tibbsd wrote:Can i get HIV from tounge kissing? Can I get Aids from oral sex? What if it's only one time? I don't like to use rubbers and I use the withdrawl method I should be fine, right? I have this knot on my private part and I am haven't gone to the doctor's office to get it checked out, should I tell my girlfriend? I don't want her to freak out.
No disrespect to you whatsoever, but I'm surprised! I thought by now this information was readily available in churches, schools, librarires and on the internet. Evidently not in your area, so BIG UPS for seeking knowledge. Here are the facts...Tongue kissing...YES, with an explaination.
"HIV can not be transmitted by a kiss. Experts are not completely certain about HIV transmission through deep, prolonged, or "French" kissing. While scientists believe it is remotely possible, there has never been a known case of HIV transfusion through kissing. Most scientists agree that transmission of HIV through deep or prolonged kissing may be possible, but would be extremely unlikely." tibbsd, now ask yourself this...Is "may be possible" worth dying or killing over.
HIV from Oral sex...YES..Only one time...YES...No rubber and you'll be alright with withdrawl...NO. A Knot...Get it checked out. Should I tell my girlfriend...YES; you never have the right to jeapordize another individual concerning STD's or HIV/AIDS. Even if its nothing, your girl should know that you have an issue below the belt. Better yet, if you r sleeping together or plan on sleeping together, why not have her go with you and you both get HIV tested together.
HIV/AIDS Facts: (Resource: www.stophiv.com)
How HIV is (and isn't) Transmitted
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A person can become infected with HIV in these ways:
• Having sexual intercourse—vaginal, *201*, or oral—with an infected person.• Sharing needles or syringes with an infected person.• Women infected with HIV can pass the virus to their babies during pregnancy or during birth. They can also pass it on when breast-feeding.
Some people have been infected by receiving blood transfusions, especially before 1985, when careful screening and laboratory testing of the blood supply began. However, the risk of infection from blood transfusions today is extremely rare.
A person CANNOT become infected with HIV in these ways:
• People cannot become infected by giving blood at a blood bank.• HIV can not be transmitted through everyday contact with infected people at school, work, home, or anywhere else.• It's not possible to become infected with HIV by using the toilet, shaking hands, sharing utensils, phones, or clothing. It can't be passed on by things like spoons, cups, or other objects that someone who is infected with the virus has used.• One cannot become infected with sweat, tears, sneezes, coughs, or urine.• People cannot become infected by "dry" kissing. Although there are trace amounts of HIV present in the saliva of an infected person, there are no documented cases of HIV infection from kissing. There is a slight risk from deep or French kissing, especially if there are cuts or sores in the mouth.• HIV cannot be carried by a mosquito. The AIDS virus does not live in a mosquito, and it is not transmitted through a mosquito's salivary glands like other diseases such as malaria or yellow fever. You won't get it from bed bugs, lice, flies, or other insects.
How Can Someone Get HIV From Sexual Intercourse?
HIV can be spread through unprotected sexual intercourse with an infected partner. It can be spread from male to female, female to male, or male to male sexual contact. Female-to-female sexual transmission is possible, but rare. Unprotected sexual intercourse means sexual intercourse without correct and consistent condom use.
HIV may be in an infected person's blood, semen, or vaginal secretions. It is thought that it can enter the body through cuts or sores—some so small you don't know they're there—on tissue in the vagina, penis, or rectum, and possibly the mouth.
HIV is transmitted by *201*, vaginal, or oral intercourse with a person who is infected with HIV.
Since many infected people have no apparent symptoms of the condition, it's hard to be sure who is or is not infected with HIV. So, the more sex partners a person has, the greater his or her chances are of encountering someone who is infected and becoming infected themselves.
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