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Expert: Kristen Brannock, MPH - 2/25/2008


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QUESTION: went to a massage parlor in India, woman masseuse, lots of embrace, i masturbated her, then she masturbated me... when she was doing me her hand had some vaginal discharge on her hand ....after i had ejaculated i immdlty went into the bathroom and washed my penis with liquid soap ....
CAN I GET AIDS???
DO I NEED TO DO TESTS????

ANSWER: Anytime infected semen, vaginal fluid, blood and/or breast milk enter another person's body, transmission is possible. If vaginal fluid from her hand entered your penis, then it is possible- however that is not a very likely route of transmission.

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QUESTION: DO I NEED TESTS????
HOW MUCH LIQUID IS NEEDED AND WHAT IS THE METHOD BY WHICH IT ENTERS????

Answer
The amount of fluid varies. HIV does not flow uniformly throughout the body so in one instance it may take a little fluid and then in the next a lot.

It would enter your body through any natural or artifical (sores, broken skin etc) openings.

It is not a likely route of transmission so you use this information to make your own choice about testing.

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Kristen Brannock, MPH

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I can answer questions concerning HIV infection and AIDS. This includes ways it can and cannot be transmitted, how it is treated, how it affects the body and methods to protect yourself. I can also answer questions concerning safer sex and contraception.

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I trained with the Red Cross to become an HIV/AIDS counselor and was a member of CARES- Carolina AIDS Resource Education Service in college. I have an MPH in Health Behavior and Health Education and conduct research in the field of HIV prevention. I also take continuing education courses in HIV/STI prevention periodically.

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Master of Public Health Health Behavior and Health Education UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health (formerly UNC-CH School of Public Health)

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