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kissing and hiv, with broken mucosa

recently had several not-so-deep kissings, in which our tongues touched and each continuous for 20scds or so. it was not that deep though, with a girl with unknown status, she had bleeding gum but not so severe though. i stms like to rip my mouth mucosa without self-noticing it. scared though, i dnt remember my rip hurts and it was near the bottom of the gum. unaware of whether other cuts exists. pls i really want to know my risk. how much blood must be there for me to get infected?
good day to all.
really scared and cant do anything.
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You were never at risk of contracting HIV.
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but i dont feel well these days and i cant eat as i did.
what i am afraid of is the blood which may go into the rip, though it didnt hurts, nor bled.
do i need a test? all the symptoms are resembling.
thx again for distuebing, i am not frm the us so forgive me for the poor eng.
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so pls explain to me why the blood does or not pose a risk, :( thx and again
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Because Saliva contains protiens and enzymes that render the hiv virus inactive and therefore unable to infect.
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but is the factor still a hypothesis?
the enzyme...it does exist, is it?
and after all.
what is the average lifetime for sb infected now? if meds are taken regularly, including pre-antivirus chinese medicine or sth like that....
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Teak,s the best and most experienced answerer on this forum.I suggest you re-read his response to you again if its not sinking in.
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thx, and lastly reassure me, i dont have the chance of getting it, even with cuts in me, with normal bleeding gum in her.  yes?
good luck to you all, esp to teak, hope we all have a long and happy life.
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yes thats right,even with cuts and bleeding gums still no risk.Have a happy life.
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sorry again do i need a test?
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NO
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"There is no risk to you associated with the exposure you describe. We get many questions about kissing and oral exposure and whether or not the presence of a cold sore, bites to the lip, gum disease or other wounds in or around the mouth changes the answer to the question.  The answer is no.  The data which define the absence of any risk of getting HIV through kissing, deep or otherwise has be generated through studies of thousand and thousands of persons, some of whom had cold cores, cuts, etc.  There is no risk."   DR HOOK / MEDHELP

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does the study includes both the two have cuts, even bleed? and as i asked, if sb with hiv, live with optimism, take medicine on time, take the possible medicine improvement into consideration, what is the estimated lifetime?or is it an offensive question? but i want it as a 'bottom' calm. thanks
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186166 tn?1385259382
kindly move along...you do NOT have a hiv concern.
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The FACT is that you never had a risk and should stop worrying right now.No one has ever contracted the hiv virus that way and your not about to be the first.
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thanks, actually as soon as i get the answers here in the morning i do not have that such bad appetite, and it seems i have a temperature of 36.3 feel more relief. actually i will take a test later for being sure and finally relief and whether the result would be i would tell you kind people at the 1st time. i believe it WILL be negative but even if not, it is still far from the end of world, decades of lifetime can change a lot and do a lot and the most importantly expect a lot. if it is negative, i will be one of you and, be as helpful as possible to others. may God bless you, me also if it`s possible, thank again, getitright77, teak, lou.  
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All the tests you take in relation this incident will always come back negative because you never had a risk in the first place.
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