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Doctor's Answer by Edward W Hook, MD, Mar 06, 2009 08:49AM
Your OCDObsessive-compulsive disorderis speaking to you far louder than the facts. You do not need testing. Kissing is no risk, even deep kissing and even with gum or dental disease. No one has EVER been infected with HIV through kissing. This includes kissing by all of the people who had HIV and gum disease, mouth sores, etc.
Finally, you do not even know that your partner was HIV infected. Odds are that she was not.
EWH
by Edward W Hook, MD, Sep 14, 2009 12:56PM
Your friend has nothing to worry about, no matter how long the kissing was for and no matter how much in the way of secretions were exchanged. This question has been answered on this Forum many times - this is a response I made recently to another client which addresses this concern, as well as oral sexBuccal smear
Causes of sexual dysfunction
Child abuse - sexual
Delayed ejaculation
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Female sexual dysfunction
Inhibited sexual desire
Orgasmic dysfunction
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Sexual intercourse - painful(after all, some people get confused as to where kissing ends and oral sexBuccal smear
Causes of sexual dysfunction
Child abuse - sexual
Delayed ejaculation
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Inhibited sexual desire
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Sexual intercourse - painfulbegins) ---"Kissing is no risk, even deep kissing and even with gum or dental disease. The quoted figure for HIV risk, if one has oral sexBuccal smear
Causes of sexual dysfunction
Child abuse - sexual
Delayed ejaculation
Erection problems
Female sexual dysfunction
Inhibited sexual desire
Orgasmic dysfunction
Puberty and adolescence
Safe sex
Sexual intercourse - painfulwith an infected partner is less than 1 in 10,000 and, in my estimation that is too high. Some experts state there is no risk at all from oral sexBuccal smear
Causes of sexual dysfunction
Child abuse - sexual
Delayed ejaculation
Erection problems
Female sexual dysfunction
Inhibited sexual desire
Orgasmic dysfunction
Puberty and adolescence
Safe sex
Sexual intercourse - painful. Neither of us on this site have ever seen or reading the medical literature of a convincing instance in which HIV was passed by oral sexBuccal smear
Causes of sexual dysfunction
Child abuse - sexual
Delayed ejaculation
Erection problems
Female sexual dysfunction
Inhibited sexual desire
Orgasmic dysfunction
Puberty and adolescence
Safe sex
Sexual intercourse - painful. This includes by all of the people who had gum disease, etc."
I hope this comment is helpful to you and your friend. EWH
by H. Hunter Handsfield, M.D., Feb 09, 2010 05:51PM
Of course no risk. HIV is not transmitted by kissing, even with sores in the mouth.
Despite the billions of kissing events in the AIDSAids
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Early symptomatic hiv infectionera, not one case of HIV has been known to be transmitted that way, even though millions of those kisses undoubtedly were with cutsCuts and puncture woundsin the mouth or on the lipsCleft lip and palate
Cleft lip repair - series
Coronary risk profile
Hdl test
Herniated nucleus pulposus
High blood cholesterol and triglycerides
Ldl test
Lipase test
Lipocytes (fat cells)
Lipoma - arm
Liposuction - series.
There is no need for HIV testing, even if your kissing partner was at high risk for HIV (e.g., gay man, injection drug user), and even if s/he is known to have HIV. Of course you can always get tested if you are unconvinced by this reassurance (and Teak's) and remain nervous about it.
HHH, MD
by Edward W Hook, MD, Feb 12, 2010 08:57PM
There is no risk to you of getting HIV or other STDs from kissing, even deep kissing an even if your mouth was dry an you had cold sores.
You do not need to be concerned and do not need testing of any sort. EWH
by H. Hunter Handsfield, M.D., Sep 12, 2006 12:00AM
Kissing carries no significant risk of HIV or other STDs, with or without blood exposure, and I am unaware of any reports of transmission through mouth area bitesAnimal bite - first aid - series
Animal bites
Brown recluse spider bite on the hand
Chigger bite - close-up of blisters
Flea bite - close-up
Frostbite - hands
Human bites
Inhibited sexual desire
Insect bite reaction - close-up
Insect bites and stings
Insect bites on the legs. I suppose the risk in theory is a little higher than kissing without biting, but even doubling a virtually zero risk still leaves virtually zero risk. In any case, the statistical likelihood is low that the stripper is HIV infected. I don't recommend testing.
Good luck-- HHH, MD
by Edward W Hook, MD, Mar 06, 2009 08:49AM
Your OCDObsessive-compulsive disorderis speaking to you far louder than the facts. You do not need testing. Kissing is no risk, even deep kissing and even with gum or dental disease. No one has EVER been infected with HIV through kissing. This includes kissing by all of the people who had HIV and gum disease, mouth sores, etc.
Finally, you do not even know that your partner was HIV infected. Odds are that she was not.
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