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HIV and bleeding gums
Does bleeding gums put me at risk for HIV from oral sex?
COMMUNITY LEADER
No. The only sexual risk is having unprotected, penetrative anal or vaginal sex - a penis inside a vagina or anus unprotected. Bleeding gums put you at no risk for HIV from oral sex.
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