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Hickey - I'M WORRIED AS H*LL

Yesterday I was with a guy... there was no anal sex and just recieved oral sex, which I know doesn't carry any risk for the one on the recieving end. However, he asked me to make him a hickey and I did, I don't know if his skin broke or my gums bleed (my dental higiene is not that good, not the worse, but I might have a couple of inflamed gums) but I tasted blood and now I'm becoming crazy about thinking it may be his and I might have HIV now. I don't know about his sexual past but I do know he has been with a lot of people. Please, help me, should I wait or get tested? If it was indeed his blood I tasted, would some sores in my gums make the infection more likely to happen? Could my gums have bleed from the hickey?

PLEASE HELP ME, I'm scared... I did nothing wrong, I never **** bareback, it was just a hickey...
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186166 tn?1385259382
we understand what you think the "contact" was...we read your original post.

you had NO risk...NONE ! ! !
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But the contact was -I think- between the blood from his skin and my mounth in which there are some bleeding gums...

Also, could it have been my gums the ones that bleed?
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HIV is unable to reproduce outside its living host (unlike many bacteria or fungi, which may do so under suitable conditions), except under laboratory conditions; therefore, it does not spread or maintain infectiousness outside its host.

HIV is transmitted by;
Unprotected penetrative anal and/or vaginal sex
Sharing works with other IV drug users
Mother to child
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Are you sure? Even if my gums were sore and assuming it was his blood and not mine what I tasted...
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186166 tn?1385259382
you had NO risk from what you've described.
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Sorry for the bad grammar in some sentences. English is not my first language and I'm kinda scared right now whick worsens the situation
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