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HIV Prevention and Testing => Do I Have HIV? => Topic started by: worriedwhart on January 24, 2013, 09:53:06 am
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Hello all - thank you for your time and allowing me to join - greatly appreciated.
Essentially, my two questions are as follows - 1 - Do I need to worry about this? 2 - Do I need to test, or is that a waste of time and resources, and can I just get on with my life.
Situation:
Out at a friends party last week - met a girl I was attracted to - had a pretty intense makeout session, one where she was biting my lip, etc. and some frottage, but no penetration of any sort and no oral.
Not really worried about the frottage (don't have to be,right?)
But the kissing, while I wasn't worried about, the next morning when I woke up my lip had a small, bleeding cut (perhaps was from biting, maybe from dry winter air?). Anyway, that has me worried, especially in light of that a friend called me the next day and told me he heard she is a "hard drug user." He didn't shed much more light on that, but basically said he was "trying to look out for me and suggested I shouldn't try to have a thing with her...."
Anyway, so, 1 - Do I need to worry about this? 2 - Do I need to test, or is that a waste of time and resources, and can I just get on with my life?
Thanks so much.
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Under NO circumstances is this even remotely an HIV concern.
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Worried,
Saliva is NOT infectious so kissing is NOT a risk, regardless of whatever details you can think of to add.
Here's what you need to know in order to avoid hiv infection:
You need to be using condoms for anal or vaginal intercourse, every time, no exceptions until such time as you are in a securely monogamous relationship where you have both tested for ALL sexually transmitted infections together.
To agree to have unprotected intercourse is to consent to the possibility of being infected with an STI. Sex without a condom lasts only a matter of minutes, but hiv is forever.
Have a look through the condom and lube links in my signature line so you can use condoms with confidence.
ALTHOUGH YOU DO NOT NEED TO TEST FOR HIV SPECIFICALLY OVER KISSING OR FROTTAGE, 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 STIs 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!
Ann
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Wow - thanks for prompt responses - really appreciated.
Just one other question/circumstance -
I'm diabetic, and while I'm in relatively good health, that does by definition make me slightly "immunocompromised..."....that doesn't change the possible riskiness of a kissing with possible blood contact event like mine, right?
thanks.
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Wow - thanks for prompt responses - really appreciated.
Just one other question/circumstance -
I'm diabetic, and while I'm in relatively good health, that does by definition make me slightly "immunocompromised..."....that doesn't change the possible riskiness of a kissing with possible blood contact event like mine, right?
thanks.
Being diabetic does not change the inability of HIV to remain viable in saliva. You will not get HIV from a kiss, no matter how compromised you are.
Also, being diabetic is irrelevant to HIV transmission and testing.
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Really?
So don't even need to test?
Even with potential bleeding cut?
Andy?
Thanks guys.
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As everyone has already advised you, you never had an exposure.