Is oral sex a risk for HIV?

[Finnhudson]

Hi all,

First of all, thank you all for your efforts on the forum. I am a gay guy from China. 3 weeks ago I had sex with a guy whose HIV status was unknown. We French kissed and I performed oral sex on him for like 20 seconds. No unprotected anal sex.

I understand that the forum believes oral sex is not a risk for HIV. However, according to US CDC, mouth-to-penile sex could lead to HIV and the chance is 1 out of 10,000. I do not know which perspective I should trust, and are there any reported cases of getting HIV through oral sex?

Thanks a lot for your help.

[Finnhudson]

Hi Mike,

Thank you a lot for your answer. That's totally a relief for me. Wish you all the best.

Hi Curselord,

Thank you for your advice. I will think about that.

Best regards,
Finn

[mike_no]

You had no risk.  Oral sex is not a risk for HIV,  saliva and gastric acid in the stomach inhibits the virus.  Consumption of semen is not the right route to HIV transmission.  

CDC states that odd for a risk because nothing is accurate to 100% in medical science. Some people in the past might have lied about their transmission and it is reported. Out of 35 million population infected with HIV,  couple of people claiming to be positive due to oral sex is quite questionable.

The chances of you dying tonight struck by lightning, when you step outside your home is way higher than contracting HIV from your incident. You didn't have an HIV concern,  no testing necessary.

[CurseLord]

You could do the hiv test one more week from now if you are worry.

[mike_no]

@Curselord - I feel you should stop advising people with no risk to test and focus on your well being.  What are you doing here on this forum, anyway?

Weren't you been told to stay away from HIV forums and searches?

[CurseLord]

The only way to let him stop thinking about hiv is just go for a test if he is very worry about getting infected. This will calm his mind though.

[Chima7]

You don't know what you're talking about and should not be giving other people advice when you are having your own irrational anxiety about HIV. You should be looking for a counselor and dealing with your own issues.

[CurseLord]

There is nothing wrong to get a blood test and hiv test together. He could check on his health condition at the same time. Test results are a concrete answer. Thank you.

[mike_no]

Yes, it is wrong to test for obsessive desires.  Most worried well here in the forum are unable to differentiate between a legitimate risk and a non risk incident. They obsess about scenarios that can not lead to HIV transmission. Asking them to tests is to have two demons to deal with, they don't stop at a test, since it is their nature to obsess about a particular incident, they keep on testing obsessively to speculate late sero conversion or undetectable antibody etc.

Keep it simple, when there is no risk, don't test.  Seek help for the real problem which is OCD / Paranoia in most cases.  

[CurseLord]

Everyone has their own opinions, you are quite right about it. I had nothing to argue with that but getting a blood test annually is good for checking other health conditions.