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Does ARS make cunnilingus high risk?
Hi!
Thank you so much for your website!
I would like to know if the low risk to performing cunnilingus applies the same during the woman’s primary infection.
There was a situation in which I used a condom for vaginal sex but also performed unprotected cunnilingus and anilingus in a dark room with a girl who admitted to once having chlamidia. After my eyes adjusted to the dark, I notice her upper torso (chest and upper back) had a light but wide-spread maculopapular rash. The back was slightly more severe. I stopped cunnilingus but I was uncomfortable asking about the rash because I hardly knew her.
This was today. In the event that she was indeed experiencing ARS, would this encounter warrant testing in a couple of months?
Thank you so much for your website!
I would like to know if the low risk to performing cunnilingus applies the same during the woman’s primary infection.
There was a situation in which I used a condom for vaginal sex but also performed unprotected cunnilingus and anilingus in a dark room with a girl who admitted to once having chlamidia. After my eyes adjusted to the dark, I notice her upper torso (chest and upper back) had a light but wide-spread maculopapular rash. The back was slightly more severe. I stopped cunnilingus but I was uncomfortable asking about the rash because I hardly knew her.
This was today. In the event that she was indeed experiencing ARS, would this encounter warrant testing in a couple of months?
Oral sex is not a risk for HIV. The only way adults get HIV is from unprotected vaginal or anal intercourse or sharing IV drug needles. HIV is fragile and is inactivated by air and saliva. So, This is not a risk regardless of the other person's status.
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I appreciate that answer!!
But I’m also concerned because that idea comes from usual oral. This case may be special if she was currently experiencing seroconversion, I think. Because her viral count would be astronomically higher and I don’t have the best gums on the block. (Occasional bleeding when brushing)
But I’m also concerned because that idea comes from usual oral. This case may be special if she was currently experiencing seroconversion, I think. Because her viral count would be astronomically higher and I don’t have the best gums on the block. (Occasional bleeding when brushing)
Zero risk times whatever factor you are trying to include = zero. Time to move on from HIV because you are just rephrasing the same question.
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