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HIV Prevention and Testing => Do I Have HIV? => Topic started by: Sk874158 on September 15, 2012, 01:10:20 pm
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I gave unprotected oral to a boy who claims he is negative because he has only had sex twice but they where both virgins and he used a condom. Anyway 2 weeks exactly after exposure I developed a sore throat limited to the right side of my throat (it was a VERY mild pain that was more annoying than anything) anyway the day after I the sore throat started I got a headache which lasted about 30 minutes and went away without any medication and six days later I have developed 2 mouth ulcers (canker sores) but they aren't really painful.
I'm so scared I have HIV because many websites state there is a low risk of HIV infection from unprotected oral and now I am having ars symptoms please help I'm terrified ?
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You never had an exposure and your symptoms have nothing to do with ARS.
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but every page i read it says that sore throats are one of the main symptoms of early hiv infection (ars) and about half mention mouth ulcers also ?
also sorry for being annoying but do seroconversion (ars) symptoms appear all at once together or can they appear indivually one by one.
any replys would be greatly appreciated thankyou ! ?
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Mouth ulcers and sore throats are caused by a hundred things. You never had an exposure from oral sex.
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ok i know my risk of infection was extremly low (negligble risk) put can you give me an exact figure if possible ?
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Your saliva has over a dozen elements and proteins which very effectively prevent the transmission of viable HIV. You are worrying needlessly.
The ONLY confirmed risks for the sexual transmission of HIV are unprotected vaginal and anal intercourse. That's it. As long as condoms are properly used for those activities you will be well protected against the HIV virus.
You are worrying needlessly. Get on with your life and keep those condoms handy for when you need them.
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I imagine that the number of people who use condoms for oral sex can be measured in the, I dunno, hundreds worldwide?
The qualification we use at AIDSMEDS is based on three distinct and separate studies conducted over the course of two decades with serodiscordant couples. We do not rely on anecdotal evidence insofar as HIV transmission is concerned, especially not now, where the current state of the scientific and epidemiological art is as advanced as it is. With more people living longer and healthier lives, a large enough collection of serodiscordant couples has finally emerged to create blind studies where HIV transmission routes can be studied with scientific quantification.
Here are some of the scientific findings.
No incident HIV infections among MSM who practice exclusively oral sex.
Int Conf AIDS 2004 Jul 11-16; 15:(abstract no. WePpC2072)??Balls JE, Evans JL, Dilley J, Osmond D, Shiboski S, Shiboski C, Klausner J, McFarland W, Greenspan D, Page-Shafer K?University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, United States
Oral transmission of HIV, reality or fiction? An update
J Campo1, MA Perea1, J del Romero2, J Cano1, V Hernando2, A Bascones1
Oral Diseases (2006) 12, 219–228
AIDS: Volume 16(17) 22 November 2002 pp 2350-2352
Risk of HIV infection attributable to oral sex among men who have sex with men and in the population of men who have sex with men
Page-Shafer, Kimberlya,b; Shiboski, Caroline Hb; Osmond, Dennis Hc; Dilley, Jamesd; McFarland, Willie; Shiboski, Steve Cc; Klausner, Jeffrey De; Balls, Joycea; Greenspan, Deborahb; Greenspan
Page-Shafer K, Veugelers PJ, Moss AR, Strathdee S, Kaldor JM, van Griensven GJ. Sexual risk behavior and risk factors for HIV-1 seroconversion in homosexual men participating in the Tricontinental Seroconverter Study, 1982-1994 [published erratum appears in Am J Epidemiol 1997 15 Dec; 146(12):1076]. Am J Epidemiol 1997, 146:531-542.
Studies which show the fallacy of relying on anecdotal evidence as opposed to carefully controlled study insofar as HIV transmission risk is concerned:
Jenicek M. "Clinical Case Reporting" in Evidence-Based Medicine. Oxford: Butterworth–Heinemann; 1999:117
Saltzman SP, Stoddard AM, McCusker J, Moon MW, Mayer KH. Reliability of self-reported sexual behavior risk factors for HIV infection in homosexual men. Public Health Rep. 1987 102(6):692–697.Nov–Dec;
Catania JA, Gibson DR, Chitwood DD, Coates TJ. Methodological problems in AIDS behavioral research: influences on measurement error and participation bias in studies of sexual behavior. Psychol Bull. 1990 Nov;108(3):339–362.
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SK,
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