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Hello, I have a question regarding a ?potential? hiv exposure. I?m 29 female with no medical conditions. The man in question is someone I did?t know much and don?t really trust. He ejaculated on my thighs, close to the vagina. Although I had an underwear on at this point, this incident occurred at the backseat of a car pretty much in the dark. There was a a lot of sweat, semen and vaginal fluids involved. I took tissues and cleaned it all up, including removing my underwear and wiping everything off. I did?t put the underwear back on when I redressed. While I understand no intercourse took place, my concern is whether in the fluid heavy environment and messy cleanup process, some of that semen may have found a way to the opening of either the anus or the vagina and maybe trickled inside. My first question is 1) is this considered a viable exposure, or does the semen need to be deposited deeper inside the anal/vaginal walls to have the potential of transmission? While I don?t truly know his hiv status, we are residents in a country that screens for hiv every 2 years and and requires all residents to be negative to receive a visa. His last medical screening was 7 months prior to this incident. Upon my request, he did take an hiv screening ab/ag combo test 45 days after this incident with me which was non-reactive but i?m hesitant to take that at face value as a number of factors can affect that. I also took the hiv combo, syphilis, hep b & c at 50 days and 88 days after the incident and they all returned as non-reactive. Based on the research I had done, I assumed this was conclusive, however the gp doctor I consulted with at my test at 88 days asked me to repeat the test at 6 months for a 100% conclusive result. This leads to my second question 2) is the hiv combo test only reliable with 100% certainty after 6 months and I need retest again or can I take this test at 88 days test as conclusive and forget this entire incident? I am most concerned as i?m getting married in 1.5 months (this is before the 6 months mark) and I don?t want to take even the slightest chance of transmitting anything to my spouse. Thank you for your response!


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