Can HIV Be Contracted Through Non-penetrative Sexual Act?

Posted on Mon, 27 Jun 2016

Question: Hi Doctor, i would like to share an experience which i had with a woman recently. I spent some time with a woman wherein, we were involved in some kind of activity. We were upper half naked and i was wearing an underwear and we embraced each other. I then lowered her legging and touched her private part but did not perform any other oral sex activity like fingering and all. She then pulled her leggings up and i then masturbated. In this whole episode, we did not do any type of oral sex or penetrative sex. I would just like to know that in case if our private parts touched for a second (which i believe did not happen) but just in case so should i be worried about HIV. We did not do any oral sex or penetrative sex for sure. Could you please advice.

Answered by Dr. Sanjay Kumar Kanodia (2 hours later)

Brief Answer:
No possibility of HIV in your case. Relax

Detailed Answer:
Hello,

Welcome and thanks for posting your query to the forum.

I can understand your concern for the possibility of HIV after the incidence.

After analyzing the complete query let me reassure you first that overall there is no possibility of HIV or any other major Sexually transmitted diseases.

It is due to the fact that in case of HIV infection, it requires breech in the skin along with exchange of fluids from infected to noninfected person.

In your case there had not been any such above events of breech in skin or exchange of fluids. So relax your mind completely from any possibility of HIV.

I hope these facts relieves your anxiety completely.

My best wishes for your healthy life.

With regards,

Dr Sanjay Kanodia
MD - DERMATOLOGY & SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES

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Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar