[Question #8993] Lap Dance and Nipple/Body licking and kissing

37 months ago

Hi Dr HHH & EWH,
I visited a strip club 5 days back. Got a few lap dances where my mouth and tongue came in contact with the stripper's boobs/nipples, stomach area and butt (they were wearing underwear but no bra). Other than this, there was no other sexual contact and I was fully clothed. Last couple of days I've had a sore throat, light body/muscle ache (have been extremely stressed due to this).
Do I have HIV risk if
1) There was an invisible cut or sore in the boob/nipple or body due to which blood may have entered my mouth.
2) At the time I thought 1 stripper had freckles on her body, now I'm not sure if they were freckles or HIV rash (saw some images on the internet and that made my anxiety worse). Worst case assuming they were rashes, am I at risk?

Thank you.

H. Hunter Handsfield, MD

37 months ago

Welcome to the forum.

Sometimes the title the user selects for his or her question has enough information for an accurate reply. Before I even read the question itself, I can say that HIV is never transmitted by mouth contact with skin, including breasts and nipples. Unless there is a surprise in the question itself, you can be sure you are not at risk for HIV and do not need testing for it.

Now I have read the rest. Guess what?

1) No, there was no risk, even if your mouth came into contact with cuts, sores, etc. Blood in the mouth is low risk for HIV, and certainly there is no possibility of infection if there is so little blood you can't even see it. If you were to drink an ounce of blood, there might be some risk -- but otherwise nothing to worry about.

2) Even if the skin spots were a rash caused by HIV, there was no risk from oral contact.

This event is absolutely zero risk in regard to HIV, or for any other blood borne infection (like hepatitis B or C) or for any STI. Don't worry about it and do not get tested. If you have a regular sex partner, you can continue unprotected sex without any risk to her or him.

I hope these comments are helpful. Let me know if anything isn't clear.

HHH, MD

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37 months ago

Thank you for the quick reply Dr. HHH
Does point 1 hold true even if there are small cuts or sores within the mouth or lips?
and do you think my sore throat and light body ache are pure coincidence (or probably due to heavy stress these last 3 days)?

H. Hunter Handsfield, MD

37 months ago

I have no idea what the cause of your symptoms might be, but they aren't due to any infection from the strip club events -- unless maybe you caught a cold while there. Such symptoms are not typical of ARS or any other STI, and they also occurred much too soon to be caused by HIV. And whenever someone suspects his or her own symptoms might have a psychological or emotional origin ("heavy stress", for example), usually s/he is right.---

37 months ago

Got it, last question Doctor.
Regarding mouth coming into contact with cuts or sores (point #1 in your first reply) , is this no risk even if I assume there may be small cuts or sores in my mouth or gums?
Thank you so much.

H. Hunter Handsfield, MD

37 months ago

Yes, still no risk. If you think about it, there must have been billions of mouth contacts with the skin of HIV infected people, and millions of those must have been by persons who had minor sores or inflammation in the mouth -- but there are no known cases of HIV being transmitted in this fashion. So obviously sores etc in the mouth make little or no difference.

That completes the two follow-up exchanges included with each question and so ends this thread. I hope the discussion has been helpful. Best wishes and stay safe.

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