Went to the doctor for testing, she said that there are documented cases of hiv transmitted through oral sex?

[robolean45]

I received unprotected oral sex from the same sex worker at a massage parlor 10 weeks ago, and 1 week ago. We also had protected vaginal and anal. For the last week my tonsils have looked quite destroyed with white cuts and crater looking things, along with a runny/stuffy and no apeptite (all symptoms of a cold I suppose). I went to get an STD screening today. I explained my risk, but told her I was at a party instead of I was at a sex parlor. She explained that HIV was a very low risk for transmission from oral sex. She did a physical exam of my penis and saw nothing out of the ordinary. I never performed oral sex on the girl, so the doctor said that she wouldn't recommend an oral swab for gonnorrhea because my sore throat wouldn't be related to an STD without me performing oral on someone else. She took a urine sample and a mouth swab for HIV. Apparently I wont here back for up to 2 weeks for the HIV test because their system is backed up. I asked her if there has ever been a documented case of HIV via oral sex, and she admitted that there has been. She herself has never seen them, but assured me that there are a few documented cases of HIV transmission through oral sex. She said that most HIV positive patients or those at risk she has seen are in the gay community, so I asked her how many women in the area are HIV positive. She said that a very small number in the student population, and then said that most women with HIV are IV drug users or prostitutes. That worries me because the prostitute I saw said her husband died somehow from heroin. So I essentially had protected sex and unprotected oral sex with an HIV positive prostitute twice.

1. Is it true that theses documentations exist? I read online that they did.
2. If my oral HIV swab test comes back negative, how accurate are the results?
3. If the urine gonorrhea test comes back postive, is it likely that I may have HIV?
4. If the gonorrhea results come back negative, is it likely the girl did not have any STDs and I'm completely good to go?

thank you

[robolean45]

sorry, I did move on until the doctor told me that there was a risk. I'm moving on the best I can now. I guess that the doctor I saw must not have been an expert. I just thought it was weird that doctors here said they've never seen a documented case of HIV via oral whereas my doctor at the university health center said she has. I did not mean to re ask the same questions about my risk, I really just wanted to hear what you guys thought about what my doctor said. I'm glad to hear that my doctor was wrong. Now that I think about it, she did seem to close her eyes when she would tell me about HIV risks, like she couldn't look me in the eyes and say it.

[Teak]

It won't and you didn't. Move on.

[robolean45]

The doctor I saw was a university heath service sexual health doctor. She seemed like she knew what she was talking about, but I doubt she specialized in HIV. She just acted like it was totally possible that I contracted HIV, but just a low risk. I really hope your right that the documented cases are lies. I would hate to find out that my life was ruined on a 1/10000 chance. I'll assume that you're right, but lets just say that my tests come back negative and I did contract HIV from oral sex, would my case be profound and worth investigation from experts? I feel like if its really that rare, it would be a huge deal in the HIV research community.

[Teak]

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[mike_no]

Interesting!

Yes, there are documented cases. However, the fact of the matter there is pretty undetermined, out of million people infected through out the globe over the period of time, handful of HIV contractions through oral itself is a subject of debate, which certainly has been the case in the past, present and most probably will be in the future unless, the "conservative" CDC doesn't wish to call "A spade - A SPADE".

I understand, you should be thinking that I am going round in circles, by now. I am going to make this simple - It's a theoretical risk and the reason oral sex is documented as a possible way of transmission because few people chose to lie about their exposure and the rest THOUGHT, that's how they contracted the virus, nevertheless penetrative vaginal, anal, sharing needles were also some thing they must have indulged in at some point but what they THOUGHT gave them the virus is oral sex and they let it be documented. Having said that, the percentage of the aforesaid people are minuscule and better off ignored.

Me, any other contributor to this forum or the doctors here would say it and say it pretty clearly - ORAL SEX IS NO RISK! Why? Because there is no transmission mechanism available. Consumption of semen is not an effective method of transmission, gastric acid in your stomach inhibits the virus. Saliva is not infectious, it contains several proteins that inhibits the virus. Relax! You're fine.

Now, let's talk about your doctor, that lady is either making money here or genuinely HIV know-how deprived, in either of the cases it's warranted to change your doctor and if ever you need a REAL insight on HIV, it has to be either an "Infectious disease doctor" or "STD/HIV specialist".

I am ruling out your questions here, not answering them because the crux from where it was generated is totally non existence.