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Offline gemutlich13

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« on: August 07, 2015, 05:51:20 pm »
Hello,

I have a mouth ulcer on my top gum by one of my canine teeth. I went out on Sunday night and I was quite drunk. I ended up kissing another guy for a good portion of the night. I am not sure if he was bleeding in his mouth because I was drunk but I honestly don't think I tasted any blood. I know saliva doesn't carry HIV but what if he was HIV+ and say, his gums started bleeding and came into contact with my ulcer? Is it considered an open wound? What if I swallowed the blood? I also find my gums bleed when I brush my teeth and I brushed my teeth a few hours before I went out.

Did I encounter a risk? Should I get tested? I am scared because I heard of a guy who was giving another guy a blowjob and the guy was HIV+ and had a nosebleed and the guy giving the blowjob swallowed the blood by mistake and is now infected.. I thought you couldn't get HIV from any kind of oral. :(

Please help me.

Many thanks.
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Offline Joe K

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Re: Worried.
« Reply #1 on: August 07, 2015, 06:04:48 pm »
You can relax as you never had a risk.

Oral sex is not a risk for infection.  HIV is a very fragile virus.  Its outer surface becomes damaged, immediately when leaving the host; where changes in temperature, pH and moisture levels, alter the HIV outer surface, rendering it unable to infect.  The mouth is another barrier, as it protects us from pathogens that we encounter daily and it contains over a dozen proteins and enzymes that alter HIV, leaving it 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.

You have not had a risk and you do not need to test over this incident.  You may also want to consider that not everything you read is true.

Joe
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Offline gemutlich13

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Re: Worried.
« Reply #2 on: August 07, 2015, 06:12:17 pm »
So blood touching a mouth ulcer is not like infected blood passing through an open wound and infecting someone?


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Offline Joe K

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Re: Worried.
« Reply #3 on: August 07, 2015, 06:32:27 pm »
Quote from: gemutlich13 on August 07, 2015, 06:12:17 pm
So blood touching a mouth ulcer is not like infected blood passing through an open wound and infecting someone?

No it isn't.  Nobody has ever become infected from giving a blowjob and you will not be the first one.

Joe
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Offline gemutlich13

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Re: Worried.
« Reply #4 on: August 07, 2015, 06:50:54 pm »
Thank you. You guys do a fantastic job around here. Truly grateful for the service you all provide.
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Re: Worried.
« Reply #5 on: August 07, 2015, 07:15:43 pm »
You are welcome.

Joe
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