[Question #13534] STI Concern After Body Rub and Manual Stimulation
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9 hours ago
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I am a Male 44, living in Sydney Australia.
On Oct 27th, went for a massage by a Thai female massage therapist. After 50 minute professional massage, she offered manual stimulation (handjob), body rub and protected intercourse. I did not accept the protected intercourse, but received nude body rub and handjob. During this her vagina which felt wet, touched my thigh and may be my genitals. Also during this I licked and sucked on her breasts. I also had a two inch diameter Eczema wound on my lower leg, but I did not recall it touching her genitals. But not 100% sure as I am now starting to imagining things.
Since then very worried about STI and always feeling the symptoms such as burning at the tip of penis (not when urinating) and pain in testicles. Also I suffer from hemiplegic migraine before this incident and had an attack after 7 days which can be triggered by infection as well (I had previously before getting COVID etc).
What are the chances of me having any STI including HIV? I am planning to do a STI test for Chlamydia/Gonorrhea in two weeks and for HIV/Syphilis in 6 weeks. Is it the correct approach.\?
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Edward W. Hook M.D.
2 hours ago
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Welcome to our Forum. Thanks for your questions and your implied confidence in our service. The activities you describe are considered to be no risk for acquisition of STIs by the WHO, the U.S. CDC and by nearly all sexual health experts. Receipt of masturbation and body rubs ( frottage), even when a partner’s genital secretions come into contact with your skin, including the genital region do not put you at risk. Similarly, kissing a partner’s breasts do not put you at risk.
It is not uncommon for persons who are looking for signs or symptoms of STI to become aware of otherwise normal sensations that are not noticed when they are not looked for. I suspect that this is the source of the symptoms you describe.
From a scientific perspective, nothing you describe calls for testing but testing is always a personal choice and many clients find negative test results reassuring. Tests for Gonorrhea and chlamydia will be conclusive any time more than 3-5 days after your encounter and blood tests for HIV and syphilis will be conclusive after six weeks. The public health sexual health services in Australia are among the best in the world. I would encourage seeking evaluation from them for your testing and the reassurance that I am confident they will provide.
I hope this information and perspective is helpful. EWH
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