Can you get Hiv from giving/recieving oral sex?

[Cerij21]

What are the odds of getting Hiv from giving oral to two guys and recieving oral sex from 10 guys(recieved multiple times each)?.

[GuitarRox]

We get a lot of questions regarding oral sex here.  Giving and receiving both.  You've done both, neither are a risk for getting HIV.  Air and saliva inactivate the virus.  So, the only ways that you'd get HIV is if you have unprotected vaginal or anal penetrating sex or sharing IV drug needles. Those are the only risks.  Your exposures were not a risk for HIV.  

[Cerij21]

Thanks for the reply. It's just that my HIV phobia is really taking over me.
One last question if you don't mind, how does the anus and mouth differ from being a passage way for HIV if both have cuts and that exposes the mucous membrane??. In the anus it is likely possible for Hiv to be transmitted but why does it not work for the mouth?

[CurfewX]

HIV is inhibited by saliva, and the mouth is generally an inhospitable environment for the virus.  

[Cerij21]

So given my exposures and experiences (recieved many oral sex, gaved oral sex twice with no ejaculation but only precum, they ejaculated but only in my chest and hands.I also have been indulge in french kissing from some of those guys.) Should I be worried about HIV and need to get tested?.

[CurfewX]

You've already been advised of the only risks for HIV, and that you had zero risk for HIV.  The choice to be worried about a no-risk event is yours alone, but there is no medical reason to be worried about, or test for, a disease that you were never exposed to.

[Cerij21]

Thank you so much curfew. It's just that, I can't help but worry for the worse possible scenario and I am afraid that I might get my boyfriend infected. So I think my problem is not HIV but the anxiety that's killing me, thinking that I have one. But I trust you and all medical experts here saying that hiv is not a risk from oral sex. Is it safe to say I should let go of my fear and move on?.

[Kirstie_MHModerator]

Hi - at this point, you're just repeating questions that have already been addressed by several members here.  There isn't anything further to say about your events.

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