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Can HIV Be Contracted Through Oral Sex?
Question: I want dr XXXXXXX kanodia to answer me
Dr finally I decided to get tested and I'm going to do it on Saturday. I read on CDC XXXXXXX web site that if you did not have any ejectulation in your mouth during giving oral sex your on a safe side but my worries is precum
Dr finally I decided to get tested and I'm going to do it on Saturday. I read on CDC XXXXXXX web site that if you did not have any ejectulation in your mouth during giving oral sex your on a safe side but my worries is precum
Brief Answer:
Most of infective agents are destroyed by the strong lysozymes of saliva.
Detailed Answer:
Dear young lady,
Welcome back to the forum and thanks a lot for your further response and query.
I can very well understand the part of anxiety after the incidence. It is basically a kind of guilt feeling which is quite common after such kind of incidence. I am cent percent confident that you do not have any chance of getting any STDs including HIV.
The precum can contain some infective material but if you don't have any open cuts or wounds then the chances are nil. Also most of the infective agents are destroyed by the strong lysozymes of saliva.
So allay all your fears regarding the possibility of any Sexually transmitted infection in yourself.
Just relax and don't worry.
My all best wishes for your healthy life.
With regards,
Dr Sanjay Kanodia
MD-DERMATOLOGY & Sexually transmitted diseases
Most of infective agents are destroyed by the strong lysozymes of saliva.
Detailed Answer:
Dear young lady,
Welcome back to the forum and thanks a lot for your further response and query.
I can very well understand the part of anxiety after the incidence. It is basically a kind of guilt feeling which is quite common after such kind of incidence. I am cent percent confident that you do not have any chance of getting any STDs including HIV.
The precum can contain some infective material but if you don't have any open cuts or wounds then the chances are nil. Also most of the infective agents are destroyed by the strong lysozymes of saliva.
So allay all your fears regarding the possibility of any Sexually transmitted infection in yourself.
Just relax and don't worry.
My all best wishes for your healthy life.
With regards,
Dr Sanjay Kanodia
MD-DERMATOLOGY & Sexually transmitted diseases
Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar
The ulcers and sores non related to std should be painful right , but I do bite my inner checks and that's what's worries me
And could the saliva kill the virus even if I had non bloody sores or like old bite mark in my inner cheeks
And could the saliva kill the virus even if I had non bloody sores or like old bite mark in my inner cheeks
Brief Answer:
Saliva is such a strongest body fluids that HIV virus gets inactivated.
Detailed Answer:
Dear young lady,
Welcome back to the forum and thanks a lot for your quick response.
All of us have a tendency to get cuts and abrasions inside our mouth. We all can have bite marks and therefore it is quite usual to find minor cuts or related things.
If STDs could spread so easily then most of the world would have acquired the same. As you are getting tested so you will yourself find that you are free from all the STDs.
Saliva is one of the strongest body fluids which kills most of the microorganism. It is such strong that even HIV virus gets inactivated in it.
So allay all your fears regarding the possibility of any Sexually transmitted infection in yourself and relax.
My all best wishes for your healthy life.
With regards,
Dr Sanjay Kanodia
MD-DERMATOLOGY & Sexually transmitted diseases
Saliva is such a strongest body fluids that HIV virus gets inactivated.
Detailed Answer:
Dear young lady,
Welcome back to the forum and thanks a lot for your quick response.
All of us have a tendency to get cuts and abrasions inside our mouth. We all can have bite marks and therefore it is quite usual to find minor cuts or related things.
If STDs could spread so easily then most of the world would have acquired the same. As you are getting tested so you will yourself find that you are free from all the STDs.
Saliva is one of the strongest body fluids which kills most of the microorganism. It is such strong that even HIV virus gets inactivated in it.
So allay all your fears regarding the possibility of any Sexually transmitted infection in yourself and relax.
My all best wishes for your healthy life.
With regards,
Dr Sanjay Kanodia
MD-DERMATOLOGY & Sexually transmitted diseases
Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar
Tomorrow I'm going to get tested I'm really worried I hope it's negative
Brief Answer:
You will come clean from the test. It will be negative.
Detailed Answer:
Dear young lady,
Welcome back to the forum and thanks for your follow up.
I reassure you fully that your test would be totally negative. You allay all your fears and anxiety regarding the same. I am fully confident that you will come out clean from all the things.
The part of test is just to give you confident that you ate totally healthy.
My all blessings and best wishes for the same.
With best regards,
Dr Sanjay Kanodia
MD-DERMATOLOGY & Sexually transmitted diseases.
You will come clean from the test. It will be negative.
Detailed Answer:
Dear young lady,
Welcome back to the forum and thanks for your follow up.
I reassure you fully that your test would be totally negative. You allay all your fears and anxiety regarding the same. I am fully confident that you will come out clean from all the things.
The part of test is just to give you confident that you ate totally healthy.
My all blessings and best wishes for the same.
With best regards,
Dr Sanjay Kanodia
MD-DERMATOLOGY & Sexually transmitted diseases.
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Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar
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