french kissing

[JEFF22]

i been french kissing a girl over the past year. about 50 times.she told me she is hiv positive. could i get hiv from her. its been about 19 days sinse i kissed  her. and i got sore throat and have white spot on one side of inside of the throat and i feel tired. i went to doctor and he said i got a infection and gave me meds. i ask him about hiv and he said i could get if the saliva get into the fection. should i be worried and get tested? can i get hiv from french kissing? i do have alot of cuts in mouth where i chew on my inside of the mouth. she does have some bad teeth.nothin else going to happen and wonder if it is safe to keep french kissing her?

[Edward W Hook, MD]

You are over reacting. Stick with your doctor and his/her advice. EWH

[JEFF22]

i been kissing the girl with hiv and you already told me that you cant get from that. but i was wondering if she can give any kind of lung infection like pneumonia or anything else. i went to the doctor and they said i had pneumonia and they they treated me with the bacteria kind but could it be the fungal pneumonia. wondering if i could got something from her or just worried

[Edward W Hook, MD]

LAst, repetitive answer.  Correct.  As I said, there is no known risk for HIV form kissing of any sort.  EWH

[JEFF22]

she is on meds but i dnt know if she is taking them all the time. im not going to take any further than fench kissing her.so it be fine to keep kissing her right

[Edward W Hook, MD]

You are repeating yourself.  As I said, there is no risk.  Please read my response.

I cannot explain why other sites provide mis-information.

EWH
By the way, is she on treatment.  While there is no known risk from kissing anyway, I will also point out that if she is on therapy, the risk of transmitting infection through proven mechanisms of transmission such as unprotected penetrative ano-genital sex is greatly reduced.  EWH

[JEFF22]

why does some sites say that if you have sores or cuts in ur mouth and if she was bleeding or saliva gets into ur sores or cuts u can get infected

[JEFF22]

she is hiv positive and had it for about 9 years.can the salvia or her blood get in my cuts inside my mouth and infect me? could i keep kissing her if it safe?

[Edward W Hook, MD]

Welcome to the Forum.  I will confirm what you have already been told on the HIV Community site.  HIV is not transmitted by kissing -French kissing or otherwise.  No one has ever gotten HIV from kissing- this is true even if one or both persons have sores on their mouth or or gum and dental disease- still no risk.

There is no medical reason for concern and no reason for testing related to this exposure.

I hope this comment is helpful. EWH