Is It Possible To Get HIV From Kissing

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Is it possible i have Hiv through kissing and quick genital contact?

Hello dr. Shannon I haven't been sleeping well for 3 months! I kissed a man and had quick genital contact (no intercourse neither anal sex happened and no fluids except his precum) I don't know if he was hiv positive and I didn't ask...

Response from Shannon Southall

Rocky Mountain CARES

HiHIV is not passed through casual contact or kissing. If there were to be blood present you would have to have an open sore in your mouth as well and even with that the risk is extremely low.I would say that from this experience there is no need... Read more »

Scared about a possible strange way to be infected through oral/deep kissing

Dear Dr. Frascino,I'm an Italian guy from Milan that he's really scared about a possible... Read more »

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D. »

Could it be possible I was infected almost three years ago from a kiss?

Hi forum experts,In a drunken stupor close to three years ago, I french kissed a highly promiscuous... Read more »

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

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Articles

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 »

GMHC and Photographer Mike Ruiz Want MSM in NYC to "Kiss and Tell" During LGBT Pride Month

On May 28, Gay Men's Health Crisis (GMHC) launched its print HIV awareness campaign, "Kiss and Tell," in phone kiosks across Manhattan, the Bronx and Brooklyn. The mission is to encourage and empower African-American and Latino gay and bisexual... 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 »

Pickett Fences: Getting to Know You

"So," I say, "since you want to know more about me ... there is something very important I want to tell you." Pretty smooth, eh? You know what came next. And he was silent for a moment, as is the custom, and then he didn't say a word. He just... Read more »

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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 »

Luc Montagnier, Saliva, Kissing

Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply

I recently read that Luc Montagnier, one of the discoverers of the HIV virus, has now come out and said that kissing with the exchange of saliva may transmit HIV. Has anyone heard of this? I don't know whether to worry about this since Montagnier... Read more »

Deep Kissing

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 »

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 »

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