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Can you contract HIV from giving oral if you bite your cheeks?
I Gave unprotected oral to another man who’s status I’m not sure of. I asked him if he was “clean” before I did and he said yes although I cannot be sure. I know Oral sex giving or receiving is extremely low risk however I have a bad habit of biting on the insides of my cheeks, never to the point of them bleeding but enough to rip a layer of the tissue a bit. i did not swallow any semen and any precum I spit out. My question is, in the event that this man was HIV positive what are the chances of contracting it in my situation? would it have any impact on the risk and if so by how much?
You had zero risk so a test would be a waste of time. You can relax and go back to your happy life instead of worrying about this.
HIV is instantly inactivated in air and also in saliva which means it is effectively dead so it can't infect from touching, external rubbing or oral activities. It doesn't matter if you and they were actively bleeding or had cuts at the time either because the HIV is effectively dead.
Only 3 adult risks are the following:
1. unprotected penetrating vaginal with a penis
2. unprotected penetrating anal sex with a penis
3. sharing needles that you inject with. Knowing these 3 are all you need to know to protect yourself against HIV. The situation you describe is a long way from any of these 3.
Even with blood, lactation, cuts, rashes, burns, etc the air or the saliva does not allow inactivated virus to infect from touching, external rubbing or oral activities. Doctors have calculated the risk from what you did to be less than that of being hit by a meteor. The above HIV science is 40 years old and very well established.
HIV is instantly inactivated in air and also in saliva which means it is effectively dead so it can't infect from touching, external rubbing or oral activities. It doesn't matter if you and they were actively bleeding or had cuts at the time either because the HIV is effectively dead.
Only 3 adult risks are the following:
1. unprotected penetrating vaginal with a penis
2. unprotected penetrating anal sex with a penis
3. sharing needles that you inject with. Knowing these 3 are all you need to know to protect yourself against HIV. The situation you describe is a long way from any of these 3.
Even with blood, lactation, cuts, rashes, burns, etc the air or the saliva does not allow inactivated virus to infect from touching, external rubbing or oral activities. Doctors have calculated the risk from what you did to be less than that of being hit by a meteor. The above HIV science is 40 years old and very well established.
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Just a quick question. Since yesterday I’ve been experiencing dry gums/ dry mouth and I’ve read that this is a sign of HIV. Is this a common occurrence or should I be worried? I’m 6 days into this so I can no longer start PEP
Hi - it seems you didn't absorb the advice provided to you, indicating that you had no risk for HIV. This means your symptoms cannot be related to HIV. There isn't anything more our members can say about your no-risk event.
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