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HIV Through Oral Sex

I've seen multiple answers given as to weather or not HIV can enter the body through the Urethra and from what i understand it can, but it's low risk. I'm still a bit confused as to the likely-hood of exposures, because some have said that while saliva alone does contain HIV it is in such small levels that it would take alot to infect a partner. My mother is a doctor and she said you could be infected from saliva, but im not sure if she meant if their was blood in the saliva or just in general, and furthermore, while she is a doctor she generally doesn't deal with HIV. I have to wait a while to know for sure but until then, i was hoping that someone could ease my worrying and just let me know for sure. So just to be sure to be 100% sure on this, my question to you is, if one receives oral sex from a HIV+ partner, with no blood in their blood, only saliva, is there still a high risk of infection, or would a higher risk pertain to if they had blood in their mouth.
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Are you sure Teak? I hear it is, but only if there's blood in the saliva, im such a worrisome soul lol.
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Oral sex is NOT a risk of transmitting HIV.
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Ok i just looked over your page so CLEARLY you if anyone would be the most knowledgeable on the subject, thank you Teak.
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Teak, i was wondering, why do health things like CDC, and some doctors say that there's a risk of getting HIV from oral sex, when their aren't documented cases that it does, unless blood is involved? Is that what they mean to say, that it's a risk if there's blood? Or do they just mean in general just to cover all the bases?
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There is no debate (among experts) about the HIV risks associated with oral sex.  The risk is so low that almost nobody who cares for HIV infected patients has ever had a patient believed to have been infected that way.  Among experts, it's a semantic issue about using terms like "no risk" and "very low risk".  There is no difference between my or Dr. Hook's use of "low risk" and other experts' "no risk".
DR. HANSFIELD

"And oral sex is basically safe sex -- completely safe with respect to HIV and although not zero risk for other STDs, the chance of infection is far lower than for unprotected vaginal or anal sex.  Please educate yourself about the real risks.  If you stick with oral sex and condom-protected vaginal or anal sex, you have no HIV worries and very little worry about other STDs. "   DR HANSFIELD

"I am sure you can find lots of people who belive that HIV is transmitted by oral sex, but you will not find scientific data to support this unrealistic concern..."   DR HOOK

"HIV is not spread by touching, masturbation, oral sex or condom protected sex."- DR. HOOK

in the public HIV Prevention forum of MedHelp, TEAK and the other moderators maintain that oral sex in all forms is a zero risk activity. Would you agree with this assessment?  
I TOTALLY AGREE / DR GARCIA

kindly move on...not a hiv concern.
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