Lips-to-lips closed-mouth kiss with cuts

[Nanson]

Dear all,

It's me again, getting worried over things some of you may call stupid, but please help me with this.

Before I was even able to refuse, a prostitute gave me a brief lips-to-lips kiss, simply just a lips-to-lips mouth-closed touch which lasted in just a second.

I would not have been worried if I didn't have these cuts.
First, I'd been having chapped lips for many days. It was almost completely cured at that time, but when I put hand sanitizer on it, it still sting my lips a little bit. Plus, I also had cuts inside my mouth such as a cut on the upper gum as a result of brushing my teeth and sore-throat.

I don't remember seeing the blood on her lips, but most unlikely, cuz I didn't feel anything at all. I did wipe my lips with tissue afterwards. Then I started drinking beer. I also remember licking my own lips before and after the beer.

Do my chapped lips pose any risk of transmission in such a brief contact?

Does licking my lips afterwards enable the virus to get into my mouth and infect me through the wounds?

Honestly, it was quite a casual contact, but I really can't help with the anxiety.

Please advise!!!

Thanks

[lora18xoxo]

no if she didnt bleed from her mouth and u having a fresh cuts ur fine

dont worry about it. no risk.

[naaji]

i don't think so you can effect hiv kissing lips or licking the lips..i never hear that

[Nanson]

Thanks for your prompt comments.

Honestly, when i am in my rational mood, I also accept the reality that it is most unlikely to get infected that way, but my past experiences freak me out everytime such incidence happens.

I still have one doubt, as i am not sure if my case is considered as a casual contact, i.e. dry kiss or closed-mouth kiss, or it is riskier than that?

I repeat, my contact was a mere touching between lips and lips with mouth closed. No evidence of bodily fluids present. If only my lips were not intact and I didn't have wound inside my mouth, I wouldn't be so worried.

Hope you guys can share me on that.

[kimoz]

The good news is, if kissing does pose a risk of transmission, there would already be countless number of people getting infected this way too, just imagine how many millions of kiss happening everyday. So don't worry, your chance of getting hiv by a kiss is as much as getting hit by a meteor.

[mike_no]

Do get tested at the 6 week mark for an indicative result and at the 13 th week agin to confirm the same( these tests would be just for your peace of mind.)

It'll be negative , best of luck

Mike

[mike_no]

Saliva, tears, sweat and urine can have the virus in them, but in such small concentrations that nobody has ever been infected through them. However, if any body fluid is visibly contaminated with blood, the risk of transmission exists.

Still keeping that in to mind would like to tell you according to CDC kissing is low / no risk event, in the history of HIV only ONE documented case's recorded of acquiring HIV through Kissing how ever they are still skeptical about it, it's not a concrete peice of information because they also think that, there is still a chance that the woman was infected in ways other than kissing

Saliva has certain proteins that make it an extremely poor carrier of HIV. As a result, kissing, sucking, and licking the lips, mouth, and tongue are basically safe.

HIV through the kiss and the bite are extremely unusual events.

If you'd wanna asses the risk, I'd tell you, you are more likely to get an heart attack tonight and die (since you're thinking so much about it) instead of acquiring HIV through this incidence.

Be safe.

Regards

Mike.