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Oral sex exposure ars symptoms
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About 4weeks ago now i gave unprotected oral sex to a trans escort, i remember possibly getting pre cum in my mouth but no cum. Before that i stupidly flossed my teeth and there was bleeding (about 45mins prior to giving oral). I was under the impression that oral was fairly low risk but about 2 weeks after i developed a mouth ulcer which i've never had before. It cleared up in about a week but now my lymph nodes under my jaw are swollen i don't think I have any other symptoms but can't really tell because i am reall anxious about it all. I know the only way to tell is get tested but how likely would it be that this is ars symptoms?
About 4weeks ago now i gave unprotected oral sex to a trans escort, i remember possibly getting pre cum in my mouth but no cum. Before that i stupidly flossed my teeth and there was bleeding (about 45mins prior to giving oral). I was under the impression that oral was fairly low risk but about 2 weeks after i developed a mouth ulcer which i've never had before. It cleared up in about a week but now my lymph nodes under my jaw are swollen i don't think I have any other symptoms but can't really tell because i am reall anxious about it all. I know the only way to tell is get tested but how likely would it be that this is ars symptoms?
As anxious says, you can't get HIV from oral even if you had bleeding gums from flossing. It is inactivated in the mouth by your saliva. Unless you have unprotected vaginal or anal sex or share IV drug needles, HIV is not a factor. This means anything you are attributing to ARS is not so, as you had no risk.
You had no risk of HIV because you can't get HIV from touching HIV or oral activities. You are so safe that you don't even need to test. There is nothing to be anxious about.
People like you who don't have HIV can get any of those symptoms at any time so that has nothing to do with diagnosing HIV.
HIV is instantly inactivated in air and saliva which means it is effectively dead as soon as it leaves someone's body so it can't infect from touching or oral. It doesn't matter if you and they were actively bleeding or had cuts at the time either because the HIV is effectively dead.
Only adult risks are unprotected penetrating vaginal or anal sex or sharing needles that you inject with but you didn't do that so you had no risk. This sentence is all you need to know to protect yourself against HIV.
Even with blood, lactation cuts, rashes, burns etc air or saliva does not allow inactivated virus to infect from touching it or oral activities. The above HIV science is 40 years old and very well established so nothing you can add will make your situation a risk.
People like you who don't have HIV can get any of those symptoms at any time so that has nothing to do with diagnosing HIV.
HIV is instantly inactivated in air and saliva which means it is effectively dead as soon as it leaves someone's body so it can't infect from touching or oral. It doesn't matter if you and they were actively bleeding or had cuts at the time either because the HIV is effectively dead.
Only adult risks are unprotected penetrating vaginal or anal sex or sharing needles that you inject with but you didn't do that so you had no risk. This sentence is all you need to know to protect yourself against HIV.
Even with blood, lactation cuts, rashes, burns etc air or saliva does not allow inactivated virus to infect from touching it or oral activities. The above HIV science is 40 years old and very well established so nothing you can add will make your situation a risk.
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