Hiv Risk And Vaginal Intercourse

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Oral Sex: What's the Real Risk for HIV?

Table of Contents Introduction Studies on the Risks of Oral Sex Tips for Safer Oral Sex Taking Care of Yourself Introduction The chances of HIV being passed from one person to another depend on thetype of contact. HIV is most easily spread, or transmitted, through unprotectedanal sex, unprotected vaginal sex, and sharing injection drug equipment.Unprotected sex means sex in which no condoms or other barriers are used. Oral sex...

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What level of risk from heterosexual vaginal intercourse

How many cases have been reported of AIDS or HIV infection contracted in the U.S. by men from heterosexual vaginal intercourse with a non I.V. drug user, non hemopheliac. What are the probabilies that I would become infected if I do not use a condom...

Response from Rick Sowadsky, M.P.H.

Nevada State Health Division AIDS Program

Hi,Thank you for your question.From 1981 to December 1995 (the latest statistic currently available), of 434,719 adult cases of AIDS in men, 13,521 (or 3%) became infected through heterosexual contact. Keep in mind that these are AIDS cases. This... Read more »

repeated unprotected vaginal intercourse with sex workers.

i expect myself to test positive. I always been very careful and always used condom in the past when i went with prostitutes until 6 months ago, i come across a study saying that the chance of getting hiv from unprotective vaginal intercourse are 5...

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Hello,I often worry that HIV statistics, such as the one you saw, could be misinterpreted. These estimated statistical risks are meant primarily to demonstrate relative risk and should not be applied to any one individual situation to assume real... Read more »

Extremly brief vaginal intercourse

Hello,doctor pls answer me to this question.I was trying to find answer to this question but i can't find it.Doc at first i was rubbing the girl(i am male) and i don't know her hiv status,the problem is that when i was rubbing her i saw...

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Hi,Extremely brief vaginal intercourse is still vaginal intercourse! Unprotected sex places you at some degree of risk for STDs, including HIV. The estimated per-act statistical risk for acquiring HIV from unprotected penile-vaginal sex with a... Read more »

Unprotected vaginal intercourse

Dear Mr. Kull,I am a married man who occasionally has sex with prostitutes -- always with a condom until a few days ago, when I took leave of my senses and had one episode of unprotected vaginal intercourse. (She was a moderately high-priced call...

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

Columbia University's Health & Related Services

It is difficult to say exactly what your risk is in this situation. HIV transmission depends on many different factors, and it is difficult to determine how any of those played a role here. Generally speaking, the risk of a male contracting HIV... Read more »

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hiv transmission w/o vaginal intercourse

Posted by Anonymous, 2 Replies

Does anyone know what the possibility is that one could get HIV if the penis never actually entered the Vagina, but had precum and was placed near the labia and clitoris?

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Vaginal Intercourse Protected/Unprotected

Posted by Anonymous

Dear Friends,

Please help me with this one. I am supplying complete details :

I went to Mumbai city, India and had sex with a prostitute. First I asked her to suck my penies. During this act of oral sex I was not wearing any condoms. I did not... Read more »

how much hiv in vaginal fluids

Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply

Answer: A small amount or none. The small amount can/could be risky. There is really no documentation on transmission from female to male. There IS documentation on a few men who have had post-coital female blood infect them via intercourse. I... Read more »

Intercourse for 2 - 5 sec

Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply

Hi... I was wondering what are the risks of catching HIV from having intercourse for 2 - 5 sec with a body massage sex worker in Thailand. I never expected to, but when the body massage took place and I was covered in soap. It just slipped in. ... Read more »

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