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 I visited a sex worker and just wanted her to help me masturbate. She used a condom that she had on my penis and did it. There was no intercourse or kissing. I did not have contact with her vagina. I am worried about the fact that the condom that she used might be infected or she might have the semen of any other customer on her hands etc. What are the chances of me getting infected?
Answer Dear Saswat:
If the condom she used was fresh - that is, not full of the semen of a previous customer or wet with her vaginal secretions or blood, it would not place you at risk. If her hands were wet with semen or vaginal secretions, it might put you at some slight risk, but the condom would in that case provide additional protection. Please note that unless you were in direct contact with blood, semen, or vaginal secretions, you are not at risk, and the duration of your exposure, the amount of the fluids to which you were exposed - both suggest your risk - if any - is very, very small.
I hope this helps. I'd suggest going to www.thebody.com or www.avert.org for more information on HIV and how to prevent transmission.
