Can You Catch HIV From Insertive Oral Sex

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Insertive Oral Sex

I received oral sex from a guy on 11 Jan (whom i now suspect he might be HIV+), his saliva remained underneath my foreskin for about an hour or so until i went to the bathroom to wash it.Then I realized there were some seemingly abrasion near the...

Response from Richard Cordova III

Test Positive Aware Network

Hi, Ray:I would not be concerned, nothing you described sounds like it is HIV related. In addition, there are only four fluids that can transmit the virus. They are blood, semen including precum, vaginal secretions, and breast milk. Saliva can not... Read more »

Insertive Oral Sex and a Worried Well's Post Trauma

Hmm, where to begin? I think it all started in an alley way in Bangkok, Thailand. Actually, truth... Read more »

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D. »

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... Read more »

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D. »

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Articles

U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Methamphetamine and Sildenafil (Viagra) Use Are Linked to Unprotected Receptive and Insertive Anal Sex, Respectively, in a Sample of Men Who Have Sex With Men

In the current study, researchers investigated the association of methamphetamine, sildenafil, and other substance use with unprotected receptive and insertive anal sex among men who have sex with men (MSM) through an encounter-specific analysis.... Read more »

More on Oral Sex and the Risk of HIV Transmission

In the following article and an article by Janice Price , we will entertain two different views on oral sex transmission of the HIV virus. Detailed interviews of a cohort of gay men with acute infection provide further evidence that oral sex can be... Read more »

Sexuality Information and Education Council of the United States

A New CDC Fact Sheet on Oral Sex

"Preventing the Sexual Transmission of HIV, the Virus that Causes AIDS -- What You Should Know about Oral Sex ," a new fact sheet created by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), outlines both the theoretical and documented risk... Read more »

U.S. Teenagers View Oral Sex as Less Risky Than Intercourse, Say Oral Sex Not Really Sex, Survey Shows

U.S. teenagers view oral sex as "not sex" and less risky than sexual intercourse, according to a study published in the April issue of the journal Pediatrics , Reuters reports. Bonnie Halpern-Felsher, a pediatrician at the University of... Read more »

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STDs in Insertive Oral Sex

Posted by Anonymous, 2 Replies

Hi,

I had an unprotected Insertive Oral Sex for a while. I want to know what STDs can transmit in this way.

I have been told that SALIVA does not transmit HIV. But can it transmit other STD...What are they and how dangerous they can be.

I have sore... Read more »

INSERTIVE ORAL SEX

Posted by nightsunami, 3 Replies

I HAVE TESTED 5 MONTS AND 3 WEEKS AGO FROM MY EXPOSITURE OF INSERTIVE ORAL SEX... ITS CONCLUSIVE THIS TEST??IM NEGATIVE Read more »

unprotected insertive vaginal sex-Jazz and others

Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply

Would like to ask a few experts on this board......Jazz and others. Here is my story.

I was on a business trip a couple of weeks ago and met a girl (unknown status) in the bar of the hotel I was staying at. She was very hesitant on going back to... Read more »

Insertive ORAL sex - RISK?!

Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply

is it true that there are no risks for insertive oral sex? all of this talk about hiv infections through oral sex, have been receptive oral sex right? meaning the person whose mouth is on the genital is at risk. not the person who is recieving oral... Read more »

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