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Saliva, Hiv, Risks?
      #17811 - 05/11/01 03:35 AM

Is saliva risky if it is able to get into your bloodtream? If say your are receiving oral sex and saliva gets on your mucous membranes and into your bloodstream, or if you are getting a french kiss and saliva eneters an open sore in your mouth or into your mucous membranes or a cut, and the person giving you oral sex or kissing you is HIV+, are you at a rick of getting HIV? How significant is the risk? Is testing recommended? If one got symptoms afterwards, should they worry or maybe guess that it is a flu or something?




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Re: Saliva, Hiv, Risks? new
      #17812 - 05/11/01 08:42 AM

Do you know the person's HIV status? Saliva isn't supposed to transmit the virus, but if you're concerned, get tested. It's the only way you'll know. Don't try to diagnose yourself based on symptoms, sooooooooo many people get ARS-like symptoms and are negative when they test. Maybe you could talk to the person you were kissing about your concern...?

Good luck and be safe.



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Re: Saliva, Hiv, Risks? new
      #17823 - 05/13/01 09:53 AM

You have to be careful with oral sex. because it could get transmitted like that. if you have a cut in the mouth just because saliva went in the cut doesn't mean you infected. plus you have to drink about 4 gallons of saliva to get infected.



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