre-existing infection that you had before this encounter. About half the adult population has this, and 90% don’t know it. Ask for a type specific IgG blood test.
You'd see symptoms of gonorrhea at about 2-5 days, and this would usually be a discharge, burning, etc. Some people don't get symptoms. You can test for this as early as 3 days, but 5 days is better. You can have a urine test or a swab test.
NGU is an infection in the urethra that is caused by anything other than gonorrhea (nongonococcal urethritis urethritis, sometimes called NSU, for non-specific). This can be caused by normal mouth bacteria entering the urethra, and the symptoms and testing times are the same as gonorrhea.
Oral sex is lower risk than penetrative sex, but there is still some risk. I wouldn't run out and test right now, or start panicking, but if you are sexually active, you should be testing regularly.
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Thank you for answering my question so quickly, so from what I understood you can't get HIV through oral sex but you get can the other sti's that you mentioned
Yes, that is correct.
It's not a big risk, but the possibility is there.
It's not a big risk, but the possibility is there.
Thank you for that, I will get tested to be on the safe side, put my mind at ease, at least now I know that you can't get hiv through oral sex but you can get the other sti's from it, I will be more careful in future
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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.
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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.
