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Foreplay with HIV person

Posted by travis, 2 Replies

Hi. What's the risks of havinf a foreplay with a HIV positive person? By foreplay, I mean no sex, blowjob or cunnilingus. Just mutual masturbation and little kissing.

thx

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AIDS anxiety and getting tested

Posted by Anonymous

Anyone who thinks they may be HIV positive should get tested.
In 1988, when the virus was killing many, I developed a condition entitled "AIDS ANXIETY".
This condition can literally drive you nuts! Checking yourself constantly for symptoms, Going... Read more »

whats my chance of getting AIDS by giving oral sex

Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply

About 3 weeks ago I gave oral sex to a sex worker in China. It lasted for about 1-2 minutes and I didn't feel any cuts in my mouth. What would be the possibility of me contracting AIDS this way assuming if she was HIV positive?

This is the most... Read more »

Getting tested together first. Getting tested now.

Posted by don

Both you and your potential sex partner can get tested together first
before beginning the sexual component of the relationship.
The strategy reduces a great deal of ambiguity.

You, yourself can get tested today, now. Test results reduce ambiguity
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Getting an understanding of HIV

Posted by Mssimone, 2 Replies

Well like I said before I was just diagnoised.

Im trying to get an understanding of the whole hiv/aids.

The question that im going to ask might make you mad but its a question that I just sit and think about wondering if someone else is thinking it... Read more »

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foreplay danger?

if take example i have hiv positive and my boyfriend have an healing ulcer on his upper lips! will he by biting or sucking my nipples cause transmission of hiv to him? i don't think he injured my nipple cos this foreplay is pleasurable to me!I...

Response from Nancy Breuer

WorkPositive, Inc.

Not a workplace question. Please submit to the forum on HIV transmission.... Read more »

I had sex with my girlfriend.on the foreplay i licked the pussy.

Can HIV / STD or any other disease spread through licking the pussy?...

Response from Richard Cordova III

Test Positive Aware Network

Hi there:The risk of HIV transmission from oral is low. Other STD's such as Syphilis, Gonorrhea, and Chlamydia can be transmitted via oral sex. A full round of STD testing done once a year, and preferably every six months will help catch any... Read more »

HIV by foreplay?

if a man uses his fingers on a woman/man can HIV/STD be transmitted that way. I am more interested in the person who will be recieving the finger! According to some posts here open cuts represent a problem so if the man has cuts and he is hiv+ is...

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

Columbia University's Health & Related Services

The risk of HIV transmission through fingering is negligible for either the insertive or receptive partner. There is no evidence of HIV transmission occurring in either direction. If an HIV infected person's finger is bleeding and is inserted... Read more »

touching foreplay

Can my mate get hiv from finger stimulation or foreplay...

Response from Shannon Southall

Rocky Mountain CARES

HIThis is one of the safest ways to have sexual intimacies without intercourse. I cannot tell from your question if you are positive so I will go off the assumption that you are and as long as there are no open sores and a direct exchange of body... Read more »

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