[Question #5733] hiv scare
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73 months ago
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Hello, i had sex with a sex worker from argentina in ibiza spain. she was very attentive to the condom i wore the whole time however i noticed on my testicle the next day that i have a small cut not deep looks like a layer of skin. what are the chances of hiv transmission here ?
can vaginal fluid transmit hiv ?
nervous about this cut
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73 months ago
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Hello, i had sex with a sex worker from argentina in ibiza spain. she was very attentive to the condom i wore the whole time however i noticed on my testicle the next day that i have a small cut not deep looks like a layer of skin. what are the chances of hiv transmission here ?
can vaginal fluid transmit hiv ?
what are my chances of catching hiv with this cut ?
nervous about this cut
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Edward W. Hook M.D.
73 months ago
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Welcome to our Forum and thanks for your question. Congratulations as well on your commitment o safe, condom protected sex, it will do much to keep you sexually healthy. The event you describe was a no risk event. Even if your partner had HIV, which is statistically unlikely, getting her vaginal secretions on a cut would not put you at risk for HIV. This was a no risk event. for sexual transmission of HIV to occur, a partner's genital secretions must get into your urethra to cause infection. Your condom prevented this. Surface contamination of a wound, particularly a shallow wound of the sort you describe is a no risk event. No need for concern, no need for testing.
I hope this comment is helpful. EWH
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73 months ago
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is there anything i can do to prevent any other skin contact std’s at this point ? ie hsv or hpv
she managed to kiss me on the lips a few times. no signs of anything and she was wearing lipstick, not sure if that helps...
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Edward W. Hook M.D.
73 months ago
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There is nothing to done at this point. I would add however that your risk for herpes is very low, in part because herpes is not easily transmitted with transmission occurring in far less than 1% of exposures and in part because you used a condom which reduces your risk for infection more than 50% further. If you do not develop lesions of herpes in the 10 days after your exposure, I would not worry.
As far as HPV is concerned, as a sexually active male, you have almost certainly already acquired HPV at some point in the past (about 80% of sexually active adults who have not had the HPV vaccine) have HPV. Further, once again, condoms provide about a 50% reduction in risk for HPV.
EWH
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