I would greatly appreciate your assistance please. This forum was recommended to me by a friend who said that you alleviated the stress he had regarding a sexual exposure and your advice was absolutely correct.

In the last 3 months I briefly dated two women (one Lebanese and one English). There was zero intercourse or oral sex (i.e. BJ or me giving).

The exposures were as follows:

Girl 1: 

Girl 2:

I do not know the HIV status of either and do not know if they were bleeding.

I spoke to my Doctor here in MENA about these exposures and she said that there was zero reason for concern regarding HIV and no need to test for it. She said that testing is only warranted in the event of unprotected intercourse or if my penis had entered their mouth.

As experts in this field, I would also appreciate your opinion. If I was your son, for example, would you tell me to move on with my life without worry and put this behind me?

Thank you in advance.

I agree exactly with your local physician. Neither HIV nor other STI‘s are transmitted by hand-genital contact, fingering, kissing, or oral contact with non-genital body areas, including breasts and nipples. There is no need to test for anything; and if you have a regular partner, you can continue your usual sexual practices with that person without putting them at risk. My advice would be the same if you were my son or any other person with whom I was personally close.

I hope these comments are helpful. Let me know if anything isn’t clear.

HHH, MD