Can You Contract AIDS From Deep Kissing

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AIDS Timeline, Deep kissing in 1997

Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply

I believe the last deep kissing incident was in 1997

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Deep Kissing

Posted by Anonymous, 2 Replies

I dont realy know how to explain, ive been deep kissing a girl in advanced hiv status, since that exposure that someone said theres now risk i have been with candidiasis, angular cheilitis, pains in the gums, all my life as ended, or almost ended, i... Read more »

Deep-kissing

Posted by Anonymous

Ok so I read alot and now feel the need to post.

I did Deep Kissing with a female. Now I am freaking out. I don't have symptoms or maybe I do... It's all in my head... Why am I so worried and consumed with thinking of AIDS? I need to hear that I... Read more »

Deep Kissing & Oral Sex Risk Comparison

Posted by supernervousguy, 1 Reply

I know this is probably an obnoxious question, but hopefully someone can help satisfy my curiosity. I am aware that deep/french/tongue kissing is next to zero risk for transmission. However, in many places online and on this forum, it is placed in... Read more »

DEEP KISS??

Posted by Anonymous, 4 Replies

I met a lovely guy and went out on a date. Things happen so quick that he kissed me. The kiss was so deep and nice that I prayed to GOD that he doesnt have any cuts or myself. I have not yet told him of my HIV status neither is he. I really I'm... Read more »

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hep c and prolonged deep kissing

Is it possible to contract hep c from deep kissing -- open mouth, french kissing, where there is an exchange of saliva -- over several months? What conditions in both partners' mouths need to be present for transmition to take place?...

Response from Barbara McGovern, M.D.

Tufts University School of Medicine

No I would not be concerned.... Read more »

Newest Information on deep kissing

I'm HIV+ with an HIV- lover who is not comfortable with deep or open mouth kissing me. I miss it greatly but would never put him at undue risk. Unfortunately all the information I can find on HIV and kissing is a couple years old and I'm...

Response from Ryan M. Kull, C.S.W

Columbia University's Health & Related Services

Here's the scoop: deep kissing is still a very low risk activity. I haven't seen any information, new or old, that convinces me that kissing isn't safe. The only documented case of possible transmission through kissing was reported... Read more »

Deep Kissing and HIV Transmission

Hello,I just read this article which quotes Luc Montaigner:=============Deep kissing and HIV transmissionContrary to some studies, renowned French researcher and scientist, Prof. Luc Montaigner, who discovered that AIDS is caused by the Human...

Response from Ryan M. Kull, C.S.W

Columbia University's Health & Related Services

Thanks for the update. I must have blinked too, because Luc Montaigner's announcement is news to me. I have not been able to find anymore specific information about his statement. I am so wary of the press when it comes to relaying... Read more »

Deep kissing and sweat transmit HIV?

I have long deep kissing sessions with a friend who is HIV positive. I waswondering if the length of the kissing (sometimes 2-3 hours) and also licking his sweat could possiblytransmit HIV to me? ....

Response from Rick Sowadsky, M.P.H.

Nevada State Health Division AIDS Program

Hi. Thank you for your question.First of all, nobody has ever been infected through saliva or sweat. Theconcentrations of the HIV virus in both of these body fluids are so low, thatthey have never led to transmission. In regard to deep prolonged... Read more »

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