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HIV Prevention and Testing => Do I Have HIV? => Topic started by: soscared86 on December 13, 2013, 01:45:29 pm

Title: Very Worried about Oral
Post by: soscared86 on December 13, 2013, 01:45:29 pm
Hello
I performed oral on one of my friends. I am a married female and had only one partner for 15yr
This was such a huge mistake I made. The male I performed it on ejaculated in my mouth. My worry is that although I have good oral health I do wear braces. I didnt have any sores and if there
were any i didnt feel or see them. I immediately spit out and used mouthwash. I am terrified. Should I be worried?Also there wasnt alot of ejaculate when I spit out it was mostly saliva.

Title: Re: Very Worried about Oral
Post by: Jeff G on December 13, 2013, 01:55:41 pm
You didn't have a risk in the situation you describe .

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.

ALTHOUGH YOU DO NOT NEED HIV TESTING AT THIS TIME for this 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 STDs 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!
Title: Re: Very Worried about Oral
Post by: soscared86 on December 13, 2013, 02:17:03 pm
Thank you for your response.It certainly puts my mind at ease. Ive been searching the web and it has sent me into almost a full panic attack. I ran across your site and I see you guys are doing great things. I trust your advice and have certainly learned from my mistakes. Also I have gained a wealth of knowledge about the virus.
Title: Re: Very Worried about Oral
Post by: Jeff G on December 13, 2013, 02:25:05 pm
Thank you . You can put this behind you now . If you had a risk we would not hesitate to tell you so you could seek testing and treatment if needed .

Use condoms correctly for vaginal and anal sex and you will avoid HIV .