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Risk of exposure from open wound and saliva
#266871 - 09/19/12 08:16 PM
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Hi I'm posting to get a better understanding of my risk exposure and gain some peace of mind, until I wait the 3 month period before I take the HIV test. Recently I had a one night stand with a sex worker, she gave me unprotected oral sex and performed unprotected analingus on me, we did not have sex. Afterwards, she left and i noticed a slight pain above my anus and saw that I had an open cut right above it (amount 1-2 cm wide), it wasn't a deep cut, but more like an abrasion where I could see the pink/reddish layer underneath. Now this is what worries me as her saliva would have made contact with that open wound, and possibly exposed me to HIV (if she was positive). Unfortunately, I can't get in touch with her to find out and will have to wait 3 months to find out. So, after all this, what's the risk/possibility of exposure from her saliva making contact with this kind of open wound?
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There is no risk from salvia even if she had every variation of HIV out there and had a viral load in the millions or even billions. Try to take a second think about it. Wouldn't everyone in the world be infected if saliva was a transmission mode? Think of all the times you ate out and all the money you have handled and sneezing coughing etc.
Besides it has been proven beyond a shadow of a doubt that even with bad gums and blood in the saliva not a transmission risk. Saliva has enzymes in it that instantly kills HIV. So to test at all over saliva is completely unneeded and uncalled for. If there is more to this story as in someone was inside someone else without protection then test. Otherwise you are over reacting to this.
Now if you would like a real risk assessment from your exposure I personally would be more concerned with a staph infection, herpes, hepatitis a-c. All millions of times more likely to have caught compared to HIV in this matter. Mouths are dirty but not when it comes to HIV.
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Thanks, this was very helpful!
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Saliva Contains almost 0 - NONE hiv cells thats the reason they cant test salvia for hiv. Orasure test the membrane between the cheek and gum for (ANTIBODYS) not the actual virus. You should be fine. If you wanna get tested for peace of mind go 30 days- 6 weeks 95% of hiv cases are positive at 6 weeks unless your sick with cancer or other immune disorders it may take 3 mths then. Good luck be safe
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