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fsb

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Joined: 02 Oct 2005
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Hiv From a Kiss
Posted: 05-20-07 03:31am

Yesterday I kiseed a girl and I am afraid I may contracted hiv. It was not a "french" kiss. It was just my lips touched her lips - that what it was. No tongues, no deep and rough kissing. I didn't notice any blood on her or my lips. Was I at risk for hiv?
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Llewellyn

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Joined: 21 Jan 2007
Posts: 1743
Location: NY

Posted: 05-20-07 15:35pm

Not unless you both had cuts on your lips. You cannot get HIV from saliva.
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jdmotor

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Joined: 23 May 2007
Posts: 5
Your Risk Level
Posted: 05-23-07 17:51pm

your risk for contracting HIV is as close to 0% as any medical risk can be. HIV must be spread through direct contact with infected blood or sexual fluids: these do not include saliva. even if you both had a cut on your lips, a cut isn't simply sufficient, it would have to be fresh and bleeding. outside of wet bodily fluids, HIV does not survive very long at all.
so take a few deep breaths, relax, and don't worry, you're HIV free.

if that doesn't convince you then you can always get tested- you have to wait at least 3 months before you do so to ensure a correct test- but really, you have nothing to worry about.
hope that helps
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