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HIV Prevention and Testing => Do I Have HIV? => Topic started by: dannydanz on July 08, 2013, 05:39:56 pm
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Hi guys, thanks for taking the time to read my post.
Basically I met a guy from a website for oral sex, I performed it on him and he ejaculated in my mouth and I spat his load out. The worry I have is that my gums aren't in great condition and bleed easily when I brush or if I jab them too hard. I did not brush my teeth prior to the oral sex and the only other contact he had was that the head of his penis touched mine briefly. He said he was not hiv+ and did not have any stds but obviously that cannot be trusted entirely. I am hoping to find out if I was at risk during this encounter for being infected.
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Hi Danny , you didn't have risk so you can relax . Your saliva has dozens of property's that damage and render HIV unable to infect .
There have been no fewer than three separate serodiscordant couples studies (where one person is HIV positive, the other negative.) These couples were tracked for three. five and ten years. The couples used condoms for penetrative vaginal and anal sex, but NO BARRIER at all for oral sex. Any kind of oral sex.
These studies yielded NO infections.
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.
ALTHOUGH YOU DO NOT NEED HIV TESTING AT THIS TIME for the BJ incident , 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!
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Thankyou very much for your quick and friendly reply, I trust your expertise and you have put my mind more at rest. Please keep up the good work you guys do on these forums, its a great cause.
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Your welcome Danny . If you had a risk I would not have hesitated to alert you so that you could take steps to protect your and others health . Giving accurate information and advice is our number one goal in this forum . Thanks again and please remember to use condoms correctly and consistently for vaginal and anal sex , if you do this you will avoid HIV and enjoy a stress free sex life .