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HIV Panic
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University of Washington
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HIV Panic
by scaredinatl, Jul 17, 2008 01:12PM
Hello.
65 days ago I had a brief encounter that has me shaking.
It was my first homsexual experience and a very impromtu one.
Basically it started out with me touching and groping his genitals for a minute or two and him touching mine... after that I went to my own genitals and pleasured myself to completion.
I'm 99% sure there was no fluid present... if there was it would only be pre-ejaculate.
There were some very small cuts on my hands but thats about it. So far as I know there was no broken skin on my penis but I do have a spot that goes raw from time to time with masturbation.
The only person I've confided in said that it was just the same as shaking hands with someone and there was no risk even if that person was positive (I don't know if he was or not)... is that true?
At 65 days would a quicktest be conclusive or would you even recommend testing at all?
Lately I've noticed myself being feverish and clammy with a very unusual headache... but I'm pretty sure that its just my body reacting to 2 months of constant stress over this.
PLEASE HELP... this has been the longest summer of my life.
Thank you
65 days ago I had a brief encounter that has me shaking.
It was my first homsexual experience and a very impromtu one.
Basically it started out with me touching and groping his genitals for a minute or two and him touching mine... after that I went to my own genitals and pleasured myself to completion.
I'm 99% sure there was no fluid present... if there was it would only be pre-ejaculate.
There were some very small cuts on my hands but thats about it. So far as I know there was no broken skin on my penis but I do have a spot that goes raw from time to time with masturbation.
The only person I've confided in said that it was just the same as shaking hands with someone and there was no risk even if that person was positive (I don't know if he was or not)... is that true?
At 65 days would a quicktest be conclusive or would you even recommend testing at all?
Lately I've noticed myself being feverish and clammy with a very unusual headache... but I'm pretty sure that its just my body reacting to 2 months of constant stress over this.
PLEASE HELP... this has been the longest summer of my life.
Thank you
Doctor's Answer
by H. Hunter Handsfield, M.D., Jul 17, 2008 02:36PM
, Jul 17, 2008 02:36PM
You are overreacting. There was no risk of HIV, even if your partner was infected. HIV is not transmitted by hand-genital contact, even if there are cuts, nicks, etc on either the hands or penis. I agree your symptoms are suggestive of stress; they don't sound like HIV symptoms. (And whenever a person suggests his or her own symptoms have a psychological origin, usually s/he is correct.)
You don't need HIV testing on account of this event. (If your test were to be positive, the first need would be to explore what other exposures you might have had, because it is not possible from the event you describe here.) But because of your anxiety, you should be tested, to convince yourself you weren't infected. Two months (65 days) is plenty of time for reliable testing, either with a rapid test or a standard lab-based test.
If you will spend 30 minues or so reading through threads on this forum, you can find innumerable additional discussions about all these issues.
Bottom line: You're fine. Get tested to help prove it to yourself. But try not to worry about it in the meantime. You can expect a negative test result.
Best wishes-- HHH, MD
You don't need HIV testing on account of this event. (If your test were to be positive, the first need would be to explore what other exposures you might have had, because it is not possible from the event you describe here.) But because of your anxiety, you should be tested, to convince yourself you weren't infected. Two months (65 days) is plenty of time for reliable testing, either with a rapid test or a standard lab-based test.
If you will spend 30 minues or so reading through threads on this forum, you can find innumerable additional discussions about all these issues.
Bottom line: You're fine. Get tested to help prove it to yourself. But try not to worry about it in the meantime. You can expect a negative test result.
Best wishes-- HHH, MD
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