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HIV and oral sex with injured mouth

Just out of curiosity, I know the consensus of this website is that oral sex is a virtually nil way for someone to get HIV when performing oral sex on an HIV positive man.

However, I see sites that say that sore throat, and/or mouth injury, and/or STD or some sort can change a "virtually nil" chance of contracting HIV to a "moderate" risk activity.

Any thoughts on this from the people here?  Does a sore throat, say, turn performing oral sex with a positive partner into "riskier" behavior, or is the likelihood still next to naught?

Thanks!
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Great, thanks, Teak ...all I wanted to know =)
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Oral sex is not a risk no matter how many what-ifs you come up with.
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Nor the physical (oral or immunological) condition of the receptive partner of the oral sex?

Thx
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Oral sex is not a risk of contracting HIV no matter what the viral load is.
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Hey Teak,

I asked b/c I knew the stance of this forum on HIV risk with oral sex **without complicating factors** such as mouth injuries, sore throat, other STD, or alternatively, high viral load.

Pardon me if it's been addressed in another thread (my Google skills couldn't locate one), however, I was unsure if this forum's opinion on the matter changed at all with extenuating circumstances, or if it only held under "normal" (undamaged mouth, no other illness, not an abnormally high viral count, etc.) situations.
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If you knew the stance of this forum on oral sex why did you ask.
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