Do i need to test?

[ben12121216]

Hello experts.
I was at a party and I French kissed a transgender. 5 days before it happened, I had tonsilitis and sore throat. Now after 1-2 weeks I kissed the transgender I have again a very bad sore throat (it’s like laryngitis).She had her lips filled and im afraid because when i kissed her her lips seemed kinda strange. Is there any risk ive caught HIV? Or maybe other STD?

[GuitarRox]

Kissing is not a way that hiv is transmitted. The only risks are to have unprotected vaginal or anal sex or share IV needles to inject drugs. Air and saliva inactivate the virus. So, there is zero risk of hiv from this exposure.

STD's are not handled in this group but will tell you that kissing only poses the risk of oral herpes and that is something 80 percent of the population has. So, also really? No risk.

[ben12121216]

thank you for your answer. i was just worried because i had sore throat and i have bleeding gums and what i read on internet it said there’s a possibility and got me thinking. again thank you for your time.

[GuitarRox]

you're welcome

[AnxiousNoMore]

Your situation involves personal contact with an object in air  ( mouth, maybe blood, maybe cut, fluids,  etc. ). You will be happy to learn that you had no risk, because you can't get hiv from personal contact except unprotected penetrating vaginal or anal with a penis, neither of which you did and you didn't share hollow needles to inject with which is the only other way to acquire hiv - there are ONLY 3 ways to get hiv. Note that 2 of them require a penis and the third requires a hollow injecting shared needle - there are no OTHER ways to get hiv. Analysis of large numbers of infected people over the 40 years of hiv history has proven that people don't get hiv in the way you are worried is a risk.
Hiv is a fragile virus in air or saliva and is effectively instantly dead in either air or saliva so the WORST that could happen is dead virus rubbed you, and obviously anything which is dead cannot live again so you are good. Blood and cuts would not be relevant in your situation since the hiv has become effectively dead, so you don't have to worry about them to be sure that you are safe. Any hiv test would be a waste of time.
There is no reason for a person to test when they are safe. The advice took into consideration that the other person might be positive, so move on and enjoy life instead of thinking about this non-event. hiv prevention is straightforward since there are only 3 ways you can become infected, so next time you wonder if you had a risk, ask yourself this QUESTION. "Did I do any of the 3?" Then after you say "No, I didn't" you will know that it's time to move on back to your happy life.
No one got hiv from what you did during 40 years of hiv history and no one will get it in the next 40 years of your life either.  You can do what you did any time and be safe from hiv.
The other person's status is irrelevant when you have no exposure to live virus.
No risk=no hiv disease=no ARS symptoms.
hiv science is 40 years old and no researcher EVER thought a person could get hiv from kissing, so your fear is quite silly.

[ben12121216]

thank you for your answer. i kinda knew it was silly but this sore throat coming again got me questioning myself because i saw the first symptoms of hiv. again thank you for your answer and your time to write it.

[GuitarRox]

HIV is never diagnosed by symptoms. Only risk assessment and then testing if there is a risk. You had no risk so you are good. Sore throat is likely a random every day virus.

[ben12121216]

i made a control and it seems i have pneumonia on my right lung. that explains the throat part i guess.

[Sara_MHModerator]

Your question has been answered in full that you did not have a risk for HIV. We hope you feel better soon.

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