Hiv risk for oral sex after biting tongue?

[dllx]

Hi All,

   Last night I met up with someone I met over the Internet and I ended up giving him oral sex.  I made him wear a condom, but I couldn't get it on the first run (he wasn't hard enough), so I tried putting it on him with my mouth...I thought I may have tasted a bit of pre-cum, so I stopped and put a new one on him and was able to suck him for a while.  I did also lick this shaft prior to this.  He did not cum at all during any of this, but did leak precum a lot...

Anyways, I had bit my tongue a bit earlier in the day and thought nothing of it until after the sexual encounter...since my tongue then had a large cut on it...there was no bleeding, but I could see 'red', like it was open. 

The guy says he's HIV-, but I'm super paranoid and anxious...and seeing as I do not know him very well...I'm a bit dubious to his claims.

Assuming that I did taste precum...what's my exposure risk?  Should I get on PEP?  Do I need testing?

Thanks in advance!

[Jeff G]

You did not have a risk for HIV in this situation . In order for there to be a risk you would have had to have significant open wounds in your mouth and your partner would have to have a high HIV viral load ... and that was not the case in your situation . There have only been a scant few cases of oral transmission of HIV in the last 30 years so you need not worry about contracting HIV in this manner .

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 did not have a risk and do not need to test for this specific 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!

[dllx]

Whew!    Thanks for such a quick update!  Just for my own knowledge...what would significant open wounds be?  I can definitely see where I bit my tongue...there's a gash right where it happened.  Also, how you tell if the guy had a high viral load or not?

Thanks again in advance!

[Jeff G]

Whew!    Thanks for such a quick update!  Just for my own knowledge...what would significant open wounds be?  I can definitely see where I bit my tongue...there's a gash right where it happened.  Also, how you tell if the guy had a high viral load or not?

Thanks again in advance!

Significant open wounds is bloody deep cuts or meth mouth . Your saliva has dozens of proteins and enzymes that damage HIV and render it unable to infect . If you had a risk I would tell you straight up so that you could get tested and protect your and others health so I am confident you did not have a 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.