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Is deep kissing a risk for HIV if I have an ulcer in my mouth?
Hi all. Thanks for your efforts here on the forum. Just hope to know if deep kissing for several minutes brings risk for HIV if I have an ulcer in my mouth? Should I go get tested? Thanks a lot!
In an adult, only unprotected anal or vaginal sex and sharing IV drug needles are possible risks for HIV. Nothing else is a risk for HIV, including your scenario with kissing with or without sores, bleeding gums, tongue problems, or anything else you can think of. Not a risk. No risk of course means nothing to test.
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Thanks Chima for your kind help. Just a quick follow-up question - what if the other one also has an ulcer in his mouth? Does it change anything as I suppose there could possibly be exchange of blood? Thanks!
No worries, because you can't get hiv from oral activities. Studies of infected people in an oral sex relationship or who have kissed have proven that the negative partner doesn't get hiv. HIV is effectively instantly dead in air plus also dead in saliva, and the person`s mouth always has those 2 hiv killers in it protecting the negative person from getting hiv via oral activities. Blood and cuts would not be relevant since the hiv has become effectively dead, so you don't have to look for them to be sure that you are safe.
Thank you AnxiousNoMore. That’s extremely comprehensive and helpful!!!
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