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Table of Contents What Safer Sex Is What Safer Sex Is Not Practicing Safer Sex No-Risk Safer Sex Activities Other Safer Sex Tips Thinking it Through What Safer Sex Is Serious, even life-threatening, infections like HIV,syphilis, and other sexually-transmitted diseases (STDs) can be passed from one person toanother through sex. Safer sex is sex that reduces the chances of spreading orgetting STDs. It involves certain actions...

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menstrual blood on penis after protected sex - WILL DONATE GENEROUSLY!!!

Doc - I just had sex with a high-risk prostitute. I used condom (i think correctly, since i am circumcized). After being inside her for about 30 seconds i pulled out and noticed a fair amount of blood. She took off the condom and there was blood...

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Hi,Your HIV-acquisition risk is negligible. It would be extremely unlikely an adequate amount of fresh HIV-tainted blood could come in contact with the mucosal membranes lining the urethra as a result of washing blood off the base of your Mr. Happy.... Read more »

Sex and menstrual period with condom

First Dr. Robert I want to congratulate you for your effort. I already donate at your page. Your answers here have been very helpful. However I will make my own question:About a week ago I had sex with a high risk female using a condom. When we...

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Hi,Assuming the latex condom was used properly and did not fail (break), your HIV-acquisition risk would be essentially nonexistent, even with the presence of menstrual blood. Your concerns about blood contact due to "cleaning" are... Read more »

Relation of Menstrual Cycle to Risk of Infection?

Is a woman more susceptible to infection from unprotected heterosexual sexduring menstruation? Is there any correlation between the menstrual cycle and degree of risk ofinfection?...

Response from Rick Sowadsky, M.P.H.

Nevada State Health Division AIDS Program

Hi. Thank you for your question. I am not aware of any study looking specifically at this issue. However, itis well established that anytime a woman has unprotected sex with an infectedperson (whether it be HIV or other Sexually Transmitted... Read more »

Menstrual sex

Is it possible to contract the HIV virus through unprotected sex during a womans menstrual period even if the woman doesn't have HIV/AIDS?...

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Hello,Let me guess. I'll bet you're a graduate of one of Dubya's "abstinence-only sex education" programs, right? Dude, HIV is a germ. If someone isn't infected with that germ, how can she (or he) possibly transmit it... Read more »

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Prolonged menstrual period an HIV symptom?

Posted by anonymous34134, 1 Reply

So, I had an HIV scare in November 2007. I had unprotected oral sex with a guy (he went down on me, and I went down on him, but he didn't come). A few weeks after that I developed a bad cough and thought I might be HIV positive. I got tested 3... Read more »

condom failure during menstrual cycle

Posted by vendredisoir, 1 Reply

Hello all,

First of all, thanks to everyone for the many great posts on here. Have been lurking for a while.

Here's my story: I am a negative male who was having protected vaginal intercourse with a woman late in her cycle (had to be told to notice)... Read more »

Study shows very low HIV risk from oral sex

Posted by Anonymous

Study shows very low HIV risk from oral sex
New research estimates possibility of infection somewhere between 0-2 percent

by Eric Erickson

ATLANTA - In contrast to a report by the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention, a new study
shows... Read more »

LowRisk Sex with the HighRisk and salivary glands

Posted by Anonymous, 2 Replies

I have had a swollen gland in the right side of my neck, under my jaw for about FIVE months. It is not tender, and flucuates in size. The GP thought it was a submandibular lymph node; however, the ENT believes it to be my submandibular salivary... Read more »

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