Do People Get AIDS From Kissing

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A Kiss Is Just a Kiss

If you were anywhere near a television set last summer, you inevitably heard about that case of HIV infection that appears to have resulted from kissing and kissing alone. And, admit it -- the news gave you at least a moment's pause. You couldn't... Read more »

U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

A Little Kiss Was Big Help in Spreading Word on AIDS

Princess Kasune Zulu of Zambia, a royal member of Zambia's Lenji people, has worked as an AIDS educator since learning she was HIV-infected six years ago. Speaking at an April White House event to build support for President Bush's $15 billion AIDS... Read more »

Disclosure Etiquette, Part 1: Do I Have to Kiss and Tell?

This is the first in a series of articles exploring the etiquette associated with telling other people that you have HIV/AIDS. Over the past 20 years, I have watched people living with HIV/AIDS suffer and struggle with disclosing their status.... Read more »

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kissing and aids

can i contact aids from kissing a person who is infected?...

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

Columbia University's Health & Related Services

There is no evidence that people get infected with HIV from kissing. The reason for this is that saliva is not a fluid that is likely to transmit HIV. See <a href=http://www.thebody.com/Forums/AIDS/SafeSex/Archive/TransmissionSexual/Q99072.html... Read more »

Thrush and Kissing

I'm a little concerned about this question. Can I get HIV while kissing if I have a thrush and so does the other person? Or if the other person has any other kind of lesion or wound?...

Response from Lisa Hightow-Weidman, M.D., M.P.H.

University of North Carolina

Hello there-While I'm not aware of any cases of HIV transmitted in this way, certainly thrush can cause large areas of mucosal erosion which could theoretically put you or your partner at risk. That being said, you would still need a large... Read more »

THE TRUTH ABOUT KISSING

HELLO! I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT KISSING AND HIV TRANSMISSION. I FRENCHED KISSED THIS GUY THAT HAS SLEPT WITH LIKE 30 PEOPLE, AND I AM SACARED THAT I GOT HIV FROM THIS TYPE OF ACTIVITY. THE REASON WHY I AM SCARED IT'S BECAUSE SINCE I BIT THE...

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

Columbia University's Health & Related Services

Testing is not indicated when the exposure is only kissing. HIV is only known to be sexually transmitted through vaginal, anal, and oral sex. There are no confirmed cases of HIV transmission through kissing.The saliva of infected people contains... Read more »

Kissing, frottage, and mutual masterbation.

Dear Dr. Frascino, first off I would like to thank you for the work you do! The world needs more people like you to continue battling against HIV/AIDS and to help those who either have the condition or who are extremely frightened (like beyond...

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Hi, Mark.Your HIV-acquisition risk is extremely low at best. I don't recommend using a buddy's baby batter for lube during mutual wack-a-thons, but even so your HIV risk is extremely low. If you remain worried, get a single HIV-antibody... Read more »

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Scared I got infected from french kissing

Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply

Does anyone know if it is possible to get infected through french kissing. I was making out with this person and before anything else happened she told me that she had hiv. Also if I caught it from her would I have had some symptoms by now? It was 7... Read more »

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 »

Kissing Concern...

Posted by Anonymous, 2 Replies

I recently read an article, quoting an HIV researcher (Luc Montaigner, the researcher that originally identified HIV as the cause of AIDS), that stated HIV can be transmitted through kissing. I was tested in February, a year after my last sexual... Read more »

kissing question

Posted by Anonymous, 2 Replies

ive read that alcohol kills the hiv virus. so i was wondering, if 2 people are french kissing and drinking beer at the same time. lets say one person has bleeding gums, will the beer kill the virus??? just wondering.... Read more »

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