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Please, What is the deal with HIV and DEEP Kissing?

I hope this guy is wrong: http://allafrica.com/stories/200008300010.html...

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

Columbia University's Health & Related Services

Please refer to my response "Deep Kissing and HIV" for my a specific response to that article.There has been no change in the general consensus about HIV transmission through kissing: there is no evidence that it happens. Even though HIV... Read more »

Deep Kissing and HIV Transmission

Hello,I just read this article which quotes Luc Montaigner:=============Deep kissing and HIV transmissionContrary to some studies, renowned French researcher and scientist, Prof. Luc Montaigner, who discovered that AIDS is caused by the Human...

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

Columbia University's Health & Related Services

Thanks for the update. I must have blinked too, because Luc Montaigner's announcement is news to me. I have not been able to find anymore specific information about his statement. I am so wary of the press when it comes to relaying... Read more »

got hiv from kissing

Dr. BobI am pretty sure that I got hiv from kissing a high risk girl. It turns out that I had a cut on my inner lip and deep kissed her for about an hour. # weeks later I came down with a very high fever , slight pink rash on my chest that went...

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Hello,You are "pretty sure" you got HIV from kissing. I'm very sure you did not. If you feel you placed yourself at risk due to the cut on your inner lip and tonsil-hockey-marathon session with the high-risk hottie, then get tested at... Read more »

Discordant testing advice between two The Body experts over French kissing and HIV -- A sinking ship, yet the band plays on!

Dr. Frascino,Please take a look at the response given by Dr. Fawcett -- The Body's Mental Health and HIV expert -- regarding someone's concern over acquiring HIV from a french kiss, and testing advice for this level of...

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Hello, Extremely Concerned Visitor.As you point out David Fawcett cited one of my posts in his answer. I really don't believe there is much difference in our advice and certainly no cause for cognitive dissonance, consulting Magic 8 Balls or... Read more »

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Kissing Concern...

Posted by Anonymous, 2 Replies

I recently read an article, quoting an HIV researcher (Luc Montaigner, the researcher that originally identified HIV as the cause of AIDS), that stated HIV can be transmitted through kissing. I was tested in February, a year after my last sexual... Read more »

Mixed couple-French kissing

Posted by Anonymous, 2 Replies

Hi,
We are planning to have protected sex, what are realistic risks for the neg partner with open mouth(french kissing). Someone please help.
Thanks!

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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 »

One more question about kissing

Posted by Imemyself, 1 Reply

Hi everybody

Roughly 60 hours ago I met an escort and we began by kissing a bit with open mouth - since then I have relived the night thousands of times and am sure that our tongues touched each other only 4 or 5 times and for like 5 seconds each... Read more »

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