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Unprotected Oral Sex - Conflictng Info

This is an area that is concerning me (unprotected oral sex). Some posters like lizzie lou say there is NO RISK, but doctors on this site say their is a low risk (1 in 20,000) or (1 in 10,000). By none do u mean very low chance?

I'm quite confussed on this matter even though I've been doing a lot of readng on the matter, can anyone clarify  whether there is some risk OR no risk?

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info:GIVING AND RECEIVING ORAL SEX
QUESTION
I was wondering how safe oral sex is -- both giving and receiving.

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Questions about oral sex are probably the most common ones we get. In terms of HIV, oral sex both ways is very safe. The University of California San Francisco and the San Francisco Dept. of Public Health just completed a study of men in San Francisco who have only had oral sex and found zero new HIV infections. A very recent study from Spain confirmed earlier studies that oral sex is safe sex in terms of HIV.

Dr. K is Jeffrey D. Klausner, MD, MPH, a board certified internist and infectious disease specialist. He attended Cornell University Medical College, completed his residency at NYU-Bellevue Hospital Center, earned a Master's in Public Health at Harvard University and worked as an Epidemic Intelligence Service Officer at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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277836 tn?1359666174
It could but there ar veryyyyyyy fewwwwwwww cases of it
Me for one I just dont believe the cases out there but yes it could but its so low risk you dont need to be so worried
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but if doctors say there is a 1 in 10,000 chance isn't that a REAL possibility? of course its unlikely but it can happen.... right?
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277836 tn?1359666174
Oral sex carries a very lowwwwwwwwww riskkkkkkkkkkk otherwords your chances of becoming infected thru oral is not going to happen
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