This is not an STD forum.
''I am willing to take a risk for other STDs? Really? Maybe you should google some of them & see if you still feel the same way.
No matter what kind of spin you throw in it. Oral sex is not a risk.
Thanks people. Extremely nice of you all to help people out.
Teak, one last thing,
When you say matter of factly that HIV is not transmitted by oral sex do you mean under normal circumstances or that it could never happen no matter what variables thrown in.
Don't you think if I someone had a cut on lip or big canker sore and their positive partners semen or blood came into contact with it, it could happen?
JW because I enjoy oral sex and probably couldnt bring myself to use the dental dams. I am willing to take the risk of other stds as long, just do not want HIV.
Because HIV is not transmitted by oral sex.
Yes, using a condom protects you from STDs including HIV (the right kind of condom). And yes, you can get chlamydia and gonorrhea from oral sex (in your throat) as well as hpv and hsv, which is what the dental dam is for. I've scoured every HIV forum I can find and all of the doctors say that oral sex is very low risk, so low as to be almost none. I say almost because they must err on the side of caution, but I've never seen a doctor say that they knew of a documented case where the form of HIV transmission occurred through oral sex alone.
Oh really, thats good to know, I am glad about that. I will still test at the three month mark just to satisfy my own crazy head.
One last question, so am I to understand that I can have sex with anyone I want as often as I want and as long as I wear a condom and it doesnt break, I can be sure I will remain HIV negative?
Are the dental dams recommended more for other STD's rather than HIV prevention? Because based on what people say on forums like this one unprotected oral sex is never judged to be a risk or grounds for testing(even though many official people put it at low to medium risk and claim documented cases of transmission)
This will be it for me question wise (sorry but never had good quality sex education in school)
NOTHING that you describe put you at risk for an HIV infection. NOTHING.
Oh yeah, I know I said I wont ask follow up stuff but I just wanted to say my ears have been like extremely hot and red, and there is a big lump(the node?) behind the left ear, same side as the lump under my armpit. Also my hands and feet have been really dry and the finger tips have these small little circles of dead skin peeling off. If this is not from hiv any idea from what? The extreme stress?