What Are The Chances Of HIV Transmission Through Non Penetrative Sexual Activity?

Posted on Mon, 6 Jun 2016

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Mon, 6 Jun 2016 Answered on

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Question : Hello doc I had a accounter with this girl she took off her shirt and u had my clothes on I grabbed her from the back and started grinding on her okay so she layed in the bed while I master bated after the act was done in put my Penis back in my pants but the tip of my head touched my shirt and their was some wet liquid so I want to know is that a way to catch hiv

Answered by Dr. Panagiotis Zografakis (34 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
no...

Detailed Answer:
Hello,

acquiring a STD this way would be very unlikely. Many pathogens die very soon after leaving the body (like Treponema pallidum which is the cause of syphilis or HIV which causes AIDS). In theory transmission is possible if live pathogens enter the body (through cuts of the skin or mucosal surfaces). In practice getting STD via shared clothes is not realistic.

Kind Regards!

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

Follow up: Dr. Panagiotis Zografakis (14 minutes later)

So even if I had precum and it touch my shirt still no possible?

Answered by Dr. Panagiotis Zografakis (3 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
yes...

Detailed Answer:
Your precum has nothing to do with transmission to you. If live pathogens had entered your mucosal surface then transmission would have be possible. But this kind of transmission has never been documented.

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