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 if i used a very low quality condom when having sex with a prostitute but the condom did not burst, should i be worried about HIV????
i did hear popping 3 times but when i cummed , it was there inside the condom. also while having sex, i saw the condom .it was intact{i could not see any tear in it....}
Answer Dear Worried:
Peace and Namaste. An intact latex condom prevents HIV in fluids from passing through the membrane. As such, it protects one or both partners from infection. If the condom is of such low quality that blood, semen, or vaginal secretions can pass through it, it certainly lowers the degree of protection. On the other hand, it appears that it does reduce (by your description) the amount of ejaculate (cum) to which your partner was exposed.
It is unclear whether it protected you from blood, vaginal secretions, or the semen of your partner.
It would seem, however, that it would reduce the amount of the fluids to which you were exposed. I would say that you reduced - though perhaps not as much as you might have - the risk.
Be on the safe side, abstain AND get some condoms from a local testing center and learn your current HIV status, then return in 6 weeks and be tested again. Most programmes offer condoms to those at risk of transmission.
