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Unprotected Oral Exposure
I am a gay male, I have been in a gay relationship for 1 year, sex almost non-existent, on rare occasion when we do have it, it's completely protected. Out of frustration, I recently had two experiences:
one was receiving unprotected oral sex and ejaculating in the other persons mouth.
The second was giving and receiving unprotected oral sex without ejaculation in the mouth. When I gave the oral sex, I noticed no visable pre-cum from the other person, and it was over very quick. Neither parter was HIV positive (that I knew of) and I asked them both first before engaging in contact.
Within the last few days my lymph nodes next to my ear have swollen. The left side is very small and irritated, the right side is a set of two nodes next to each other, they are larger and have a vein running through them.
Here is a monkey wrench to throw into the mix, I think my nose might have gotten infected because I feel a small painful growth inside the right nostril, but it's not new, it's been there for almost a month. Additionally, I had a bump on my head that lasted about 1 week and went away just as the lymph nodes around my ears started to form.
I understand that I should go to the doctor, and I will soon. but I have been up all night looking things up on the internet and it's driving me crazy.
What do you think my risk was of contracting hiv with the two experiences that I described?
one was receiving unprotected oral sex and ejaculating in the other persons mouth.
The second was giving and receiving unprotected oral sex without ejaculation in the mouth. When I gave the oral sex, I noticed no visable pre-cum from the other person, and it was over very quick. Neither parter was HIV positive (that I knew of) and I asked them both first before engaging in contact.
Within the last few days my lymph nodes next to my ear have swollen. The left side is very small and irritated, the right side is a set of two nodes next to each other, they are larger and have a vein running through them.
Here is a monkey wrench to throw into the mix, I think my nose might have gotten infected because I feel a small painful growth inside the right nostril, but it's not new, it's been there for almost a month. Additionally, I had a bump on my head that lasted about 1 week and went away just as the lymph nodes around my ears started to form.
I understand that I should go to the doctor, and I will soon. but I have been up all night looking things up on the internet and it's driving me crazy.
What do you think my risk was of contracting hiv with the two experiences that I described?
"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
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
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