Question
Can five seconds without a condom be a risk? And in the US?
3 July 2022. Related: All topics, HIV transmission.
Hi i have a question. I have been HIV+ for about like 2 months now. i have also been taking my medication daily and I live in the US. My question is can i spread HIV to someone if i put it in for 5 seconds without a condom ?
Answer
Hi there
Thanks for writing – good you are now doing well on meds now to.
Finding out you have HIV can still be tough but it does get easier. I hope you are doing well.
There are several parts to this question though.
Five seconds without a condom is not likely to be an HIV risk anyway. This is so long as you have no pre-cum and don’t cum.
As you have been on treatment for two months, your viral load will be very low. This would technically make it even less of a risk. If your viral load is already undetectable then this risk becomes zero – even if you had full sex without a condom and did cum.
But you can only rely on this by your latest viral load test.
Some guidelines say that one having one undetectable viral load test is enough to stop any risk. Others say that there should be two undetectable viral load results first.
Your question also raises the problem of whether the law recognises this as zero risk. So even if the risk is zero, if your partner did not know you are HIV positive, they might be able to say this is assault. In some countries, this is even if there is not risk and no transmission.
There is still a lot of prejudice and discrimination about HIV. In is still illegal in many US States to have any type of sex without telling your partner if you are living with HIV.
Luckily, some States are changing these old laws. But other people in the US are still in prison after their partners went to the police = even if there was no HIV transmission.
The SERO project in the US has more info on this.
https://www.seroproject.com
Hi Mariam, we can’t interpret results of individual tests but there is more info at these links:
https://i-base.info/qa/11844
Bt yesterday I checked HIV bt the strip confusing
Hi AlexanderHelp, for more information about transmission please see here: https://i-base.info/qa/factsheets/hiv-transmission-and-testing
Hi, i have a question.
As i top, i had sex with man
We used condom during sex, but at the end, i take off condom and ejaculate inside of him.
So it was only few seconds (5-10 max) inside of him without condom. What are chance to get hiv in situation like this (for me as a top) (and to be clear, i don’t know his status)
Hi James, this is not an exposure. You do not need to be concerned about HIV.
For information about testing and transmission please see here: https://i-base.info/qa/factsheets/hiv-transmission-and-testing
Hello, I want to start by appreciating the great job that this website is doing here. It is very helpful.On my part, I have a very serious question. Three months ago i had sex with two different women at different time even though I use condom in both encounter, i am so scared becouse in the second encounter while she was perfoming oral sex,before vagina sex, I could sense her teeth, I am so scared that may be the condom was pierced by her teeth to some extent that can’t seen by eye. After that exposure i had litter fever, and now i have some little sores on my mouth. Honestly, I am so scared that i might got exposure to HIV. I real need your advice. Thankx.