Deep Kissing after Flossing

[worriedkisser914]

Hello Doctor,

I am a 33 rd old male and Only last Firday, I made out with my colleague. We never engaged in deep kissing ( with tongue ) and I sucked her nipples and just engaged in dry humping ( she was wearing her thong and I was wearing my boxer underwear which has a opening in the middle). We never had oral, anal or vaginal sex.

Now i am worried about quite a few things here, I regularly floss and on friday I did floss in the evening ( 7pm ) and did notice some bleeding in my mouth, which is normal when I floss. And I made out with this woman the same night at 11 am.

I am extremely worried that I may have got infected with some STD, because of the cuts in my gums as we engaged in deep to very deep kissing. I also sucked her nipples and assuming she was pregnant and lactating what are the chances of me getting infected with HIV ( althought I dont remember noticing any milk from her breasts ) and like I mentioned before we were invovled in dry humping ( she had her thongs on and I had my boxers with a slit in the middle). I am pretty sure that my penis would have touched her vagina in the heat of the moment a few times.

Considering all these ... i would like to know if I have to be tested for any STD's.

Hoping for some help

Very very worried kisser.

[Edward W Hook, MD]

No change in my opinion or recommendations. These web sites are overly conservative.  EWH

[worriedkisser914]

But Doc, I have read in websites , in fact in some  ".gov"  websites that there is a risk if there is blood involved in saliva ???  Is this true ?

[worriedkisser914]

YAY!!!!!!!!

Thanks Doc , I will drink to this tonight .... have been worried sick for the last 4 days !!!

Thanks a million !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

stochastic1023 , thanks for your response as well.

[Edward W Hook, MD]

Welcome to our Forum.  I'll be pleased to put this encounter in perspective.  Before I comment on the exposures however, let me point out that it is probably unlikely that your colleague had any STD.  You could ask her if you are nervous.

That said and irrespective of whether or not she has any STD, this was a no risk event.  There are no STDs which are transmitted through kissing (even deep kissing) or by sucking her breast (whether she was lactating or not).  Your having flossed and elicited bleeding from your gums in no way changes this.  There is simply no reason for concern and no medical reason for testing.  

I suggest you do not worry and keep flossing.  EWH

P.S.  Before you go there, I suppose there is a theoretical risk that you could acquire HSV-1 (a cold sore) from kissing but that is unlikely, both because there is a better than 50% probability that you already have HSV-1 (whether you know it or not) and because even if you don't and she does, your risk of getting HSV-1 from this encounter is less than 1 in 1000.  If you do not develop a cold sore in the next 14 days, you can be confident that you did not get HSV-1. there is no need for testing and in fact, getting tested would be a mistake. EWH

[stochastic1023]

Calm down, don't waste your time worrying! You ain't got no risk for HIV!!! Probability ZERO!!!

[worriedkisser914]

I am very worried because I will be getting married to another person in a few months time and I know what I have done is horrible apart from the guilt of cheating on my girlfriend, I would never want to give my would be wife any kind of infection because of my horrible actions.

Should I get myself tested doctor !!! ?? Hoping for a reply.

Very very worried kisser.