[Question #13263] Std risk
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30 days ago
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Hello hope you’re having a good day. Just wondering what kind of risk I’m looking at. I had protected intercourse with two women they’re in their early 20s fairly low risk. One used to be a pill popper but no injectable drugs so I doubt that raises my risk. And then two unprotected vaginal events with women who have only had 1-2 previous partners. I have recieved oral a 4-5 times unprotected but that’s no risk for hiv correct? and super low risk for everything else. How ever last night I frotted with a man and he put two of his fingers he was playing with himself with into my anus. Does this carry any risk?? Sorry for the long winded info dump. But should I worry about testing after these exposures? I’m basically only worried about hiv. How at risk am I after all this? I have had no symptoms after any exposures. However one girl I had sex with had a runny nose sore throat, annd a dry cough. and a late!period about two weeks after sex. Should I be worried at all?
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H. Hunter Handsfield, MD
30 days ago
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Welcome to the forum. Thank you for your confidence in our services.
All in all I would judge your HIV/STI risk to be very low -- and virtually zero for HIV. The chance either of your female partners has HIV is near zero, and oral sex is inherently zero risk or close to it (there's never been a proved HIV infection transmitted oral to penis). The likelihood of HIV is higher in men who have sex with men, but fingering and frottage are risk free in regard to HIV. Statistically, likely the highest risk for important STIs is chlamydia from the vaginal exposures. The chance of gonorrhea or syphilis is nearly zero.
All people who are sexually active outside mutually committed monogamous relationships should be tested for important STIs from time to time, specifically gonorrhea, chlamydia, HIV and syphilis. Assuming you have not been tested recently, perhaps this would be a good time, while it's on your mind. But not specifically because of the sexual exposure events you have described.
HPV is always a possibility, since 90% of all people are infected at one time or another and up to 50% of sexually active persons have transmissible infections. OTOH, the large majority of HPV infections never cause symptoms or disease; and having and catching HPV should be viewed as as a normal, unavoidable aspect of human sexuality. You and your partners could consider vaccination if not yet done -- it provides 100% protection against the 9 types of HPV virus that cause 90% of health problems like warts and cancers.
I hope this information is helpful. Let me know if anything isn't clear.
HHH, MD
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30 days ago
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Hello is there any risk from him fingering me after he was playing with himself. I tested like 2 months ago. I get tested 2-4 times a year. In your professional medical opinion can I continue having sex with no worry? To confirm my risk for hiv is basically zero?
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H. Hunter Handsfield, MD
29 days ago
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As I said above, "fingering and frottage are risk free". There are no data on this, but probably there are no circumstances that make such events significantly risky, including "playing with himself". Yes your HIV risk is very close to zero. However, it now becomes clear you should be tested. You're obviously concerned enough about it that you'll sleep better and stop worrying after a negative result; reassurance is a valid reason for HIV testing even in absence of risk, especially when people continue to worry after expert opinion. (We don't take it personally!)---
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28 days ago
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Do protected blow jobs carry any risk? Also does getting rimmed or analingus carry any hiv risk? Or risk for anything else?
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28 days ago
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It does seem like he was a smoker so gums didn’t look to be in the best shape.
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28 days ago
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His tongue was inside of me and such, I figure this carries basically 0 risk but I figured I’d ask anyway. Should I worry at all? Like I said blowjob was protected i got the bj and was eaten out.
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H. Hunter Handsfield, MD
27 days ago
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Condom protected oral sex is zero risk for HIV and all STIs. Analingus is primarily a risk for the oral partner for viral gastroenteriitis and similar infections, and maybe a small risk of gonorrhea. For or both the oral and anal partner gonorrhea is also the most important STI risk but still very low risk. There has never been a case of HIV known to be transmitted by analingus. It's amazing to me how much emphasis you can find online about inflamed gums, but it's all BS: this is not known to increase the risk of HIV or any STI. Neither does smoking.
You should continue to look at these events as no risk at all. But as I said above, you are free to be tested for HIV (and other STIs) if you feel you need negative test results to help you stop worrying. I the meantime, you can safely assume you were not infected with anything.
That completes the two follow-up comments and replies included with each question and so ends this thread. I hope the discussion has been helpful. Best wishes and stay safe
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