[Question #13444] Chlamydia gonorrhea from finger
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4 hours ago
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Hi
A woman I was with was fingering herself and then put her fingers in my mouth. We didn’t have intercourse or oral sex with each other.
1) Can I (a male) get gonorrhea or chlamydia in the mouth from that?
2) if so, can you transmit oral gonorrhea or chlamydia to another woman’s vagina?
3) if a woman isn’t planning on having children anymore what implications would those to infections have on them?
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Edward W. Hook M.D.
4 hours ago
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Welcome back to the Forum. Thanks for your continuing confidence in our service. I'll be glad to comment. Th events you describe did not put you at risk for gonorrhea, chlamydia or HIV. Transfer of genital secretions from person to person on someone's hands and fingers virtually never results in transmission of infection, if your partner had to be infected (which is statistically unlikely)
1) Can I (a male) get gonorrhea or chlamydia in the mouth from that?
No
2) if so, can you transmit oral gonorrhea or chlamydia to another woman’s vagina?
Theoretically, a person with oral gonorrhea (or chlamydia which very rarely infects the throat) could transmit their infection to a woman through cunnilingus but the frequency of this event is close to, if not zero. I have never heard of oral gonorrhea or chlamydia being transferred to a partner through cunnilingus.
3) if a woman isn’t planning on having children anymore what implications would those to infections have on them?
In women who develop complicated infections due to gonorrhea or chlamydia (pelvic inflammatory disease -PID) scarring due to the infection can cause infertility, increase risk for tubal pregnancy and chronic pelvic pain. If the woman is not planning to have children, there is still a risk of chronic pelvic pain due to scarring. As noted above, this is not a concern in the situation you describe.
I see no reason for concern regarding the exposure you describe and no reason for STI testing. EWH
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