HIV THROUGH KISSING BUT I BUSTED A LIP WHILE KISSING HIM

[xuweizhou]

I was having sex with my friend (not fuck body; a legitimate friend) and we were kissing a little rough when he scratched my top lip. There was blood, I tasted blood, and I know it is my blood because I located the scratch. Is there any risk here? We both engage in sex with a male. I'm HIV negative. And I did not know if I also busted his lips, but he said no. Should I go to my doctor and ask for PEP? I'm really worried.

[Malibu47]

You cannot get hiv through kissing. If he is hiv and on medication and undetectable.Remember U=U. Which means Undetactable means Untransmisable. Meaning he cannot transmit the hiv virus. Hope this helps.

[Sparky39]

You cannot contract HIV through kissing even if your partner is positive and not on medication. The only theoretical risk is if you both had gaping wounds and pouring blood, but then you would obviously not be kissing!! If you were having unprotected sex then this is the main transmission route and testing would be recommended. Bear in mind your partner would have to be HIV positive with a higher detectable viral load to pose any risk sexually. To re cap kissing is NOT a risk

[Griffon]

Hi , as the others have said , you can not catch HIV from kissing . Also , as you were the one bleeding it would be your friend who was at risk , if you had HIV , but you don't so there was no risk to anybody .

[xuweizhou]

Thank you very much for your replies. It helped me ease my mind. I have been anxious since I started dating and having coitus with the same sex.

[Malibu47 in reply to xuweizhou]

Glad to help

[Chrissuffolk]

My consultant once told me that there has never been a single confirmed case of HIV passed on from oral interaction (she was not only an STD consultant but also taught trainee doctors and went to symposiums as an expert). If you had recent oral invasive surgery and your partner had to there could be a minuscule risk but actually saliva is part of your immune system and has anti microbial properties, because of that HIV is extremely unlikely to be passed on orally. There are different levels of HIV in blood, semen, organs and bodily fluids, that’s why it’s hard to be 100% sure about transmission and seroconversion (the virus converting your immune cells and infecting you).

A negative test is almost always conclusive and oral transmission is virtually impossible statistically.

Worrying about a condition which is no longer considered terminal is worse than actually having HIV, which is now considered a chronic condition which is treatable, much like Asthma or Diabetes. It’s only bad if you don’t take your meds properly or in the highly unlikely event your virus becomes resistant.

[Mads1975]

As others have stated, there is little to no chance of contracting hiv through saliva. I used to deliver education talks to schools about HIV and with regards to two cuts coming into contact with each other, our body’s pump blood outwards so just like holding to water hoses together, one linguists doesn’t travel into the other hose. It’s the same with blood