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Can HIV be transmitted from open mouth kissing?
About a week now, a girl approached me in a club and stood infront of me in Bali (English girl as per my friends feedback), she was so drunk and all of a sudden and without warnings put her mouth on mine and french kissed me, it was breif as once i actually understood what was happening i moved her away. I am concerned as at that time I had a very sore inner cheek due to a wisdom teeth protruding laterally and soring my cheek badly(very painful, but doubt the presence of any blood as i did not taste it).
What are the risk of HIV from this exposure?some videos on youtube and articles say that there is a slight risk from open mouth kissing if there is a mouth sore.
What are the risk of HIV from this exposure?some videos on youtube and articles say that there is a slight risk from open mouth kissing if there is a mouth sore.
You had no HIV risk and a test will be a waste of time.
HIV is instantly inactivated in air and also in saliva which means it is effectively dead so it can't infect from touching, external rubbing or oral activities. It doesn't matter if you and they were actively bleeding or had cuts at the time either because the HIV is effectively dead.
Only adult risks are the following:
1. unprotected penetrating vaginal
2. unprotected penetrating anal sex
3. sharing needles that you inject with. Knowing these 3 are all you need to know to protect yourself against HIV. Your situation is a long way from any of these 3.
Even with blood, lactation, cuts, rashes, burns, etc the air or the saliva does not allow inactivated virus to infect from touching, external rubbing or oral activities. The above HIV science is 40 years old and very well established so there is no detail that you can add that will make any of your encounter a risk for HIV.
HIV is instantly inactivated in air and also in saliva which means it is effectively dead so it can't infect from touching, external rubbing or oral activities. It doesn't matter if you and they were actively bleeding or had cuts at the time either because the HIV is effectively dead.
Only adult risks are the following:
1. unprotected penetrating vaginal
2. unprotected penetrating anal sex
3. sharing needles that you inject with. Knowing these 3 are all you need to know to protect yourself against HIV. Your situation is a long way from any of these 3.
Even with blood, lactation, cuts, rashes, burns, etc the air or the saliva does not allow inactivated virus to infect from touching, external rubbing or oral activities. The above HIV science is 40 years old and very well established so there is no detail that you can add that will make any of your encounter a risk for HIV.
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Thank you very much for your response. My concern is not saliva but if the lady had blood with her saliva and it got incontact with my cheek sore that is resulted from my wisdom teeth?
I found it weird that a girl just come and french kiss me out of nowhere (i have to admit i am HIVphoboic
I found it weird that a girl just come and french kiss me out of nowhere (i have to admit i am HIVphoboic
That question was answered. Reread about the 3.
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