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I am aware that no one has ever caught hiv trough giving or recieving oral sex.. Is that correct? Its just theretical that you can transmit that way. When cold sores are present and you give head to pos individual; Is that an effetive route for transmission? Has anyone ever claimed to have contracted hiv through open cold sore through oral sex... Thank you for your time....
I did read the excerpt written by doctors but I was inquiring about the responses from individuals from this site. I relay my answers back to the community seeing that I am my clinics number one resource provider.. So I do my best to explain the differences between the Conservative views and the actual realistic and practical views. There is a lot on controversy between the different view points that I try to clear the air about. That you all for your helpful. I dream to help slow the epidemic. And hopefully one day it will come to end. I amend all who believe in helping the community in bettering themselves.
Thank you for your time.. And your for your detailed explanation. I was wondering; Are the answers on this site from individuals in the medical field or people who just have a large interest in certain fields of std or medical problems.
No, there was never a case of oral sex ever being transmitted in general with a cold sore or not:)
No incident HIV infections among MSM who practice exclusively oral sex.Int Conf AIDS 2004 Jul 11-16; 15:(abstract no. WePpC2072)??Balls JE, Evans JL, Dilley J, Osmond D, Shiboski S, Shiboski C, Klausner J, McFarland W, Greenspan D, Page-Shafer K?University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, United States Oral transmission of HIV, reality or fiction? An update J Campo1, MA Perea1, J del Romero2, J Cano1, V Hernando2, A Bascones1 Oral Diseases (2006) 12, 219–228 AIDS: Volume 16(17) 22 November 2002 pp 2350-2352 Risk of HIV infection attributable to oral sex among men who have sex with men and in the population of men who have sex with men Page-Shafer, Kimberlya,b; Shiboski, Caroline Hb; Osmond, Dennis Hc; Dilley, Jamesd; McFarland, Willie; Shiboski, Steve Cc; Klausner, Jeffrey De; Balls, Joycea; Greenspan, Deborahb; Greenspan Page-Shafer K, Veugelers PJ, Moss AR, Strathdee S, Kaldor JM, van Griensven GJ. Sexual risk behavior and risk factors for HIV-1 seroconversion in homosexual men participating in the Tricontinental Seroconverter Study, 1982-1994 [published erratum appears in Am J Epidemiol 1997 15 Dec; 146(12):1076]. Am J Epidemiol 1997, 146:531-542. Studies which show the fallacy of relying on anecdotal evidence as opposed to carefully controlled study insofar as HIV transmission risk is concerned: Jenicek M. "Clinical Case Reporting" in Evidence-Based Medicine. Oxford: Butterworth–Heinemann; 1999:117 Saltzman SP, Stoddard AM, McCusker J, Moon MW, Mayer KH. Reliability of self-reported sexual behavior risk factors for HIV infection in homosexual men. Public Health Rep. 1987 102(6):692–697.Nov–Dec; Catania JA, Gibson DR, Chitwood DD, Coates TJ. Methodological problems in AIDS behavioral research: influences on measurement error and participation bias in studies of sexual behavior. Psychol Bull. 1990 Nov;108(3):339–362. 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 believe 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 "HIV is not spread by masturbation, through oral sex, through kissing or other casual contact." Dr. Hook "The observation on thousands and thousands of observations is that HIV is not spread by oral sex (of any sort)." DR HOOK "I would not say your risk ,if he had HIV is "slim to none"- that's too high. I would say they are effectively zero. How much of his ejaculate or other genital secretions you may have swallowed makes no difference. EWH " "As far as HIV is concerned, there is no known risk of getting HIV from performing oral sex on an infected partner, even if that person's genital secretions get into your eyes or if you swallow." Dr.Hook HIV is not spread by oral sex, giving or receiving, even if sores, gum disease or blood is present DR HOOK The fact is that there are no cases in which HIV has been proven to be transmitted by oral sex, including fellatio.. EWH
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