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Quick Question: Is this a risk?

A girl places her finger in her mouth and touched the head of your bare penis (and/or uretha) - Is that a risk?
What if she was bleeding in her mouth and there is blood and saliva on her fingers when she touches your bare penis head (I'm also uncircumcized)?
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I gave you scientific explanation...saliva has enzymes that deactivate the virus.
So while the actual virus can be found in saliva it is not active and it is not infectious. The saliva would deactivate the virus in the blood.

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I hear two different perceptions/facts: 1) Saliva is not infectious and 2) Saliva does not carry large amounts of HIV. Which one is correct?

But my question really is: If there was blood in her saliva, and she touched my bare penis head (urethra), would the blood mixed with saliva now make it infectious?

Just looking for some details or scientific explanation.
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186166 tn?1385259382
saliva is not infectious
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Curious.
I'm not saying receiving a bj is a risk, but people say it's a theoretical risk here.
What's the difference between receiving a bj and having someone lick their finger tips and then touch your penis head/uretha?

I understand both are not risks. But I'm wondering are there other factors that make the latter not even a theoretical risk? Maybe environmental factors?
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Thank you.
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No...as I said saliva has enzymes that deactivate the virus and...just really read what i said above.

You had no risk.
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But what if there was blood mixed in with her saliva? Does that change your answer? Why/Why not?
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HIV is not transmitted as you said above. Salivahas enzymes that deactivate the virus. And it is not transmitted outside of the body.
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Could I get a simple explanation as to why?

Thanks.
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NO.
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