What activities increase the risk of HIV infection?

Question

Hello doctor,

I am a male. I was engaged in sexual activity four days ago. I was drunk and had unprotected oral sex with a woman. I did not do it for a long time. I licked her genitals three to four times and stopped it. Later on, we had protected sex, plus she gave me a hand job with protection. I got very scared because of the unprotected oral sex that I gave her. Later on, I asked her if she had HIV or AIDS. She said, not at all, and she said she is very clean, and she does not go out with guys regularly. Also, the girl looked healthy; she did not look sick. So, is there a chance that I might have caught HIV or AIDS due to this incident? I am really scared to have to go through the HIV test. Can you please help me out here?

Thank you.

Answer 1

Hello,

Welcome to icliniq.com.

I understand your concern.

Let us go step by step in your case:

1. Giving oral sex carries a negligible to low risk of HIV (human immunodeficiency virus) or any STIs (sexually transmitted infections), especially if there are fresh cuts, sores, or lesions.

2. In the case of protected vaginal sex, your chances of HIV acquisition are nonexistent.

3. Hand job with protection is again extremely safe.

4. Just by looking at a person, a disease cannot be diagnosed, nor can it be known whether the person has HIV or not. Getting tested for HIV is the only way to learn.

5. I suggest that all sexually active patients know their HIV status; there is no harm in that.

You can get tested for HIV now (to know your baseline HIV status), then repeat a fourth-generation HIV test at four weeks and then at three months after the last exposure.

Hope your query is answered.

Please feel free to reach out in case of any further queries.

Thank you.