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HIV Prevention and Testing => Do I Have HIV? => Topic started by: worriedadam on April 16, 2013, 10:20:25 pm
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Hi, recently had an encounter with an oversea work lady, I had deep kissing, short unprotected oral sex (She suck mine), protected sex. Upon completion, I did see the condom reservoir tip was filled up with my sperm so I assume it did not break. However next day I had a bad swollen gum with pus at the top back tooth. I'm now very very worried will this increase my chance of getting HIV or STDs?
Please help. :(
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At no time did you have an exposure to HIV.
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Thanks for the reply. You mean NO Risk at all?? Sorry but I've been reading too much on the net and there are so many different kind of saying. Any effective way of allowing me not to worry so much? I think I'm going crazy if this carry on. :'(
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Thanks for the reply. You mean NO Risk at all?? Sorry but I've been reading too much on the net and there are so many different kind of saying. Any effective way of allowing me not to worry so much? I think I'm going crazy if this carry on. :'(
I am sorry you have read conflicting things on the internet. It goes without saying that you will not hear conflicting things here.
The only confirmed risks for HIV transmission are unprotected vaginal and anal sex.
You cannot get HIV from kissing, and you cannot get HIV from getting oral sex. Saliva is not only non-infectious, but it contains over a dozen identified elements which render HIV inert.
You were at no risk.
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Last final question, If if if the condom is assumed unbroken with the sperms still store in the reservoir tip, there are no way that the "virus" can pass through the latex? This is the nonsense ridiculous thinking I can't help but kept scaring myself.
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Adam,
Condoms have been proven to prevent hiv infection. There have been three long-term studies of couples where one is positive and one is negative. In the couples who used condoms for anal or vaginal intercourse, but no barrier for oral activities, not one of the negative partners became infected with hiv. Not one.
You did NOT have a risk for hiv infection.
Here's what you need to know in order to avoid hiv infection:
You need to be using condoms for anal or vaginal intercourse, every time, no exceptions until such time as you are in a securely monogamous relationship where you have both tested for ALL sexually transmitted infections together.
To agree to have unprotected intercourse is to consent to the possibility of being infected with an STI. Sex without a condom lasts only a matter of minutes, but hiv is forever.
Have a look through the condom and lube links in my signature line so you can use condoms with confidence.
ALTHOUGH YOU DO NOT NEED TO TEST FOR HIV SPECIFICALLY OVER PROTECTED INTERCOURSE OR BLOWJOBS, , anyone who is sexually active should be having a full sexual health care check-up, including but not limited to hiv testing, at least once a year and more often if unprotected intercourse occurs.
If you aren't already having regular, routine check-ups, now is the time to start. As long as you make sure condoms are being used for intercourse, you can fully expect your routine hiv tests to return with negative results.
Don't forget to always get checked for all the other sexually transmitted infections as well, because they are MUCH easier to transmit than hiv. Some of the other STIs can be present with no obvious symptoms, so the only way to know for sure is to test.
Use condoms for anal or vaginal intercourse, correctly and consistently, and you will avoid hiv infection. It really is that simple!
Ann