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Can HIV Be Contracted Through Protected Sex While Getting Ring Worm Post Such An Encounter?
Question: Hello doctor...I had a kind of protective sex at a spa on august 31st 2017....however I used a condom while penetrating the therapist but I didn’t check whether the condom tore when I took out my penis...also I had a paper cut and also did fingering...since then I am very tensed regarding the symptoms follows after the incident...had an episode of diarrhoea for 3 days continuously...a low grade fever for 3 days ....ring worm which comes and goes in my groin area along with different parts of my body....now for last one month I had been getting extreme itching in my inner thighs and had been applying clotrimazole as well as miconaloze and beclomethasone gel and had been also taking flucanazole 150 mg tabs along with clotrimazole topical dusting powderbut hardly any effect...I am attaching the picture of my inner thigh lesions....requesting to kindly let me know whether this can be a symptom of hiv or any std infection...pls help
Brief Answer:
Regarding risk of HIV and groin rashes
Detailed Answer:
Hello,
Protected vaginal sex is safe as far as the risk of HIV is concerned. However, if you are unsure whether the condom was intact or not, you may take a 3rd generation HIV screening test at 3 months from the incident which would be within a week. This would be conclusive.
Inserting finger into vagina is not considered a risk for HIV transmission as intact skin is impermeable to HIV.
A paper thin/ superficial cut is usually self sealing within a few hours - so it is not a risk. Only fresh, actively bleeding cuts can provide a portal of entry for HIV through skin.
As far as groin itching and rashes are concerned, they seem to be due to fungal infection and is not a reason to suspect HIV.
I suggest you to take Cap. Itraconazole, twice daily for 4 weeks.
Topically you may use an anti-fungal cream e.g Luliconazole, twice daily for 4 weeks. In addition you may take Tab. Cetrizine once every evening for symptomatic relief from itching. These are prescription medications and I suggest you to talk to your local practitioner for a prescription regarding the same.
Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.
Regards,
Dr. Kakkar S.
Dermatologist
Regarding risk of HIV and groin rashes
Detailed Answer:
Hello,
Protected vaginal sex is safe as far as the risk of HIV is concerned. However, if you are unsure whether the condom was intact or not, you may take a 3rd generation HIV screening test at 3 months from the incident which would be within a week. This would be conclusive.
Inserting finger into vagina is not considered a risk for HIV transmission as intact skin is impermeable to HIV.
A paper thin/ superficial cut is usually self sealing within a few hours - so it is not a risk. Only fresh, actively bleeding cuts can provide a portal of entry for HIV through skin.
As far as groin itching and rashes are concerned, they seem to be due to fungal infection and is not a reason to suspect HIV.
I suggest you to take Cap. Itraconazole, twice daily for 4 weeks.
Topically you may use an anti-fungal cream e.g Luliconazole, twice daily for 4 weeks. In addition you may take Tab. Cetrizine once every evening for symptomatic relief from itching. These are prescription medications and I suggest you to talk to your local practitioner for a prescription regarding the same.
Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.
Regards,
Dr. Kakkar S.
Dermatologist
Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar
Dear doctor,
Thanks for your valuable reply...here I had uploaded a new fresh picture of my inner thigh of one side where the itching is happening...it’s looking scary and at the same time very itchy...humble request to kindly diagnose the same and let me know about the treatment...
Thanks for your valuable reply...here I had uploaded a new fresh picture of my inner thigh of one side where the itching is happening...it’s looking scary and at the same time very itchy...humble request to kindly diagnose the same and let me know about the treatment...
Brief Answer:
Oral and topical antifungal
Detailed Answer:
Hi,
I can see a red edge. Perhaps it was a ring shaped lesion which is extending out with central clearing. Yes, it is a fungal infection- Tinea Cruris.
You may follow the treatment I suggested in my earlier reply - cap. Itraconazole, twice daily for 4 weeks and Luliconazole cream, twice daily for 4 weeks. In addition you may take tab. Cetrizine in the evening for symptomatic relief from itching.
These are all prescription medications and I suggest you to talk to your local practitioner for a prescription regarding the same.
Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.
Regards,
Dr. Kakkar S.
Dermatologist
Oral and topical antifungal
Detailed Answer:
Hi,
I can see a red edge. Perhaps it was a ring shaped lesion which is extending out with central clearing. Yes, it is a fungal infection- Tinea Cruris.
You may follow the treatment I suggested in my earlier reply - cap. Itraconazole, twice daily for 4 weeks and Luliconazole cream, twice daily for 4 weeks. In addition you may take tab. Cetrizine in the evening for symptomatic relief from itching.
These are all prescription medications and I suggest you to talk to your local practitioner for a prescription regarding the same.
Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.
Regards,
Dr. Kakkar S.
Dermatologist
Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar
Thanks for your reply doctor ...also I would like to know how to stop the recurrence of ringworm which been happening to me for last two months in different parts of my body...is recurrent ring worm means my immune system being affected...what are the general skin symptoms when someone is affected with hiv....
Brief Answer:
Regarding your fungal infection
Detailed Answer:
Hi,
Recurrence of ringworm is most commonly due to inadequate duration of treatment or inappropriate treatment e.g OTC creams containing topical steroids like the one which you used had Beclomethasone Dipropionate. Topical steroids containing creams should not be used for fungal infection. Though they provide temporary relief but they only prolong the course of treatment.
I have suggested only plain anti-fungals - oral and topical, which I have suggested you to continue for at least 4 weeks. No topical steroid containing cream.
HIV can predispose to recurrent cutaneous infections but that usually happens in late stages after years of HIV infection when immune system gets weakened - manifests as recurrent bacterial infection (folliculitis, furunculosis), herpes zoster/shingles, viral warts, scabies etc.
Hope I have answered your query.
Regards,
Dr. Kakkar S.
Dermatologist
Regarding your fungal infection
Detailed Answer:
Hi,
Recurrence of ringworm is most commonly due to inadequate duration of treatment or inappropriate treatment e.g OTC creams containing topical steroids like the one which you used had Beclomethasone Dipropionate. Topical steroids containing creams should not be used for fungal infection. Though they provide temporary relief but they only prolong the course of treatment.
I have suggested only plain anti-fungals - oral and topical, which I have suggested you to continue for at least 4 weeks. No topical steroid containing cream.
HIV can predispose to recurrent cutaneous infections but that usually happens in late stages after years of HIV infection when immune system gets weakened - manifests as recurrent bacterial infection (folliculitis, furunculosis), herpes zoster/shingles, viral warts, scabies etc.
Hope I have answered your query.
Regards,
Dr. Kakkar S.
Dermatologist
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Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar
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