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HIV risk while being drunk
Is kissing with both partners having gum diseases;and exchange of blood while being drunk a HIV risk.its been said that being drunk can reduce the saliva production.so will the HIV virus be destroyed if there is no saliva production.?
COMMUNITY LEADER
Since HIV was discovered, approximately 86 million people have been infected.
If you are worried about a one in 86 MILLION chance of anything happening - anything at all - that is not an issue we can help you with.
There is nothing more to say about this no-risk event.
If you are worried about a one in 86 MILLION chance of anything happening - anything at all - that is not an issue we can help you with.
There is nothing more to say about this no-risk event.
COMMUNITY LEADER
The only risks for HIV in adults are:
1) Having unprotected anal or vaginal sex, or
2) sharing intravenous needles with IV drug users.
Kissing, with or without blood, is not a risk for HIV.
1) Having unprotected anal or vaginal sex, or
2) sharing intravenous needles with IV drug users.
Kissing, with or without blood, is not a risk for HIV.
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But what if saliva is not present to destroy the virus.while being drunk.
Kissing is not a risk for HIV. There is no circumstance you can think of that would make kissing a risk for HIV.
But the CDC states there is one documented case about transmission through kissing.
Your situation involves personal contact with an object in air (mouth, maybe cuts, , blood, ulcers, alcohol, gum disease, etc. ) . You will be happy to learn that you had no risk, because you can't get hiv from personal contact except unprotected penetrating vaginal or anal with a penis, neither of which you did and you didn't share hollow needles to inject with which is the only other way to acquire hiv - there are ONLY 3 ways to get hiv. Note that 2 of them require a penis and the third requires a hollow injecting shared needle - there are no OTHER ways to get hiv. Analysis of large numbers of infected people over the 40 years of hiv history has proven that people don't get hiv in the way you are worried is a risk.
Hiv is a fragile virus in air or saliva and is effectively instantly dead in either air or saliva so the WORST that could happen is dead virus rubbed you, and obviously anything which is dead cannot live again so you are good. Blood and cuts would not be relevant in your situation since the hiv has become effectively dead, so you don't have to worry about them to be sure that you are safe.
There is no reason for a person to test when they are safe. The advice took into consideration that the other person might be positive, so move on and enjoy life instead of thinking about this non-event. hiv prevention is straightforward since there are only 3 ways you can become infected, so next time you wonder if you had a risk, ask yourself this QUESTION. "Did I do any of the 3?" Then after you ANSWER "No, I didn't" you will know that it's time to move on back to your happy life.
No one got hiv from what you did during 40 years of hiv history and no one will get it in the next 40 years of your life either. You can do what you did any time and be safe from hiv.
The other person's status is irrelevant when you have no exposure to live virus.
If you still have questions about your risk, after reading all of the above, then it is because you didn't answer the QUESTION above.
Even if 1 person in 40 years got hiv this way, mankind will likely have to wait another 40 years for a second person. It has been calculated that your odds of hiv from kissing are less than of being hit by a meteorite as you type. You don't fear meteorites, therefore you should not spend your life fearing 1 in 40 year events that affect 1 person over the entire world.
Hiv is a fragile virus in air or saliva and is effectively instantly dead in either air or saliva so the WORST that could happen is dead virus rubbed you, and obviously anything which is dead cannot live again so you are good. Blood and cuts would not be relevant in your situation since the hiv has become effectively dead, so you don't have to worry about them to be sure that you are safe.
There is no reason for a person to test when they are safe. The advice took into consideration that the other person might be positive, so move on and enjoy life instead of thinking about this non-event. hiv prevention is straightforward since there are only 3 ways you can become infected, so next time you wonder if you had a risk, ask yourself this QUESTION. "Did I do any of the 3?" Then after you ANSWER "No, I didn't" you will know that it's time to move on back to your happy life.
No one got hiv from what you did during 40 years of hiv history and no one will get it in the next 40 years of your life either. You can do what you did any time and be safe from hiv.
The other person's status is irrelevant when you have no exposure to live virus.
If you still have questions about your risk, after reading all of the above, then it is because you didn't answer the QUESTION above.
Even if 1 person in 40 years got hiv this way, mankind will likely have to wait another 40 years for a second person. It has been calculated that your odds of hiv from kissing are less than of being hit by a meteorite as you type. You don't fear meteorites, therefore you should not spend your life fearing 1 in 40 year events that affect 1 person over the entire world.
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