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Risk Of HIV Transmission From Touching Cold Sore
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risk of HIV from oral sex with cold sorewhat are the risk of contracting hiv from someone from the act of performing oral sex when cold sore blisters are present on the lips of the partner providing the oral sex?would the use of a condom reduce the risk? it is possible for the virus to be...
Response from Ryan M. Kull, C.S.W
Columbia University's Health & Related Services
Theoretically, if you have some sort of active sore or lesion and that comes into contact with HIV infected fluids, there would be an increased risk of HIV transmission. A barrier that prevents fluids from coming into contact with the sore would...
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Cold sores /hiv infection
Posted by bug, 2 Replies
Hello,I recently had sex with a prostitute and was so drunk(and stupid) i couldn't think of any possible dangers. The prostitute had several cold sores on her body. We had unprotected oral sex (lasted less than a minute) and 2 times protected vaginal... Read more » lip sores unprotected oral hiv risk
Posted by smkl, 1 Reply
HelloI 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 » cold sores
Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply
Hi all, this is not a question if i have hiv.about 4 months ago(while under alot of stress) on my upper lip i noticed lots of little white bumps(tiny)I thought maybe it was cold sores but 3 months later they have not burst or anything, Iam wondering... Read more » Cold/Canker Sores
Posted by Anonymous, 2 Replies
I had a quick question about cold and canker sores. I've had 2 cold sores and 1 canker sore in the past year. Does this seem abnormal, and if so are these possible symptoms of HIV. I has one possible exposure over a year ago, I got tested outside...
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