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Can HIV Be Contracted Through Contact Of Genitalia To Hands?
Question: hello dr. i am male . last 2 weeks before i had sex with prostitute girls. while we have sex i have to go toilet that's way i remove condom after that i used new condom for continous our sex but i am afraid when we have sex she was rubbing and touching her vagina (she was putting some condom oils)she put new condom on me with her hand .so there is risk of hiv or any infection on me.
Brief Answer:
In my opinion, the chances are very very low; but best to get tested
Detailed Answer:
Hello sir and welcome.
Thank you for writing to us.
I have gone through your query with diligence and would like you to know that I am here to help. I would like to list 2 major points from your query:
1. The chances of transmission of the virus from her genitalia to her hands, and then to your genitalia is very very low; but I will not say that it is completely non-existent. I have not heard of any cases with such a transmission, which itself means that the chances of you getting HIV are close to non-existent
2. This is only and only if the sex workers did in fact have HIV
So in my opinion, although the chances are close to non-existent you can go ahead with a HIV DUO test on day 28 from the day of contact with those sex workers just to make sure we accurately rule out HIV. The test will provide us with a 99.8 % accurate result which will more than suffice.
I hope you find my response helpful. Please feel free to write back to me for any further clarifications, I would be more than happy to help.
Best wishes.
In my opinion, the chances are very very low; but best to get tested
Detailed Answer:
Hello sir and welcome.
Thank you for writing to us.
I have gone through your query with diligence and would like you to know that I am here to help. I would like to list 2 major points from your query:
1. The chances of transmission of the virus from her genitalia to her hands, and then to your genitalia is very very low; but I will not say that it is completely non-existent. I have not heard of any cases with such a transmission, which itself means that the chances of you getting HIV are close to non-existent
2. This is only and only if the sex workers did in fact have HIV
So in my opinion, although the chances are close to non-existent you can go ahead with a HIV DUO test on day 28 from the day of contact with those sex workers just to make sure we accurately rule out HIV. The test will provide us with a 99.8 % accurate result which will more than suffice.
I hope you find my response helpful. Please feel free to write back to me for any further clarifications, I would be more than happy to help.
Best wishes.
Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar
i would like to know how long hiv virus alive after contact with air.
Brief Answer:
Hardly takes any time at all
Detailed Answer:
Hi sir.
The virus dies when exposed to the air in a matter of moments, which is why I think it is fairly unlikely for the transmission to take in the scenario you described sir.
Best wishes.
Hardly takes any time at all
Detailed Answer:
Hi sir.
The virus dies when exposed to the air in a matter of moments, which is why I think it is fairly unlikely for the transmission to take in the scenario you described sir.
Best wishes.
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Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar
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