Can a person become infected with HIV from receiving or giving a massage?

As stated in the previous question, there is no entry point to the blood stream through intact skin. Blood, sexual fluid or vaginal secretions would need to get into the bloodstream. Blood or sexual fluid would need to get into a significant area of skin loss (such as a bleeding wound), which is extremely unlikely from massaging or being massaged. I have seen a sex worker and am now worried that I may have been exposed to HIV. Can I catch the virus by having sex with a sex worker? As mentioned, it is not the "type" of person who you have sex with but the behaviour that puts a person at risk. The principles of HIV transmission apply to everyone who you have sex with and the type of sexual behaviour that has occurred. If safe sex is practised, you will not be at risk. Can other sexually transmitted infections make you more susceptible to HIV? The presence of other STIs can make it easier for HIV to enter the blood stream during unprotected sex (or in/on the mouth of a person performing ...  more