[Question #8588] Oral risks with Saliva

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42 months ago
Hello i have a question regarding protected Oral situation.

Received protected oral however the CSW saliva had touched the inner thighs and my pubic hair region (alot of her saliva). 

at no point was my penis in the CSW mouth uncovered (rather only covered) however while the condom was on she spat alot with her saliva numerous times which made its way down my penis touching my pubic hair region and my inner thighs. i had no vaginal sex. there was also heavy frottage and mutual masturbation.

After that exposure i had unprotected sex with my wife few weeks later.

my wife is now having a late period and i read that PID can be a reason due to an STD? from gonorrhea's or chlamydia or any other STD? 

based on the above situation would this be a reason for her delayed period? i should say I almost had to dig deep to find reasons for a missed period to relate it to an STD. She is not pregnant we did a test twice. i am hoping this is my  anxiety and I have not put her at risk here.

thank you 


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H. Hunter Handsfield, MD
42 months ago
Welcome back. I scanned your several previous questions. Your current situation was answered in at least one of those. There was a discussion with Dr. Hook in which he advised (correctly) that saliva rarely transmits STDs, and also about the effectiveness of condom protection. There also were discussions about various symptoms in your wife, which were not unlike what you describe now.

To be explicit, you had an entirely safe sexual exposure with the CSW. Even without a condom, oral sex is very safe -- not zero risk, but low risk for all infections. With a condom, that event was totally risk free. Saliva contact with intact skin -- on the thigh or anywhere else -- is entirely risk free. And as also discussed previously, menstrual irregularity is common in women and is almost never a symptom of STDs. (When abnormal vaginal bleeding occurs as a result of STD, like gonorrhea or chlamydia, it isn't generally missed or delayed periods, but other abnormal or excessive bleeding, like spotting or bleeding between periods.)

So there is no way the CSW event described could have infected you with any STD, or that you have transmitted any STD to your wife.

I hope these comments are helpful. You might want to re-read some of your previous threads for additional reassurance.

HHH, MD
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41 months ago
Thank you Dr 

My last follow up

If me and my partner had vaginal sex unprotected and the next day she felt pain in her vagina. My hunch is due to the lack of lubrication that could have been a reason.

I just am double checking gonorrhea or chlamydia wouldn't cause that although as I type this I'm realizing your answer I couldn't have gotten it to begin with.

If you can let me know your thoughts on pain not burning sensation just soreness the following day after sex is it likely an sti

Thanks
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41 months ago
Sorry I should also say it had been a while since we both had sex together and there was not a whole lot of lube used.


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H. Hunter Handsfield, MD
41 months ago
No STD causes vaginal pain; and no infection can cause symptoms in less than 24 hours after exposure. I am confident your wife's symptoms have nothing to do with your events with the sex worker. As you suggest yourself, mechanical irritation from sex seems the most likely explanation.---