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Question: Sir, yesterday i went to a commercial sex worker, had only sucked her breasts for fre minutes and as such I felt she was not lactating as nothing came into my mouth and nothing came out when I pressed. I donw blowjob of my own...no oral sex...But since then I have started feeling gastric and now same late evening I had started pain in my throat. Sir I am very worried ...pls help... Do I need to undertake HIV test...this is haunting me...I could not sleep whole night.
Brief Answer:
Your HIV risk is almost 'NIL'
Detailed Answer:
Hi,
Thanks for posting your query.
Some of the sentences, I am not able to understand.
"I donw blowjob of my own".. no oral sex....Blowjob is nothing but oral sex!
"But since then I have started feeling gastric" ... you mean gastritis?
HIV cannot produce symptoms on the very next day in any case. Virus needs minimum of 72 hours to get established in human system and to produce an infection. Earliest symptoms due to HIV can occur only after 4- 6 weeks after the exposure. So your throat pain is not at all related to HIV. Throat pain can occur to anyone at any point of time due to various reasons (bacteria). such a common illness,
Your activity like sucking breast has no risk for STI?HIV. Even if we consider her that she is HIV positive individual and she is lactating, even then a single encounter of breast sucking can not produce HIV. Breast milk contains very low concentration of virus when compared to blood, semen and vaginal fluid. Only repeated action of breast feeding can cause HIV infection in children, that too, in the long run (in Months), and not with a single occasion. The incidence of acquiring HIV through breast milk is 10-15%. So not to worry.
If you have doubt and fear in spite of all my explanations, you can consult a HIV specialist and start post exposure prophylaxis (PEP) preferably within 72 hours after the exposure.
Dr S Murugan
Thanks.
Your HIV risk is almost 'NIL'
Detailed Answer:
Hi,
Thanks for posting your query.
Some of the sentences, I am not able to understand.
"I donw blowjob of my own".. no oral sex....Blowjob is nothing but oral sex!
"But since then I have started feeling gastric" ... you mean gastritis?
HIV cannot produce symptoms on the very next day in any case. Virus needs minimum of 72 hours to get established in human system and to produce an infection. Earliest symptoms due to HIV can occur only after 4- 6 weeks after the exposure. So your throat pain is not at all related to HIV. Throat pain can occur to anyone at any point of time due to various reasons (bacteria). such a common illness,
Your activity like sucking breast has no risk for STI?HIV. Even if we consider her that she is HIV positive individual and she is lactating, even then a single encounter of breast sucking can not produce HIV. Breast milk contains very low concentration of virus when compared to blood, semen and vaginal fluid. Only repeated action of breast feeding can cause HIV infection in children, that too, in the long run (in Months), and not with a single occasion. The incidence of acquiring HIV through breast milk is 10-15%. So not to worry.
If you have doubt and fear in spite of all my explanations, you can consult a HIV specialist and start post exposure prophylaxis (PEP) preferably within 72 hours after the exposure.
Dr S Murugan
Thanks.
Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Raju A.T
Sir, then with your above detailed explanation. I can conclude that I am HIV free and there is no need for any testing and I can resume my normal life with my wife.
I wanted to write that "I did handjob of my own" & " no vaginal of penis sucking or licking - oral sex"
Brief Answer:
Your HIV risk is almost 'NIL'
Detailed Answer:
Hi,
Welcome back.
Hand job is different from blow job. Hand job is absolutely safe. As you had not indulged in either vaginal, oral or anal sex you are absolutely safe as far as HIV/STI is concerned.
As per the activities mentioned by you, I feel that you need no tests for HIV/STI. You can resume with your normal routine.
Dr S. Murugan
Your HIV risk is almost 'NIL'
Detailed Answer:
Hi,
Welcome back.
Hand job is different from blow job. Hand job is absolutely safe. As you had not indulged in either vaginal, oral or anal sex you are absolutely safe as far as HIV/STI is concerned.
As per the activities mentioned by you, I feel that you need no tests for HIV/STI. You can resume with your normal routine.
Dr S. Murugan
Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Vaishalee Punj
Brief Answer:
Not to worry about such symptoms
Detailed Answer:
Hi,
Welcome back.
Yes, True.
All the symptoms mentioned by you are not specific only to HIV alone. They can occur to anybody in the absence of HIV to anyone at any point of time. They are symptoms for many many common illness which are existing even hundreds of years before HIV was known to mankind.
Dr S Murugan
Not to worry about such symptoms
Detailed Answer:
Hi,
Welcome back.
Yes, True.
All the symptoms mentioned by you are not specific only to HIV alone. They can occur to anybody in the absence of HIV to anyone at any point of time. They are symptoms for many many common illness which are existing even hundreds of years before HIV was known to mankind.
Dr S Murugan
Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. LAKSHMI
Is tingling a side effect of Azithromycin tablet because since yesterday I have started the course of Azithromycin tablet.
Brief Answer:
Not common
Detailed Answer:
Hi.
Welcome back.
I have not come across any tingling sensation so far with azithromycin.
Tingling sensation - where?
Dr S. Murugan
Not common
Detailed Answer:
Hi.
Welcome back.
I have not come across any tingling sensation so far with azithromycin.
Tingling sensation - where?
Dr S. Murugan
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Dr. LAKSHMI
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