Getting HIV From Deep Kissing

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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 »

please help me. deep kiss and cuts .

Posted by ind234567, 2 Replies

i am 26 yr old male from India. 48 hours back i had protected sex with a girl whom i later 100% suspect of being HIV infected. during the sex, we had deep hard kissing for 5 minutes or so and it resulted in my lips getting minor cuts and scratches.... Read more »

HIV EXPOSURE FROM A GUY FINGERING AND DEEP KISSING

Posted by Katietaylor, 1 Reply

Please can someone give me their honest opinion on whether this is a reason for me to be concerned and tested?

Im going out of my mind with worry and keep checking my body for HIV symptoms due what I believe my risky exposure.

Im a 34 year old woman... 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 »

AIDS Timeline, Deep kissing in 1997

Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply

I believe the last deep kissing incident was in 1997

http://www.aegis.com/topics/timeline/default.asp
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deep kissing

Hey shannone . actually i have a question for you i am 20 years old and i am not a drug user also i am still virgin but 3 days ago i had kind of deep kissing with some girl i don't know her we kissed 3 kisses for seconds each ( kind of french...

Response from Shannon Southall

Rocky Mountain CARES

HiGetting HIV through kissing, no matter how long and how much deep kissing you do, you cannot get HIV this way. There has to be a direct exchange of body fluid, blood, semen, vaginal fluid or breast milk for there to be a risk. Kissing is not one... Read more »

deep kissing

dear ryan,i had a deep kissing session with a person who was a bar girl with a high risk .i did a pcr test-dna qualitative after eleven days of the exposure.should i get myself tested again&what are the chances of getting hiv thro this .the test...

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

Columbia University's Health & Related Services

PCR testing in your case is not necessary. Nor is antibody screening. In fact, no testing is necessary!There is no evidence that HIV is transmitted through contact with saliva during kissing. If it were, we'd be a lot worse off.RMK... Read more »

Worried from possible exposure from masturbation and deep kissing

Dr. Frascino- First, I wanted to say that from what I have read, you have truly been a wonderful resource for everyone who has posted a question in these forums. Thank you for all you do!I do hope that you can answer my question, as now at 7 weeks,...

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Hi,I generally recommend disclosing one's HIV status well before the pants come off, but I, too, am glad your buddy disclosed his status before things got even hotter between the sheets. Your HIV-acquisition risk from the deep kissing,... Read more »

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hi, last week a met a girl at the cinema and we started to kiss really deep,im concerned about getting infected, when a returnes home i looked myself in the mirror and i had a tinycut in the lip, i dont really know what the chances of getting...

Response from Rick Sowadsky, M.P.H.

Nevada State Health Division AIDS Program

Thank you for your question.When you are kissing a person, normally you are only being exposed to saliva,and nobody has ever been infected through saliva. The concentrations of theHIV virus in saliva are so low, that nobody has ever been infected... Read more »

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