About a week ago, I hooked up with a crossdresser. No penetration this time, however they performed oral sex on me (sucked me) and grinded on my penis with their anus (frotting). I still take PrEP everyday, not always at the same time, but everyday. I am a bit concerned, because I think due to the hard oral, I received a small cut on the side of my penis, and then they frotted on me after that. I did not see any blood or cuts on them, but I'm concerned that bodily/rectal fluids from them may have touched the cut, I'm not entirely sure if it did, it was dark. I was masturbating at times when they frotted me, so their anus wouldn't have touched, but not the entire time I think. I asked the individual if they were negative and on PrEP twice, before and after and they said yes, but didn't give me an answer on when they were last tested. I am concerned. I developed a small cold, sinuses mostly, after the encounter, has seemed to mostly go away. Hopefully just allergies. Am I in the clear or is this something to be concerned about? I am quite anxious about it. Thank you.

As for your cold, HIV doesn't do that -- no nasal congestion or "sinus" symptoms. Your suspicion of allergy is more realistic. I don't suggest HIV testing.

HHH, MD

In general, there is a similarity in all your several questions over the years, reassuring you that your presumed safe events indeed carried little or no risk of HIV. Let's have no more questions about such exposures; you now know enough to accurately predict our replies. Repeated and similar questions are discouraged and have limited educational value for other readers. Let's make this your last until and unless you have genuinely high risk exposures. Thanks for your understanding.