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HIV Prevention and Testing => Do I Have HIV? => Topic started by: imafraid on May 26, 2013, 02:20:39 pm
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First, English is not my native language. And maybe I can not express myself very well, because I'm not well, I am very worried.
A few days ago I got involved with a guy who does not even know the name, we kissed hard, and then I did oral sex on him, too hard, he ejaculated in my mouth, I spit, but even so there was ejaculation.
I searched many sites, talked to health professionals, and all said they had rather LARGE RISKS I be contaminated.
Please help me.
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First, English is not my native language. And maybe I can not express myself very well, because I'm not well, I am very worried.
A few days ago I got involved with a guy who does not even know the name, we kissed hard, and then I did oral sex on him, too hard, he ejaculated in my mouth, I spit, but even so there was ejaculation.
I searched many sites, talked to health professionals, and all said they had rather LARGE RISKS I be contaminated.
Please help me.
Hi Afraid , the oral sex you had wasn't a risk for HIV and Kissing isn't either .
HIV is acquired through unprotected vaginal and anal intercourse , as long as you use condoms consistently and correctly you will avoid HIV .
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, anyone who is sexually active should be having a full sexual health care checkup, 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 checkups, 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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Even with possible mouth sores + ejaculation?
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Even with possible mouth sores + ejaculation?
You didn't say a thing about mouth sores before your last post but the answer remains the same because minute or possible mouth sores that are so small your not sure they are there that you use the term possible sores does not increase the risk for HIV .
If you have horrible oral hygiene and LARGE open bleeding cuts then it would be low risk .
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.
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Then you are sure that there is no need to test, and I'm not infected? Independent cuts and everything?
Thank you for your attention, but I am truly scared and without peace.
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Doubts and fear aren't facts. The ONLY confirmed risks for the sexual transmission of HIV are unprotected vaginal and anal intercourse. Although theoretically only sex with your own hand is 100% safe, in the real world of HIV science we know that transmission of HIV sexually is about anal and vaginal intercourse without using a condom.
You are worrying needlessly and there is no need for testing unless you need the inevitable negative result just for your peace of mind. Otherwise just get on with your life.