Does PrEp still protect you even if there's 'tares' on your penis?

[TheLusciousLad]

I'm a type 1 diabetic, so for me, cuts take longer to heal than normal people. I jerk off A LOT and i have a few small tares around my cock, even though i use lube. would PrEp still protect me from HIV even if i have small tares around my cock? 

[concerned1]

I would say yes. PrEP is an HIV prevention drug. This means it's job is to prevent infection when the body comes into contact with the virus. For it to do it's actual job, you would need to come into contact with the virus and have the virus enter you...but for you to not become infected and subsequently seroconvert. That would be PrEP acting as an HIV preventative drug. Hope that makes sense.

Edited August 24, 2017 by concerned1

[TheLusciousLad]

so it makes your body 'immune' to the virus? as in even if the virus enters, your body will still be able to fight it off before it sets in? 

[concerned1]

Yes, that's right. PrEP cannot prevent HIV infection if the HIV isn't there in the first place....so the answer to your question is, yes. In effect it makes you "immune". But ONLY while you are taking it. It doesn't act in the same way a vaccine would; that is to say that, it only protects you while you're taking it....so if you stop taking PrEP, then you're no longer protected.

Edited August 24, 2017 by concerned1

[TheLusciousLad]

ok, just double checking

thanks  

[seaguy]

Being that the protection PrEP provides is in your bloodstream you are protected whichever way HIV chooses to enter your body and or bloodstream.

[TotalPig]

Ask your doctor not strangers on a website on how to best manage your health

[GermanFucker]

On 7/6/2018 at 6:43 AM, PhillyActionHere said:

Ask your doctor not strangers on a website on how to best manage your health

 

That's always the best advise. But the mechanism of action of the active substances in truvada is well documented public knowledge, so everybody can double check what is said here.

Tenofovir is a Nucleotide analog reverse-transcriptase inhibitors (NtARTI or NtRTI).

Emtricitabine is a Nucleoside analog reverse-transcriptase inhibitors (NARTI or NRTI).

Both prevent the HIV virus from integrating its DNA into the T-Cells in your mucosal tissues and bloods stream, and by extension, reaching the dormant parts of you immune system and building reservoirs there (the reason why undetectable poz guys unfortunately are not fully cured of the virus).

So in short: yes, PreP should provide sufficient protection, even if the skin or mucosal tissue is damaged, given that:

a.) it is taken regularly enough according to prescription

b.) the specific virus the is not resistant against Tenofovir or Emtricitabine.

You still are, however at risk for other infections such as syphillis. But then again, not taking PreP because it is just 99.99% safe instead of 100% doesn't make much sense.

 

 

[mort]

In Thailand we wont issue prep if you have diabetes or even pre diabetic due to the results we have seen it causes a fair amount of issues and in some cases causing life threatening results.

 

always speak to a medical professional before hand