Can You Kiss A Person Who Is Hiv Positive

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Kissing a HIV- person

Posted by gordon, 9 Replies

Unless I am mistaken if you kiss a person mouth to mouth and one of you is have HIV+ and the HIV+ person has a small cut in the gums or in the mouth area. The suliva with a small potion of blood will be trasmitted, hence making the other person... Read more »

food prepared by HIV positive person

Posted by Anonymous, 6 Replies

I have a family member, with whom I do not live, that has recently tested HIV positive. My concern now is should I eat food that the infected person has helped prepare (canning of fresh vegetables)when I noticed that they have a sore on their... Read more »

injection of hiv from hiv positive person

Posted by Anonymous, 3 Replies

I was at a party injecting drugs. I shared the needle with 2 other people. Later i found out that the guy i shared the needle with was hiv positive. I know i have to get tested. Is it 100% chance that i am infected since his hiv blood went... Read more »

I met an HIV Positive person for the first time

Posted by Barbdoll, 1 Reply

Hello again,
On Saturday I travelled to meet an HIV Positive friend. It was my first time. At first i was nervous didn't know what to expect. I really didn't want to go there to talk about the fact that we were both Positive. I wanted to meet him,... Read more »

working with hiv positive person

Posted by work35, 1 Reply

Hello.. I hope this is not an ignorant question but here goes.. two part question.. Part one.. I just found out my co-worker is hiv positive.. he is healthy thank god.. and i really like him but I admit I am VERY uncomfortable at work.. we both chew... Read more »

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Question #1: Can HIV be passed by kissing someone who has given oral sex to a third person?Question #2: Kissing and licking a small cut or scrape?Question #3: Protected Sex with a woman

Question #1: In a threesome with a couple, I kissed a guy who had just finished giving oral sex to his boyfriend for a couple of minutes. Although, the third guy was no where near cumming, he may have had some pre-cum. I have no idea. I also have no...

Response from Rick Sowadsky, M.P.H.

Nevada State Health Division AIDS Program

In all of these instances, although technically there could have been a chance for HIV transmission to occur, realistically, the chances of infection (under the circumstances mentioned) were very small. In none of these cases was there KNOWN direct... Read more »

Kissing HIV positive female and blood-PEP?

OK doc, I know you've answered questions similar to this one before, but I somehow feel mine is different so please answer me. It's been like 40hrs since I kissed a female who I know is positive. To my recollection, at the time of kissing...

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Hi,". . . She put her finger in her mouth (from her vagina) to see whether she was still bleeding. Apparently some women do this."????? Really? Well it just goes to show you that you learn something new every day, eh?Your HIV-acquisition... Read more »

a kiss was not just a kiss

Hey doc....Long time no talk...Well I am backi in this with a new concern. I recently kissed a girl I 've been going out with for a a couple of weeks. It was a deep open mouth kiss for like 10 minutes. I know that is no reason to be concerned...

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Hey Master Worrier,Welcome back to the forum!Your concern is a common one. Since I'm a musical kind of guy, I can answer it by simply pointing out that you misquoted the famous line from that famous song in the title of your question. It really... 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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