Can HIV Infection Be Transmitted Through Oral Sex?
Hi Doctor, I m always paranoid, but I am a woman who received oral sex a few weeks ago from a man. I don t know his history. Only saliva exchanged obviously since I didn t go down on him and no sex. What are my risks of getting hiv from this one time incident of receiving oral? Also I have a sore throat now, could that be related to receiving oral sex from him? Thank you!
Very few but definite chance of hiv after oral sex. However your your symptoms of sore throat is due to someother std or infection. Hiv doesn't produce symptoms rapidly. Go for confirmatory hiv testing once after month of exposure. And take treatment of your sore throat according to your doctor's advice
HIV infection through receiving cunnilingus ((using the mouth, lips and tongue to stimulate the female genitals) is considered a remote possibility. The person performing it would have to have bleeding gums, but it is unlikely that there would be enough blood to transmit HIV. Moreover, there have been no documented cases of HIV transmission through receiving cunnilingus, on the contrary there is a potential for transmission of HIV by performing cunnilingus, because vaginal fluid and menstrual blood (both of which can contain significant amounts of virus) can get into the mouth Though there have only been a very small number of case reports of HIV transmission attributed to performing cunnilingus . Hope this helps .
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Can HIV Infection Be Transmitted Through Oral Sex?
Very few but definite chance of hiv after oral sex. However your your symptoms of sore throat is due to someother std or infection. Hiv doesn t produce symptoms rapidly. Go for confirmatory hiv testing once after month of exposure. And take treatment of your sore throat according to your doctor s advice