Lip Kissing With Sores And A Known Hiv Positive

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Can u get AIDS by kissing(lips 2 lips)

hi there i was wondering if one could get AIDS just by kissing someone.[tongue to tongue]I WOULD APPRECIATE IF YOU COULD SEND ME MORE DETAILS ON HOW ONE COULD GET HIV POSITIVE (aids) # mehul...

Response from Judith Feinberg, M.D.

University of Cincinnati, College of Medicine

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Known Positive, Though Undetectable Partner, Oral Sex Slip-up: Risky Encounter? (ORAL SEX AND HIV/STD RISK, 2010)

A few weeks ago I hooked up with a guy I met online; he did not reveal his status on his profile.... Read more »

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Kissing HIV positive female and blood-PEP?

OK doc, I know you've answered questions similar to this one before, but I somehow feel mine... Read more »

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A Kiss Is Just a Kiss

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Exposure risks with known HIV positive man

Posted by 2010Worrier36, 1 Reply

I am a gay male who last weekend met another gay male who told me he was HIV+ after we had fooled around. I'm now worried that I put myself at risk of exposure. He has been positive for 13 years now and seemed to care about safer sex.

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kissing?

Posted by Anonymous, 3 Replies

2 months ago i kissed one girl in a pub.We open-kissed about 1 minute,i dont remember any visible cuts in my mouth.Neither had i brushed my teeth for many many hours.So ,heres my question.I know that kissing is considered quite safe, but i have been... Read more »

A kiss to kill?

Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply

I had an open sore on my lip. I kissed somebody, but not deep kissing. I ate her, but just barely and only briefly and my lip didn't touch hers. A week later she was pretty sick (sore throat, cough and fever). I have no possibilities of having any... Read more »

lip sores unprotected oral hiv risk

Posted by smkl, 1 Reply

Hello

I am aware that risk from unprotected insertive fellatio is relatively lower.
But what is freaking me out is that post the episode- I discovered a single sore on the inside of her lips- it was not red or yellow, but just as the same texture and... Read more »

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