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Hi, I was in a office function yesterday. There, my colleague feeding a small piece of cake for everyone. He feed a cake to his friend's mouth and immediately feeded the balance cake in my mouth. His friend HIV status is unknown. His finger was touched by his friend's mouth saliva and he immediately feeded into my mouth with the same saliva. My mouth is exposed to his saliva immediately. I am little worried about this situation for HIV transmission.

If his friend is having HIV, does his saliva transmit HIV to me? Because my inner mouth also touched by his saliva immediately.

Kindly help with your answers.
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3191940 tn?1447268717
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Saliva isn't a risk for HIV, no matter what.

The only risks for HIV in adults are:
1) Having unprotected anal or vaginal sex, or
2) sharing intravenous needles with IV drug users.

If you do not engage in any of the activities I mentioned above with someone HIV+ or whose HIV status is unknown to you, you will NEVER have to worry about getting HIV. There is no "what if" question that you could imagine about this event that would make it a risk for HIV.
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Thanks for the reply. My final question, if his saliva mixed with his blood and touched my inner mouth saliva while feeding and i swallow will not risk for HIV?
You are just repeating the same question. ALL of the information you need to know about HIV transmission is in my first response.
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