Que. On barebacking, my boyfriend has had three negative tests over nine months and I have had one. Are we okay?
Ans. If you mean negative HIV tests, then it is unlikely that either of you are infected, but be sure, both partners need to be monogamous and you should get another test. The risk of barebacking, however, goes beyond HIV. People can transmit herpes, gonorrhea, syphilis and chlamydia to each other, too -- so both partners should also be tested and treated, if infected, for these infections. There should be testing of the urine and rectum for gonorrhea and chlamydia. Both of these are treatable infections and can lay dormant in your body without symptons. Ask your doctor for a full spectrum of STD tests for the different places you have sex -- throat, penis and or rectum.
