Oral Sex Risks

[timbuck2222]

As oral sex is of great contention with everyone. Lizzie and Teak with others say no risk to oral sex. However, in the experts forum the risk is reported to be 1/10,000.
I am aware that info on the web is outdated but why is it so hard to find a correct answer to this life altering virus when the risks are not clear with so much time, money a effort over the past 20 years this is still. The public is not educated about shouldn't we hear more HIV/AIDS prevention from mass communication.
Statements made are to the effect, "there has never been a documented case", but doesn't that depend if you are under a study at the time ? Or has anyone ever read that someone has been infected through oral intercourse on this web site?
Everyone how helps on this web site are doing a great service to those seeking help including myself. This web site has the most activity and diligence by the folks who participate. I know I have leaned a lot.
My question I would like you to ask yourself is would you stake you life on the fact the oral sex is risk free ? Who is right ?

[LIZZIE LOU]

this is a quote from 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. "

now...what did he just say????????

[timbuck2222]

I read you loud and clear, really I do. This is one quote, as he and others also wrote 1/10,000 in other posts w/o this comment and other info on the net  dated  this year paint yet another picture with a sort of  median or not. I guess I'm just try to understand. :)

[JeanClaude]

There is no contention regarding Oral Risk in HIV transmission among those experts who are truly educated and research HIV. I won't go into the data except to comment on your inquiry regarding: "there has never been a documented case". No,you Do NOT need to be in a study at the time. Physicians and researchers use Patient Reporting (Under Reporting)of behavior, and knowledge of modes of transmission to determine how a patient may have been infected. Most Patients do NOT have any idea or are mistaken as to how and when they were infected.

We who work in the "Real World" of HIV see first hand how HIV is and is NOT transmitted. Those who swear they contracted it from oral sex are usually quickly discredited upon further evaluation and scrutiny. There is a reason that these isolated stories are even printed in Medical Journals, because they are NOT statistically relevant, they're outside all medical knowledge and happen under suspicious circumstances. Bottom line, NO, you do NOT have to be worried about being infected with HIV through oral sex, it's just NOT practical.

-JC-

[joggen]

All that is known is that the risk is below medical science's ability to detect. When serodiscordant couples are monitored, and oral sex is the only form of unprotected sex that is practiced, ZERO infections are detected. In one study there were more than 19,000 acts of oral sex, with no reported transmissions of HIV.

There are case reports documented in the literature, but they are not substantiated, and neither doctor on this site considers them to be convincing. There are a multitude of reasons why such case reports are not reliable.

There will probably never be better data on oral sex than there already is. I don't think that another study will be conducted that is more robust than what has already been done. People should just accept the fact that if there is any risk at all, it is too low to be concerned about.

[timbuck2222]

Once again I have learned something from each of you. Thank you!

[sharma2009]

http://www.medhelp.org/posts/HIV-Prevention/Oral-and-symptoms/show/1093457.

  Hello friend,    you have a right to be concerned. I am a living example of someone being infected by receiving oral sex ONLY!  I agree that it might be rare, but it does happen. Sadly, I am an example of it happening. There are some deniers on this site that would have you beleive that oral is not a risk. They are clearly WRONG!  You need to be tested.  

[LIZZIE LOU]

somplete BS...take your mental health issues elsewhere.