She bit my tongue when we were kissing

Hi Doc,

I was engaging in some French kissing with a stripper at a club.  She however was a very aggressive kisser (she kissed a lot with her teeth) and bit my tongue and for the past few days, my tongue has been in pain.  I also tasted a little blood after she did this while we were kissing, but I'm assuming it was my own blood since she bit my tongue.  I read online there has been 1 case of HIV documented from deep kissing.

1) Am I at risk for HIV given this type of incident?
2) What if it was her blood that I tasted-I'm pretty sure its mine, but have there been any cases of HIV documented from tongue biting of this sort?
3) Do I need to get tested?

Thanks

[H. Hunter Handsfield, M.D.]

Kissing carries no significant risk of HIV or other STDs, with or without blood exposure, and I am unaware of any reports of transmission through mouth area bites.  I suppose the risk in theory is a little higher than kissing without biting, but even doubling a virtually zero risk still leaves virtually zero risk.  In any case, the statistical likelihood is low that the stripper is HIV infected.  I don't recommend testing.

Good luck--  HHH, MD