AboutTerry B Expertise Help in assessing personal and professional risk of HIV transmission; tips in teaching about HIV/AIDS; cultural competency for teaching about HIV/AIDS in Catholic settings; considerations in US and overseas HIV/AIDS programs and education for health and other professionals. Specific questions about treatment should be referred to your health provider; opinions and information offered are not meant to replace medical advice
Experience Seven years with academic medical center and national AIDS education and training center, seven subsequent years with focus on international HIV/AIDS in East and South Africa. Former clinician, bioethics preceptor at an academic medical center and presenter in wide range of fora including international AIDS conference.
Organizations Disabled American Veterans
American Public Health Association
MENSA
AA
Publications Human Variety, EC Sociological Society
Proceedings of the International AIDS Conference, Durban, South Africa
"HIV and Primary Care"
Education/Credentials BS Psychology
MPH Master of Public Health
PhD studies underway
Awards and Honors Naval School of Health Sciences, Hospital Corps with Highest Honors, Neuropsychiatry with Honors and High Distinction
Question last summer i had protected anal sex with a guy i was seeing, who claimed he was hiv negative. i was only inside him for about 10 minutes, and i did not ejaculate. he ejaculated on my stomach, where i remember i had a few pimples. i dont think any semen came into contact with them, but i started worrying because i remember trying to pop them either earlier that day or the day before. what if semen touched the pimples? is that a big risk for infection?
Answer Dear Mike:
Peace. Blood, semen, or vaginal secretions on an open wound is high risk; estimating "big risk" months later is at best difficult as it involves the examination of your skin and status of your wounds/pimples, and 10 minutes is a significant amount of time for exposure though you reduced the area greatly by wearing a condom; your ejaculating inside a condom would not put YOU at greater risk.
For your own peace of mind, please go to a voluntary testing and counseling center (many offer free and anonymous HIV testing) and learn your HIV status. Assessment of risk, tips on prevention, and knowing - rather than guessing or estimating - will be of much greater use to you than any statistics.
