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What You Should Know about Oral SexJune 2009 Like all sexual activity, oral sex carries some risk of HIV transmission when one partner is known to be infected with HIV, when either partner's HIV status is not known, and/or when one partner is not monogamous or injects drugs. Even though the risk of transmitting HIV through oral sex is much lower than that of anal or vaginal sex, numerous studies have demonstrated that oral sex can result in the transmission of HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases (STDs). Abstaining from oral, anal, and vaginal sex altogether or having sex only with a mutually monogamous, uninfected partner are the only ways that individuals can be completely protected from the sexual transmission of HIV. However, by using condoms or other barriers between the mouth and genitals, individuals can reduce their risk of contracting HIV or another View Full Article Visit the CDC's website to find out more about their activities, publications and services.
Comment by: xiao yinhao
(China)
Tue., Feb. 7, 2012 at 2:34 am EST I totally disagree with what was said in the passage. Fellatio has never been proved as a way of transmitting HIV(with some theoritical risk and zero risk for practical purposes). Saliva carries no hiv virus, ironically, inhibitates them. In China, I saw lots of people who only received oral sex from CSW got a negative result finally 3 months after that exposure. If oral sex is really a significantly risky behavior, I dont believe that there are still so many CSWs would do that anymore. Moreover, could u give out the evidence that someone got infected through oral sex? Lacking of the credible evidence, I am not convinced.
Comment by: Sylvia
(Enugu state-Nigeria)
Sat., May. 14, 2011 at 5:37 am EDT For the singles:Plz my fellow people abstain from sex in order to stay out from being infected with deadly disease. For the married: be faithful to ur partner
Comment by: Dave
(NJ)
Wed., Nov. 17, 2010 at 2:54 pm EST This is a vague and poorly written article. Distinctions needed are the relative probability of acuring/ tranmitting HIV when one is the recipient or the performer of the sex act and the presence of HIV in each of the possible scenario's.
Comment by: Jim M.
(Canton, Ohio)
Tue., Nov. 16, 2010 at 1:02 am EST I'm sorry, but I'm STILL not buying this. The main reason we don't really know for sure (as far as I'm concerned)about oral sex and HIV transmission is because lots of men LIE, to themselves as well as everyone else. Many men who have sex with men do not consider themselves gay as long as they don't engage in unprotected receptive anal sex. However, lots of these same men HAVE had unprotected anal sex with other men but will never admit this to themselves, let alone to anyone else, mostly due to their internalized homophobia. As a result, many are simply NOT TRUTHFUL when questioned about their sexual practices, usually insisting that all they did was engage in oral sex. I have personally witnessed this many times since this insidious epidemic began back in the early 1980's. Also, when I perform oral sex, I want to taste skin, NOT latex or vinyl; whenever a guy puts a condom on first before oral sex, that ruins it for me and I walk away. I know thousands of guys who DO strictly have oral sex only because they do not like anal sex, and I have yet to see one of them, including myself, contract HIV via the oral-genital route. The CDC still insists upon spreading this oral sex LIE because they're simply afraid of some liar contracting HIV through unprotected anal or vaginal intercourse, and then claiming that they never engaged in anything except oral sex and then trying to sue them for having said that oral sex was safe, when in fact they actually contracted it via anal or vaginal sex and NOT oral sex. As long as the conditions in the oral mucosa are intact and healthy and not bleeding, I just do not believe that HIV is transmitted in this way, and I have spoken to many professional people in the medical community who concur with this sentiment.
Comment by: dheeraj dev
(india)
Mon., Mar. 8, 2010 at 10:05 am EST thanks for giving such a usefull information
Comment by: Mzwandile
(South Africa, University of KZN )
Sat., Feb. 6, 2010 at 6:30 am EST this site has elped me in terms of awarenes of oral. this is because presviously i did noy know know that oral sex has risks of infection. i thoght that it is safe as kissing is. and i also learned safers ways of engaging in oral sex. thatk you.
Comment by: Danny
(DC)
Wed., Sep. 2, 2009 at 2:45 pm EDT I agree with everyone. The article is very general. It also doesn't address the risk for the guy who is receiving oral sex. I don't suck but boy do I love being sucked. So what's the risk for me? I am Latino and uncut. Does being uncut puts me at risk? Let's look at the issue from both end, the giver and the receiver. Us guys who enjoy being sucked also worry about it.
Comment by: Jalil Fahad
(new york usa)
Tue., Jul. 28, 2009 at 12:17 am EDT That is why I watch porn and masturbate.. No worries....guys use some imagination...
Comment by: Kitty
(Tokyo)
Tue., Jul. 14, 2009 at 11:17 am EDT I read this, because tomorrow I will recieve my HIV test results. Very nervous. I performed oral sex on a boy whom I found out to be bi-sexual. Although Im not sure the level of HIV infections in Tokyo amongst which group or whatever. The point is previously I had been tested because I though I had gotten it from a past boyfriend and I had do the same and performed oral sex. The health consultant I called about chances told me you cant get HIV through oral sex. So I felt safe to and gave the boy I met in a club oral sex. Now it says on the internet that its possible to get it that way. I never noticed any pre-cum on him. He also didnt ejaculate. Well everyone is right to say this page wasnt helpful, it just made me worry more actually. Wish we had some real statistics if you know what I mean, seems like surely by now 2009 they would have done some research that had some answers.
Comment by: picaro
(spain)
Sat., Jul. 11, 2009 at 3:05 am EDT I agree with most others here, this article says nothing of use. In my case, the question is if, as a positive individual I can easily transmit HIV to my negative partner by performing oral sex on him. Such information is not offered in this article and actually reads like a general-information piece for the national media. Especially disturbing is the assertion: "Abstaining from oral, anal, and vaginal sex altogether or having sex only with a mutually monogamous, uninfected partner are the only ways that individuals can be completely protected from the sexual transmission of HIV." in the first paragraph. Makes me want to not read any more at The Body. Bad work here, guys and gals. Give us useful stuff not more of the same old "go hide in a closet and weep" dung that we've been getting for decades.
Comment by: Matt
(Texas)
Fri., Jul. 10, 2009 at 9:52 pm EDT This leaves so much out such as the reliability of the reporting parties, whether or not ejaculation occurs, the action of saliva as found in other research, the studies that show people on HAART therapy non detectable/ low viral load's % and that im pact alone VS someone who was recently diagnosed that would of had a higher VL, presence of other VD. By not addressing ejaculation / non ejaculation the whole study is meaningless in it's findings unless we are going back to the days when saliva and tears were believed to cause aids. This wasn't much more helpful than the advice I got from a friend in the mid 80's who said I couldn't get " IT " If I didn't sit on some the leather seat of a biker dud's motorcycle and so long as I avoided having sex with men with moustaches.. Please a little more research would help addressing men performing oral sex on each other without sores, or open cuts, and with the probability of pre-seminal fluid but no ejaculation. A little less of open sored mouthed individuals going down on someone while they hemorrhage into their partners big open gash in the throat.
Comment by: Mark
(NYC)
Fri., Jul. 10, 2009 at 3:15 pm EDT Of course, the CDC can't tell the whole story, and The Body should add more to this minimal fact sheet. Yes, we can't quantify the risk, so how do you make a decision? You look at the info we have, look at the studies that are out there, and decide what level of risk you're comfortable with. I'm positive, and my boyfriend has given me head for 7 years, He remains negative, even though my viral load has been as high as 750,000. I made sure he read the studies before he made the decision that was right for him - I didn't push him at all. It was his choice.
Comment by: JIM
(Mexico City, Mexico)
Thu., Jul. 9, 2009 at 7:17 pm EDT The plastic food wrap is a cheap, easy to find and to use barrier when performing oral sex. If there are no studies regarding the efectiveness of the food plastic wrap, well, we should also remark the lack of studies regarding the efectiveness of latex dental dams for the same purpose, or for the use of cut-opened condoms, whatsoever. Latex dental dams are so extremely expensive, specially when compared with food plastic wrap. I`m surprised for these support to the no-proved-efectiveness latex dental dams...
Comment by: Chris
(Los Angeles)
Thu., Jul. 9, 2009 at 1:49 pm EDT This article is worthless because it provides absolutely no data whatsoever. As Frank asked, there are too many variable to draw any conclusions here. In addition to Frank's question, what about the probability if someone is undetectable. Cut or uncut. Yes, it is possible, but that may be .0000001. Its also possible to get struck by lightning. Until the scientific community gets off their *#@ and actually provides meaningful data, I don't know what purpose this article serves other then to create fear. Being positive, my last 3 boyfriends all performed oral sex on me and none of them are positive today. Yes, I guess if I was bleeding from a wound pouring into their throat, the probability probably changes. How often does that happen? Stop creating fear until you have some meaningful data to back it up.
Comment by: Frank
(Copenhagen, Denmark)
Thu., Jul. 9, 2009 at 6:09 am EDT Hello there, thank you for this very nice fact sheet on Oral Sex! I'm surprised though, that it doesn't mention anything specific about ejaculation/semen. I mean: does it make any difference whether or not the guy ejaculates in your mouth or not. When we talk about HIV Risk, does it make sense to distinguish oral sex with ejaculation from oral sex without? Or is the risk just about the same in any case? Looking forward to your comments :-) /Frank
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