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Author Topic: What is my overall risk of adquire HIV?  (Read 3379 times)

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Offline poeta

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What is my overall risk of adquire HIV?
« on: November 17, 2011, 07:37:17 pm »
Hello;

I am Francisco. I write you because I have inquiries about risks of transmission of HIV. Two weeks ago, I had receptive and protected anal sex ( we used condom which did not break) with a guy whom has HIV (I realized of that the next morning of the intercourse). Also, I did fellatio to him (without condom), but there were not ejaculation, and when we were kissing ( eating a chocolate). he did a cut in the mouth lip. I did not have any cut in my oral mucosa, but I was receiving treatment for peptic ulcers because of Helicobacter Pylori infection. He was diagnosed by June 20th, 2011 ( when his viral load was 76,500 copies/ml). Since that time, he is receiving HAART with lamivudine-zidovudine-efavirenz twice daily, but he told me that there are some days ( at maximun 3) that he does not take the pills, but most days of the month he is adhering to the treatment. His current viral load is 39,000 copies/ml.

When I realized of him diagnosis, I went to a doctor who gave me profilaxis about 18 hours post-exposure with lamivudine-zidovudine. At 24 hours post-exposure, I received Efavirenz, but at 36 hours post-exposure my regimen was changed with ritonavir-lopinavir. My question is : What is my overall risk of acquiring HIV, taking in consideration all that I have described above?.

Thank you very much in advance.

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Re: What is my overall risk of adquire HIV?
« Reply #1 on: November 17, 2011, 07:53:17 pm »
Prophylactic treatment, or PEP as it is called, was absolutely unnecessary as you did not gave the slightest risk for HIV in the situation as you describe it.
"Many people, especially in the gay community, turn to oral sex as a safer alternative in the age of AIDS. And with HIV rates rising, people need to remember that oral sex is safer sex. It's a reasonable alternative."

-Kimberly Page-Shafer, PhD, MPH

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Offline poeta

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Re: What is my overall risk of adquire HIV?
« Reply #2 on: November 18, 2011, 12:34:00 pm »
Thank you very much for the answer.  I wonder what is the overall risk for acquire HIV through contact of oral mucosa with contaminated blood? ( as ocurred with me in the kiss).

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Re: What is my overall risk of adquire HIV?
« Reply #3 on: November 18, 2011, 03:22:06 pm »
None.

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Re: What is my overall risk of adquire HIV?
« Reply #4 on: November 18, 2011, 05:15:40 pm »
HIV has NEVER been documented to have been transmitted via a kiss. There are simply too many barriers in the mouth for that to happen.

You will not be the first.

"Many people, especially in the gay community, turn to oral sex as a safer alternative in the age of AIDS. And with HIV rates rising, people need to remember that oral sex is safer sex. It's a reasonable alternative."

-Kimberly Page-Shafer, PhD, MPH

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