Is Saliva Safe

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Is breathing the air from saliva safe?

Hi , I would like to know if somebody spiit his or her salvia on the ground and it dries, and I happends to pass by, may i contact hiv, aids or other dieases by breathing the saliva from an infected person? Also regarding SARS(if the person...

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

Columbia University's Health & Related Services

HIV is not airborne. That means that HIV cannot be transmitted through the air when an HIV infected person breathes, talks, or coughs near you. HIV is also not known to be transmitted through contact with saliva. The saliva of infected people... Read more »

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Hi, Rick. One month ago, I became intimately involved with a person who is HIV+. The intimacy was... Read more »

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blood in saliva

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Saliva, Hiv, Risks?

Posted by Anonymous, 2 Replies

Is saliva risky if it is able to get into your bloodtream? If say your are receiving oral sex and saliva gets on your mucous membranes and into your bloodstream, or if you are getting a french kiss and saliva eneters an open sore in your mouth or... Read more »

How safe is performing oral sex now??? HELP!!!

Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply

Hi all,

If I'm HIV+, how safe is it to perform oral sex on an HIV- guy? Sometime I give him pretty intense oral and his penis has been cut (a little bleeding) ... does that make a difference? Or is the only concern being him coming into contact with... Read more »

how safe is oral?

Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply

I just wanted to post a question. How possible is it to contract HIV from giving oral sex to a female. In addition to that question who out there knows if clyamidia transmitted through vaginal oral sex?

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I tried to be safe!

Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply

Hey everyone,

Recently I hooked up with a guy I've known for several years and am really infatuated with. Problem is, he currently has a girlfriend, and I felt extremely guilty that he was cheating on her with me (though he told me that was *his*... Read more »

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