Can I Contract Acute HIV Infection From Receiving Insertive Oral Sex

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HIV Is a Continuum Infection Primary Infection (or Acute Infection) Seroconversion The Asymptomatic Stage Early- and Medium-Stage HIV Symptomatic Disease Late-Stage HIV Disease (AIDS) HIV Is a Continuum Most of us are used to thinking of disease in very simple terms: if you feel sick, you are sick; if you feel healthy, you are healthy. However, because HIV may begin causing subtle changes in the immune system long before an infected...

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So How Many Got Infected Via Insertive Oral 2 (ORAL SEX RISK)

First off, do you consider a negative rapid oral test done 11.5 months after a few seconds of insertive oral to be considered definitive or conclusive. Do I need a regular blood test to confirm my Woo Hoo?Dear Doc Bob,Thank you for replying me on...

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Hi,Do I consider a negative rapid test 11.5 months "after a few seconds" of insertive oral sex to be definitive and conclusive? Yes, absolutely!Can you really WOO-HOO! Absofrickinlutely! It's long overdue! All this... Read more »

Truth about oral sex and hiv - mixed messages received from a test counselor (TRANSMISSION VIA ORAL SEX, 2010)

I have been tested at 3 months, 6 months and a year all negative. I was told that I should test up until six months from a possible exposure. The year test was the start of yearly testing I want to begin as part of my routine exams. I also tested...

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Hi Confused,Yes, there are many mixed messages out there regarding the HIV test window. Guidelines in parts of Australia advise that a six weeks test is conclusive. Other older guidelines claim six months are necessary for a definitive result. In... Read more »

Risk of HIV through Oral Sex When Herpes is present and contracted

Dear Dr. Bob--About 7 years ago, you helped me through the only other HIV scare I've ever had (which turned out to be Lyme disease). I hope you can help with this one, as well. And I believe the specific facts of my "case" will help...

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Hello,Welcome back to the forum. Sorry to hear about your XMRV diagnosis, but perhaps it helps explain some of your symptoms. We still have much to learn about XMRV.Regarding your current concerns:1. White blood cells recruited to the site of herpes... Read more »

Insertive Oralisterine Sex, Dry Cough, Chest Pains (LISTERINE 2010)

Dear Dr Bob, I only ask this question as I am genuinely unable to find the answer to it in the archives. The closest question to my question is the one titled "Oral Sex with Listerine" dated November 8, 2005 in the Oral Sex forum, which...

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Hello Worried in Singapore,Another Listerine question??? What's up with that? (See below.)Listerine or no Listerine, the HIV-transmission risk from unprotected insertive oral sex with a naughty lady from Shady Lane is extremely low.You are... Read more »

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Acute HIV Infection - Help!!

Posted by Anonymous, 7 Replies

I got fever 4 weeks after a sex worker gave me unprotected oral sex. The fever was 99F with headache, weakness, night sweats, funny sensations in my body, tingling in my hands and feet. This fever has lasted 6 weeks and aint going. In the 2nd and... Read more »

Insertive Oral Sex for 1 min. Pls respond...!

Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply

Hell All Doctors and HIV experts,

I am in very tesnsion due to being Insertive partner during Oral Sex in an encounter with a female sex worker...

I m wondering what are my chances of becoming positive when receiving Oral Sex from a woman for less... Read more »

The REAL danger of insertive oral sex!!!

Posted by Anonymous, 2 Replies

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I've read most all the postings that deal with the risks of oral sex (especially insertive oral sex). Now, while it is comforting to hear that it carries (practically) zero risk as there are no documented cases of transmission this way ... I'm... Read more »

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