Expert: John Thai, M.D. - 11/2/2008

Question
Dear Sir,

       i went to ladies bar and there were ladies sex worker one of the came towards me and started pouring drink to me then i gave her 100/- rs she didnt kiss me any where she started masturmating my penis from outside my short pant she was shaking fast but i was feeling inconvenient so i pull down my short pant now i was on underwear again she started masturbation again it was not ok then i pull down my underwear so now i was naked she was shaking fastly but my operation was not over she got tired of shaking fastly and roughly her hands were paining so she told me its enough i called for another girl and she started masturbating very fast within few minutes it was over and i was relaxed and i went home as i went home my penis was little bit paining so i saw my skin of penis was scratch and little bit blood was there on the surface of penis so my query is that are my chances of getting aids as suppose her nail has scratch my skin .

    pls sir do suggest me i m in tense i m married

can through nails hiv can be passed or through dry hiv infected  blood in the nail that scratch to a normal person can hiv be passed. pls suggest............

can we get hiv through nails? if suppose infected blood is present in the nails and if scratch to a normal person are the chances of having aids? or dry infected blood in nails scratch to a normal person can we get aids?

      as behind the question reason is that during  masturmation from sexworker my skin got scratches and blood came out , so i   m worried so are my chaces of getting hiv through nails .
pls help me out

pls do reply

waiting for ur keen reply?
Best regards


Answer
Hi Mullani,

I have never heard of and do not expect HIV to be transmitted via fingernails. Unless she was heavily bleeding from a cut/wound on those fingers, there risks are very low to none.

I highly recommend that you use protection while engaging in sexual activities with prostitutes. A condom for handjobs to blowjobs. Better be safe than sorry.

I also highly recommend that you have a complete sexually transmitted infections (STI) screening, formerly known as sexually transmitted disease (STD), once every 3 months should you continue to be sexually active with more than one partner.

To ease your worries, you may want to request an HIV nucleic acid amplification testing (NAT/NAAT) from your physician. This test will give you a 99% accuracy if you were infected approximately two weeks from the date of the sexual activity.


Best,

John Thai, MD