[Question #5388] Escort Encounter

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75 months ago
Hello Doctors,

I am a married male and due to some drinking had a lapse of judgment and visited an agency escort. I tried to be safe and hope I was but need to be sure so am here. I asked the escort to put on a condom which she did on me but I'm unsure if she had some vaginal fluids on her fingers when she did. I told her I didn't want to have intercourse but just covered oral, lots of French kissing, me fingering her and me rubbing my covered penis outside her vagina and ass. She also licked my testicles which was uncovered.

1. Could she have transferred any HIV or any other STI when she put the condom on me due to vaginal fluids on her fingers?

2. Can french kissing transmit HIV or any Sti ?

3. Should I be tested for anything realistically or did I not have any risk whatsoever?

4. Would it be safe to resume unprotected sex with my wife without passing anything on to her or should I wait to be tested first?

5. When I sucked her breast I tasted some fluids which I assume was breast milk. Can that transmit HIV?
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H. Hunter Handsfield, MD
75 months ago
Welcome to the forum. Thanks for your confidence in our services. And congratulations for limiting this exposure to entirely safe sex. You are not at significant risk of anything.

Neither HIV nor other STIs are transmitted by kissing, or by contact with genital fluids by hands or other indirect contact. How the escort applied the condom makes no difference in the aero risk. To your specific questions:

1) No risk -- see above.

2) No risk from kissing. (There has been recent media attention to a theory that gonorrhea might sometimes be transmitted by open-mouth kissing. However, most STI experts disagree there is any risk. If it happens at all, it is rare except maybe in men having sex with men.)

3) There is no need for testing for anything on account of this event.

4) You can safely continue unprotected sex with your wife. That's what I would do if somehow I were in your situation.

5) There is no risk of HIV from such minor contact with breast fluid or milk.

I hope these comments helps ease your concerns. Let me know if anything isn't clear.

HHH, MD
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75 months ago
Thank you Dr. Hansfield for your response. This helps clarify a lot. There is one thing that I forgot to mention. Prior to putting on the condom I was laying next to the escort and hugging. I cannot be entirely certain but there may have been a possibility that my penis head came in contact with her vagina. It was not sex but due to close closeness it may have occurred. My apologies but I'm not very knowledgeable on exactly what type of contact allows for transmission to occur.

Is there any HIV or Sti risk in that situation?
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H. Hunter Handsfield, MD
75 months ago
It's not complicated:  no penile penetration means no risk for HIV and little or no risk for other STDs. Don't overthink it!---
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75 months ago
Thank you. I might just go get tested for peace of mind. 

How many days following exposure is a gonohrea and Chlamydia urine test accurate? I'm in Canada and I read on the clinic site that it is accurate 2 days after exposure but I recall reading elsewhere that it should be 5 days post.

Also with a the rapid Insti blood prick test is the window the same as a lab test - 99% at 4 weeks and 100% at 6 weeks?
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H. Hunter Handsfield, MD
75 months ago
There are no good data on the minimum period to accurate gonorrhea/chlamydia testing. The common estimates of 2-5 days reflect possible differences between the two infections:  probably valid any time 2+ days for gonorrhea, 5+ days for chlamydia. Since both tests always are done together, generally best to wait until 5 days. However, for gonorrhea, absence of symptoms within 5 days (painful urination, pus dripping) is itself strong evidence of no infection.

Yes, the window is the same for all AgAb blood tests, lab based and rapid. Even more than for gonorrhea/chlamydia tests, the only reason for HIV testing is for reassurance from the negative result, not because of actual risk. As long as you're being complete, however, you should also have a syphilis blood test. There are no home self tests for syphilis, so you should plan on lab based blood tests for both HIV and syphilis at 6 weeks.

In the 14 years I have been doing this an a previous online forum, with thousands of questions like yours, not one person ever ended up actually being HIV positive. You won't be the first, If and when that finally happens, it will be someone with a real risk, not a trivial exposure like yours.

That completes two follow-up questions and replies and so concludes this thread. I hope the discussion has been helpful.
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