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Question

If a HIV negative man comes inside a HIV positive woman what are the risks to the man?

What is the risk if a negative man having sex with a positive woman uses a condom but then when the man is about to come he takes off the condom and he comes inside of the woman? Will the man be infected?

Answer

Thank you for your question.

Any risk is not related to whether or not you cum, but to other factors. These include how long the contact lasts (in this case maybe just a few seconds) so the risk will be very low.

If your partner is taking HIV treatment and has an undetectable viral load, then the risk will be zero, even if you don;t use condoms at all.

The biggest risk of transmission relates to viral load. When this is undetectable the risk becomes zero then transmission doesn’t occur.

Are you asking this question so your partner can become pregnant? If yes, the it is easy to  still conceive naturally, but better if your partner is on treatment.

This question was updated in January 2018 from an original answer posted in December 2010. i-Base no longer answers individual questions about HIV transmission and risk but please see: Question 1, 5, 6 and 9 at this link).

61 comments

  1. sai

    I had sex with a HIV positive woman one time, just 15 minutes. Can i be affected?

  2. Simon Collins

    Hi Nomasomi

    If your viral load is undetectable on treatment, than your partner will still be HIV negative.

    Having an undetectable viral load makes it very, very unlikely that your partner can catch HIV, as the risk os close to zero.

  3. Nomasomi

    I’m hiv positive i’ve beeb dating a hiv negative for 10 months but i am on treatment. He decided not to use a condom after 6 months of dating i end up falling pregnant but my worry is that is he still negative??

  4. Robin Jakob

    Hi,

    There is no reason related to HIV that you shouldn’t marry. There are many couples like yourselves where one partner is negative and the other is not. You can have sex safely. Eventually if you want to also have children who are HIV negative.

    You can find information about couples like yours and risk of transmission here:
    http://i-base.info/guides/testing/risk-hiv-status

  5. sunday

    I’m HIV negative and in love with a woman that is HIV positive, can I marry and live with her?

  6. Rebecca McDowall

    I’m sorry but i-Base no longer answers questions about HIV testing or the risk of sexual transmission. This is because these questions are already answered in our Testing and transmission guide.

  7. Calvin

    I’m HIV negative but had unprotected sex with an HIV positive woman just once, after two days i began to feel fever with flu, then i started taken some antibiotics for two weeks but the symptoms still persist, does that means i have been infected? What next step can i take?

  8. Charlotte Walker

    In situations such as this you need to think of your health first. Unprotected sex could lead to further sexually transmitted infections or infection with a HIV strain that is resistant. If your partner knows your status then you should talk to him about getting tested for HIV and other STIs before you have unprotected sex again. If you are on treatment with a stable undetectable viral load for more than 6 months then the risk of you transmitting the virus to him through unprotected sex is very minimal. For more information please follow this link to read about the Swiss Statement. It is possible for you to have a baby without having to have unprotected sex if you do not want to. For more information please follow this link.

  9. Mary Jacqueline Apenina

    So what can I do as a positive woman with a negative man who takes off the condom when having sex? If the negative man refuses to wear a condom what do I do? I want a child also.

  10. Mary Jacqueline Apenina

    This is one of the best information sites I know regarding having sex with a negative man with a positive woman