Can Hepatitis Be Transmitted By Kissing

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Hepatitis B and french kissing

If I am a chrnonic carrier of Hepatitis B and engage in french kissing, is there a risk of transmitting the virus to my partner. Please advise.Thank you...

Response from Barbara McGovern, M.D.

Tufts University School of Medicine

No. Your partner should be vaccinated against hepatitis B and surface antibodies should be checked to determine her level of protection if you do eventually decide to have intercourse.... Read more »

hepatitis c and deep kissing with gum disease please help

i reacently deeply kissed (many times) a guy I just recently found out is Hepatitis C Positive. I... Read more »

Response from Brian Conway, M.D. »

To Kiss or Not to Kiss?

In reading through these questions, I am becoming dazed & confused. One person in August was... Read more »

Response from Barbara McGovern, M.D. »

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Articles

U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Integrating Hepatitis B Prevention Into Sexually Transmitted Disease Services: U.S. Sexually Transmitted Disease Program and Clinic Trends -- 1997 and 2001

The authors set out to measure the progress since 1997 of implementing STD clinic-based recommendations for hepatitis B prevention. Repeating a 1997 survey, investigators in 2001 sent a survey to state, municipal, and territorial STD program... Read more »

Sexually Transmitted Diseases 101

Syphilis Chlamydia Cytomegalovirus Gonorrhea Hepatitis B Herpes (HSV) HPV Genital Warts Syphilis Syphilis is a highly treatable disease in which a single painless lesion (chancre) will develop over three to four weeks at the site of entry... Read more »

Growing Evidence Suggests Hepatitis C Can Be Transmitted Sexually

In a new study, New York City researchers suggest that new hepatitis C virus (HCV) infections found among 74 HIV-infected men who have sex with men were acquired sexually. In late 2005, Dr. Daniel Fierer, infectious-disease expert at Mount Sinai... Read more »

Canadian AIDS Treatment Information Exchange

Study Confirms International Outbreak of Sexually Transmitted Hep C

Hepatitis C virus (HCV) can be spread in ways similar to HIV, particularly through sharing or receiving the following: equipment for substance use tattooing needles contaminated blood or blood products HCV infects the liver and can... Read more »

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hiv transmits through kissing

Posted by maruti, 2 Replies

this is vipin my age is 26,last week i kissed one girl its a open mouth kiss for 20secs,there was no blood in my mouth,no cuts,there is any chance to get hiv infection for me,plz help me i was scared Read more »

Sexually transmitted diseases. TB. Hepatitis.

Posted by dsaklad, 1 Reply

When getting tested it's a good idea to get tested for
a. sexually transmitted diseases,
pharyngeal throat... Read more »

HOW TRANSMITTED?

Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply

Q: can HIV be spread though saliva ? I know about the obvious( semen, vag fluids,blood ). Is it transmittal thru open-mouth kissing ?

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HIV THRU KISSING

Posted by Anonymous, 2 Replies

Pliz give me all the cases of ppl who acquired the HIV thru kissing, no matter if they had sores or bleeding gums, but ALL of the reported cases of HIV transmitted thru kissing. Read more »

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