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Can you get HIV from sucking on breasts if you have a burned roof of mouth?
I was wondering if Dr. Handsfield still answers questions in this forum and if so would he be kind enough to provide a risk assessment of the scenario below? If not, then perhaps some other Doctor who specializes in this field could kindly answer? Thank you. I am really scared and very stressed out.
I went to a strip club 3 weeks ago and received a lap dance from a stripper. While I was sucking on her nipples something was sucked into my mouth. Some particle of something. I do not know if it ended up down my throat or onto the roof of my mouth or on my tonsils. Afterwards I learned that she has a 3 year old child and is very active sexually. What makes matters worse is that a few hours before this incident I drank some tea which I drank forgetting that it did not have any milk in it and I burned the roof of my mouth. I read that cuts in your mouth seal quickly but what about a burned, raw roof of the mouth? Would the aggravated skin not be sealed and provide access to cells that might be susceptible to HIV infection? Additionally, unfortunately I still have my tonsils. I read in some medical study that the HIV virus is more susceptible to attach to the type of cells that are on tonsils. In a horrible scenario, if the stripper was HIV positive with a very large viral load and was lactating, what would the risk of me contracting HIV if a drop of infected breast milk or if it was a drop of blood that got sucked into my mouth ended up against the raw, burned roof of my mouth or on my tonsils? Since this episode I have been having some night sweats and hot flushing on my head and neck.
I hate myself for doing this and can’t believe I was so stupid to do this. I am going crazy waiting for the 12 weeks before I can have a definitive test done. I read that there have been no documented cases of an adult contracting HIV from sucking on breasts and I certainly do know want to be the first. In light of the unusual circumstances in this situation can you please assess my HIV infection risk?
signed Very Very Very Scared.
I went to a strip club 3 weeks ago and received a lap dance from a stripper. While I was sucking on her nipples something was sucked into my mouth. Some particle of something. I do not know if it ended up down my throat or onto the roof of my mouth or on my tonsils. Afterwards I learned that she has a 3 year old child and is very active sexually. What makes matters worse is that a few hours before this incident I drank some tea which I drank forgetting that it did not have any milk in it and I burned the roof of my mouth. I read that cuts in your mouth seal quickly but what about a burned, raw roof of the mouth? Would the aggravated skin not be sealed and provide access to cells that might be susceptible to HIV infection? Additionally, unfortunately I still have my tonsils. I read in some medical study that the HIV virus is more susceptible to attach to the type of cells that are on tonsils. In a horrible scenario, if the stripper was HIV positive with a very large viral load and was lactating, what would the risk of me contracting HIV if a drop of infected breast milk or if it was a drop of blood that got sucked into my mouth ended up against the raw, burned roof of my mouth or on my tonsils? Since this episode I have been having some night sweats and hot flushing on my head and neck.
I hate myself for doing this and can’t believe I was so stupid to do this. I am going crazy waiting for the 12 weeks before I can have a definitive test done. I read that there have been no documented cases of an adult contracting HIV from sucking on breasts and I certainly do know want to be the first. In light of the unusual circumstances in this situation can you please assess my HIV infection risk?
signed Very Very Very Scared.
The doctors left here years ago. You can stop hating yourself or thinking you are stupid (many people did what you did and it is natural), because you had zero risk for HIV and in fact are free to live your happy life again, safe from HIV.
HIV is instantly inactivated in air and also in saliva so there is no risk from oral or touching activities even if both of you were eating, bleeding, cut, had lactation, rashes etc. Only sex risks for HIV are unprotected penetrating vaginal or anal so there are no "unusual circumstances"as you put it that are risks for HIV. You are safe because the science is 40 years old, so well proven - no detail you add can make you at risk for HIV.
HIV is instantly inactivated in air and also in saliva so there is no risk from oral or touching activities even if both of you were eating, bleeding, cut, had lactation, rashes etc. Only sex risks for HIV are unprotected penetrating vaginal or anal so there are no "unusual circumstances"as you put it that are risks for HIV. You are safe because the science is 40 years old, so well proven - no detail you add can make you at risk for HIV.
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