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Title: what is the risk?
Post by: Newlife on April 14, 2008, 03:26:00 am

hi guys, i just wanted to know what is the risk of Rimming for a positive guy like me? 10x for replying .

Title: Re: what is the risk?
Post by: md on April 14, 2008, 04:05:44 am

Quote from: Newlife on April 14, 2008, 03:26:00 am

hi guys, i just wanted to know what is the risk of Rimming for a positive guy like me? 10x for replying .

Hepatitis A and parasites ...

If you have not already been vaccinated against both Hepatitis A and Hepatitis B you should very seriously consider being vaccinated.

Title: Re: what is the risk?
Post by: Newlife on April 15, 2008, 04:40:54 pm

hi . 10x for replying. Nop i'd never been vaccinated against hepatitis A nd hepatitis B.

Title: Re: what is the risk?
Post by: NLEWLAD on April 15, 2008, 05:23:27 pm

i love rimming but i am not responding to hep b energis so having to curtail my rimming

Title: Re: what is the risk?
Post by: Matty the Damned on April 15, 2008, 05:27:28 pm

Actually Simon, the greatest risk from rimming is HAV (Hepatitis A) infection and there is a separate and very effective vaccination for that which you should enquire after.

It is possible to contract HBV (Hepatitis B) infection from rimming but it's more likely to be transmitted through unprotected vaginal or anal sex or through sharing injecting equipment.

Many HIV positive people have trouble developing sufficient immunity to HBV after immunisation, but this can often be addressed by an extended schedule of dosing. Ask your doctor about this too.

MtD

Title: Re: what is the risk?
Post by: NLEWLAD on April 15, 2008, 06:00:33 pm

thanks mtd

have had a booster and if that doesnt show a result in a few weeks time am starting the course of 3 shots again

is the other vaccination an option as i have heard there is two versions of the hpv vaccination

should i opt for the other one next ?  had the energis  three times plus the booster  (waiting for my booster results)

i was zero after the 3 energiz  vaccs

????

Title: Re: what is the risk?
Post by: Matty the Damned on April 15, 2008, 07:22:41 pm

Different companies produce HBV vaccines but they all do the same thing. They contain a synthetically produced component of HBV (called surface antigen) which provokes your immune system to respond giving you immunity to infection by the virus.

Given that you had no response it makes sense that they're going to repeat the whole course of injections. It really makes no difference which brand of HBV vaccine they use.

Sometimes HBV vaccine and HAV vaccine are combined into a single series of injections as homosexually active males are prone to both infections.

MtD