[Question #5202] Worried
23 months ago
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Hello, on midnight march 31 i was attending a bachelor party at a strip club where i recieved a handjob to completion from a stripper. Twice durring the course of the handjob she spit on my penis for lubrication. On the night of april 1 i began to develop a sore throat and runny nose, which has continued to the night of april 2. I am exteremely worried that i contracted an std from the encounter, specifically HIV. Any information would be greatly appreciated, thank you.
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H. Hunter Handsfield, MD
23 months ago
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Welcome back to the forum, but I'm not sure why you found it necessary. This may be a different exposure than the one you described in your previous thread almost a year ago, but it is virtually identical, i.e. hand-genital contact that also may have included saliva exposure (except last time it was a light kiss on the penis). As you were told then, such exposures are entirely free of STD risk. In addition, no STD causes sore throat and runny nose. You caught a cold, that's all. (Maybe from the stripper, but it could have been anyone else -- and parties are just about the most common settings for transmission of colds, influenza, etc.)
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So no worries, no need for testing, and if you have a regular sex partner, you can safely continue your usual sexual practices without risk -- except of course for perhaps transmitting your cold virus. If you need more detailed information than this, please re-read your previous thread. Let me know if anything isn't clear.
HHH, MD
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