[Question #6729] Hiv scare protect anal
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66 months ago
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Edward W. Hook M.D.
66 months ago
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Welcome back to the Forum. I am stuck by how similar both this encounter and your questions are to the exchange you had with Dr. Handsfield about a month ago. The answers will be very similar. I’ll start by just copying the first part of Dr. Handsfield’s reply to you and then go straight to your questions:
“You correctly understand that anal sex in men who have sex with men (MSM) is the highest sexual risk for HIV. That's because a far higher percentage of MSM than heterosexuals have HIV (in the US and western Europe), and because anal sex is inherently riskier than vaginal sex. However, the HIV risk is a lot higher for the receptive than the insertive partner; the average risk for you wasn't much higher than vaginal sex, if either partner had the virus. But more important, HIV cannot be transmitted through an intact condom -- and it sounds like you had no other risky events. (Oral sex is nearly free of HIV risk.) Once you made a decision to have such a sexual experience, you did it with maximal safety (congratulations for that wise decision!).”
Now your current questions:
What is the chances I acquired hiv from this event? I feel so stupid for not seeking out pep
Your chances are low. Condom protected sex is safe sex and there is no known HIV risk from rimming. Rather that going for PEP, as this is a repeating theme, you might consider seeking PrEP to reduce your risk for HIV. I would suggest you discuss this with your own doctor or a public health HIV specialist. There are many in the Miami area.
2)What is the chances I acquired hsv2 from what I described above?
Also very low for the same reasons. You used a condom. You do not have lesions. Acquisition of oral HSV-2 is very, very rare.
3) What are the chances I am in the beginning stages of ars symptoms?
Same answer.
4) Is there a possibility of getting hepatitis C from licking a butthole, if I get fesces or blood in my mouth?
Hepatitis C is acquired through needlesticks and only very, very rarely through sex. Your condom use would virtually eliminate risk for hepatitis C from receptive rectal intercourse which is the main way hepatitis C is acquired sexually. Ingestion of feces of blood is not a known risk for hepatitis C
5)could the condom have been tampered with by the lube? Like maybe it made a hole or a few small holes on it?
When condoms break, they break wide open leaving no doubt that they failed. I would not worry about condom failure or be paranoid that the lubricant used for your encounter was tampered with.
6) could the blood have gone inside the condom? Maybe when he was on top, it slid up a bit?
No. As before, you are worrying about non-issues. Your condom remained intact, the blood was on the outside.
7. do you believe that this could be ars 31,32 days post exposure? I am freaking out my neck lymph nodes have never been this swollen, they are pretty tender(and I have had scares before) never felt the lymph nodes like this.
For the ARS to occur more than a month after an exposure, particularly after your earlier low risk exposure is very unlikely. If you are concerned, an HIV test at this time would be positive if you were experiencing the ARS. I would expect that, if you choose to test, your test will be negative.
I hope that these replies are helpful. Consider PrEP. EWH
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66 months ago
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66 months ago
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Edward W. Hook M.D.
66 months ago
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I suspect your sore throat is coincidence, nothing more. It is that time of year. Further, white exudate in the throat is not typical of recently acquired HIV. In answer to your other questions:
66 months ago
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66 months ago
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Edward W. Hook M.D.
66 months ago
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