[Question #152] Guilt Or Real
108 months ago
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Edward W. Hook M.D.
108 months ago
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Welcome to our Forum. I will try to help. The way your phrase your question suggests that you may already appreciate the fact that these were very low risk exposures and indeed, the actions you describe are not just low risk, they are NO RISK events. It is interesting and perhaps a bit surprising for many to learn that STIs are not transmitted by the transfer of genital secretions and infectious agents from one person to another when genital secretions get onto one person's hands which then touch another person but that is the case. The viruses and bacteria that cause STDs are very fragile and die virtually immediately upon exposure to the air and environment. As a result, these infections are passed from person to person only by DIRECT contact with an infected site and not by transfer on one person's hands to another.
the events you describe are no risk and are not exposures that are worthy of even testing for STIs. If these are your only exposures, I would not worry and would not recommend testing. Enjoy your massages. EWH