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I'm really scared about hiv

So i'm a 17 yr old male, who a few months ago gave another gay man of unknow status (but he was highrisk for hiv) unprotected oral sex. I am so scared that me giving him oral could give me hiv. He did not cum in my mouth but there was precum. I've heard that oral sex is "safe sex" but how can it be impossible to get hiv when body fluids move from one person to another? Is it so low risk that its only possible in theory but in reality? I'm getting tested monday, and I'm really afraid.
Also I am prone to cold sores on my mouth (Herpes type one) and when I got home i realized that i had a bump on my lip that a week later would turn into a cold sore. Will this increase my chances of getting HIV?
Please help me
Trever
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FROM THE HIV EXPERTS HERE AT MEDHELP:

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

The observation on thousand and thousand of observations is that HIV is not spread by oral sex (of any sort).  DR. HOOK

"With regard to the question you ask, I will repeat, as I’ve said more times than I can think- there are NO credible cases in which persons have acquired HIV through performance of oral sex- none!!.  The chance that you will be the first is ridiculously low.  You are more likely to be hit by lightening while reading my reply to you. DR HOOK

"HIV is not spread by masturbation, through oral sex, through kissing or other casual contact." DR HOOK

"There is no credible evidence that HIV is spread through oral sex, with or without the presence of cuts or blood in the persons mouth."- DR HOOK

"Oral sex. there is no evidence that HIV is spread through giving or receiving oral sex"- DR HOOK

"HIV is not spread through oral sex."  DR HOOK

"HIV is not spread through giving or receiving oral sex"   DR HOOK

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Thanks, but from what I have heard, that resistance to make hiv inactive takes a while to develop. This was my first time.
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Oral sex is zero risk for hiv transmission under any circumstance,thats because saliva contains many different proteins and enzymes that render the virus inactive and therefore unable to infect,your safe.No testing for hiv required.
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That was supposed to be "in theory but not in reality"
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