You are here:

AIDS/Help me Sir! Please

Advertisement

Expert: - 4/30/2011


Question
Hello dear Sir!

I am a 21 years old male and I live in India.

Sir, About one week ago I had four or five times sex in two days with different girls which were sex workers. I worn two condoms Simultaneously each time. Only at one time when I worn only one condom I noticed a break in my condom. I did not continue with the same condom because it was torn and out of work. I think more or less 15 than 20 seconds my penis was in her vagina with that broken condom till I noticed and changed it. I have also had sex in the same place with two other girls around one month ago. Considering the girls who are sex workers and doing sex for money with every one I am in a doubt if they had HIV Aids and I am infected with HIV Aids too. Sir, I am in a big doubt and I can not stop my mind from thinking about it. I can not do my studies and I am an able to do any thing. I am always thinking about my this mistake which I doubt if changed my life.

If you kindly please tell me what is the percentage of my infection and if any medical test or checking is needed and every thing you can to make my mind go out of this tension. I think I can not live for more time in such a condition.

Thanks a lot for your help in advance.
Sincerely your,
Far.......

Answer
Dear Farzan,

Welcome to AllExperts.

Two issues:
1. Female sex workers are one of the most at risk populations. Having unsafe sex always poses the risk of HIV transmission.
2. Condom break poses significant risk of HIV exposure.

I would request you to go for HIV antibody test 3 months after that exposure and again after 6 months to have a conclusive result.

Regards,
Gorkey

AIDS

All Answers

Answers by Expert:

Ask Experts

Volunteer

Gorkey Gourab

Expertise

Social and behavioral issues related to HIV transmission, sexually transmitted infections, Human Rights issues, rights of marginalized populations, gender and sexuality, research design and analysis related social & behavioral issues, , computer assisted qualitative data analysis and data management (using ATLAS.ti, ANTHROPAC, NVivo 8)

Experience

Specialized in Medical Anthropology. Working on Social and behavioral studies related to HIV transmission as well as Human Rights issues. Specialization in gender, sexuality, masculinity, behavioral studies related to HIV transmission. Qualitative research, programmatic and M&E experience with MSM, hijra (TG), indigenous groups, female sex workers for more than 7 years.

Organizations
International Center for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (icddr,b) as Manager - M&E (Qualitative) with Center for HIV and AIDS

Publications
International peer-reviewed journals & technical papers: (1) Khan, S. I., Hussain, M. I., Parveen, S., Bhuiyan, M. I., Gourab, G., & Bhuiya, A. (2009). Living on the extreme margin: Social exclusion of the hijra in Bangladesh. Journal of health, population and nutrition. (2) Khan, S. I., Hussain, M. I., Gourab, G., Parveen, S., Bhuiyan, M. I., & Sikder, J. (2008). Not to stigmatize but to humanize sexual lives of the transgender (hijra): condom chat in the AIDS era. Journal of LGBT Health Research (Special issue: issues on male sexual behaviors and HIV risk in South Asia). Working papers: (1) Khan, S. I., Gourab, G., Ahmed, T., Sarker, G. F., Chowdhury, F. K., Ghosh, S., et al. (2009). Understanding the operational dynamics and possible HIV interventions for residence-based female sex workers in two divisional cities in Bangladesh. Dhaka, Bangladesh: NASP, Save the Children USA and icddr,b. Presentations in scientific meetings and conferences: (1) Khan, S. I., Hussain, M. I., Gourab, G. & Azim, T. (2011, 16 March 2011). Use of a new approach to count and access diverse groups of hijra for scaling up HIV-preventions services in Bangladesh. Poster presented at the 13th Annual Scientific Conference (ASCON XIII), Dhaka. (2) Khan, S. I., Pasa, K., Gourab, G., & Islam, A. (2007). Indigenous populations of Bangladesh: Living with risks and vulnerabilities to STIs/HIV. 8th International Congress on AIDS in Asia and the Pacific (ICAAP). Colombo, Sri Lanka.

Education/Credentials
MSS (Anthropology), University of Rajshahi, Bangladesh

Awards and Honors
The Vanderbilt-UAB Fogarty International Center AIDS International Training and Research Program (AITRP)Scholarship for the training on HIV-AIDS related qualitative data analysis and manuscript writing (Center for Global Health, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA)

©2012 About.com, a part of The New York Times Company. All rights reserved.