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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?

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Incidence of women getting HIV

Posted by Anonymous

December 3, 2002

National News
Report: Women's HIV Risk From Heterosexual Sex Rises in Massachusetts
Boston Herald
12.02.02; Michael Lasalandra

Heterosexual sex has passed intravenous drug use as the primary way women in Massachusetts are being infected... Read more »

Giving vaginal oral sex

Posted by Anonymous, 3 Replies

I gave vaginal oral sex and french kissing to a stripper and now I worried that I may have contracted HIV. I was tested at 10 & 28 days with the PCR and both were negative. Also, I tested at 2.5, 4, & 7 weeks with the antibody test and they... Read more »

Feel like giving up

Posted by dj1979, 10 Replies

Does anyone ever just feel like giving up? By giving up, I don't mean suicide - I mean stop taking meds, stop getting treatment, etc. Let nature take its course, so to speak.

My life sucks right now, and doesn't seem to be getting any better, nor... Read more »

Who Gives A Fecal Dump !

Posted by Allan, 1 Reply

Simple after w while . like five years of doctore medications hassles with ADAP etc... no real health concequences except for loss of sniety ( seeing doc for that also , addicted to Lorazepam) is there not a point when one says AH the hell with it... Read more »

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HIV Positive --Liposuction surgery after giving birth?

Hi, I am female 30 years old , hiv+ for 10 years, my vl is >25 copies and cd4 around 800.I am suffering from hard lipo for around 8 years,9 months ago got switched from zerit to viread(along with stockrin and videx),anyhow, i realy want to do...

Response from Katherine Luzuriaga, M.D.

University of Massachusetts, Medical School

I would advise you to discuss this with your doctor. Given the physical effects of childbirth and the demands of caring for a young infant, I generally would not advise having this surgery within months of giving birth.... Read more »

I'M WORRIED I GOT HIV FROM GIVING A BLOW JOB

HEY DOC,OK, SO I GOT WAY TOO DRUNK LAST NIGHT AND WOUND UP GIVING THIS GUY A BLOW JOB WHICH I KNOW IS USUALLY LOW RISK BUT THIS GUY HAD LOTS OF HAIR DOWN THERE AND I HAD TO STOP BLOWING TO GET THE HAIRS OUT OF MY MOUTH LIKE 5 TIMES. TODAY I'M...

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Hi,WOWZA! That dude you were sucking on sounds hairier than Chewbacca dipped in Rogaine!Your HIV-acquisition risk would not be increased by getting pubes in your mouth. By the way just how hard were you sucking???Your symptoms are not HIV related.... Read more »

I'm worried about giving my new b/f HIV through Oral Sex (DISCLOSURE, 2009)

I am HIV+, been poz for 15 years now. My T-Cell count is normal and my viral load is undetectable, thanks to HAART. I live in a tiny podunk town where HIV is not talked about. I recently met a young buck and we have the hots for each other. We...

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Hi,You have several "information" issues you need to deal with. First and most important is disclosing your HIV-positive status to your new boy toy. Since "he is new to all of this and is not very sexually active . . . ,"... Read more »

Will saliva protect me from getting HIV?

At your site you frequently state thet GIVING oral sex to a woman involves some risk of HIV transmission. Yet elsewhere I've also read many times that experts believe that there's something in saliva which helps kill or neutralise the...

Response from Rick Sowadsky, M.P.H.

Nevada State Health Division AIDS Program

Thank you for your question. In laboratory studies, various factors involving saliva have been found to have either a direct effect, or an indirect effect, against the HIV virus in vitro (in a test tube). Some of these factors include secretory... Read more »

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