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Oral sex no risk.

Hi I've read here that there is an enzyme in saliva that renders the virus ineffective. Is that true?  I'm curious because I performed oral sex on a man he did not ejaculate. He also inserted a finger into my anus is that considered mutual masturbation which is also safe? What if he had semen on fingers? And also is the only one true risk unprotected anal because I have never done that before
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Thanks Brian if it hasn't happened in 30 years than I won't be the first thank you for giving me piece of mind
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Teak is correct, you were never at risk. Even the expert doctors will tell you that. They'll put it this way: There has never been a single difinitive case of oral penile transmission of HIV. We are now 30 years into this epidemic...there would be numerous confirmed cases if this were an efficient route of infection. There are however cohort studies that suggest that yes some people do become infected by oral sex but those studies are limited to the assumption that people are honestly reporting risk factors.

Bottom line, the chance of contracting HIV through oral sex is very very low if it there is any risk to begin with.

As far as the anal fingering is concerned, that's a no risk activity.
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I'm sorry one more. Anal fingering is not a risk?
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I'm sorry one more. Anal fingering is not a risk?
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Saliva has over a dozen different enzymes and proteins that inhibit HIV transmission.
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Is that true about the saliva?
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You never had a risk.
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Was I at risk at all?
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