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HIV oral risk

What are the chances of hiv transmission when hiv + blood gets into your mouth through licking a wound?is it more risky than if vaginal fluids gets into mouth or less as i dont know about viral load in both?
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that means blood in mouth is high risk
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Blood
Semen
vaginalsecret
breast milk
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Thanks,do you know about the viral load in blood as compared to vaginal fluid
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Then your OK then.
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Yes it was a burn wound and dry like a fluid filled blister
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If the wound was dry (in that I mean a dry wound), I would say no risk at all.
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i just accidently licked wound during breast sucking once and i am anxious of hiv after as wound was at the side of nipple
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The salivia would destroy the virus.

Still not the sensible thing to do!
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