My boyfriend recently had a patient with a severe case of herpes due to his HIV. The patient was in much pain and kept touching himself and touching everything in the back of the rig. During this time, my boyfriend had all of his usual protection for his job, however when they got him to the hospital, he de-gloved and began using the computer to put in the patients information. The patient had to sign his signature on the screen and I guess he left it wet (possibly from open sores?). My boyfriend kept on using the computer, but can't remember whether he physically touched the screen after, or if the patient had touched the rest of the computer.
Fairly soon after my boyfriend decided to use the bathroom. It was an abnormally busy day so he had been holding his urine for a while. When he went to the bathroom HE DIDN'T WASH HIS HANDS before hand. Now this is extremely out of character for him, but he says he distinctly remembers not washing his hands and touching his penis to go to the bathroom. Now he is filled with anxiety that he may have passed the virus on to himself and me as well. He is not exhibiting any symptoms, but after reading some facts on the virus he might not need to. Last night my vagina began to itch, not having any burning when I'm urinating but definitely an itch. I may be psyching myself out as I was feeling fine and my vagina does itch like this from time to time depending on how much sugar I've been eating (which I've been eating a lot the past few days). He was exposed 8 days ago and neither of us have any blisters or pain, no fever etc. Is it possible he could have gotten it? Can it ONLY be transmitted if he had tears in his skin or can he get it just by touching his penis?
Thank you very much for your help! I think the reason why he didn't do an exposure report was that it didn't occur to him until a few days later that he may have exposed himself to the virus.
Unfortunately he seems to be suffering from Thrush. He's still scared because he's never had it before and he can't believe he'd get Thrush the same week as being possibly exposed to herpes. He's also scared since herpes can mimic the symptoms of a yeast infection. He originally planned on getting a blood test to see if he contracted the virus, but from what we read he might have to was up to 12 weeks for it to show up in his system. His penis is exhibiting signs of a yeast infection along with a fishy smell. He's also uncircumcised. He cleans himself very well, so he can't believe he has one.
Anyway, I'm trying to stay positive!