
Can HIV Be Contracted Through Oral Sex?

Hiv transmission risk is negligible only.
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Thanks for posting your query.
Your sex partner would unlikely be a HIV positive man. If he is a HIV negative man there is no chance for you to get HIV from him.
Oral sex carries a low risk for HIV when compared to Blood transfusion, Needle sharing, penetrative anal sex and vaginal sex in that order as per CDC XXXXXXX
Moreover blow job with condom on, the HIV risk is almost nil.
If there was a possibility of broken condom, you could have felt it or the taste buds of your tongue would have felt the same. If it had not felt inside your mouth, the condom was considered to be well intact. So you need not worry about the same. You are safe.
Dr S.Murugan


..I'm very scared n hv decided to abstain from such activities completely...plz reply...thanks dr
Condom available in the market are in good standard unlikely to have hole
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Don't get too much anxious or panicky about that act. You don't have much risk for HIV. Moreover HIV is not a life threatening disease no longer. It is well manageable disease with treatment nowadays. But this does not mean that you would be likely to have. I am assuring you. That is all.
Condoms come to the market after a thorough quality check up at different stages. There will not be any chances for a hole in the condom, if it does not cross the expiry date. If at all, it could break during the act near the tip that has the air space, if not applied correctly and then it would be obvious as the broken area is wide and can't hold anything inside.
Precum is not exceeding more than two or three drops and it is more viscus. So it can not flow and seep through the hole(s) over the condom unless there was a tear of condom.
So your fear is baseless and relax.
DR S.Murugan


Chances of getting HIV through precum through condom is unlikely
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Infectiousness of precum is negligible, that too through a Condom hole is unlikely. Testing for HIV and rule out the negligible possibility of HIV will calm your mind. Otherwise you will likely to attribute even small illness like headache to that incident.
Dr S Murugan


..is it zero risk or negligible risk...this is the first time I did such an activity I have never done anal or vaginal sex ever....I'm very worried...It was mouth fucking do I wonder if the friction of his penis in my throat or mouth can cause hiv ???I read on the net it says low risk...I'm confused...Is testing medically warranted...do I hv to keep testing after such incidents even if I nevr have anal or vaginally sex ....plz help...I am very stressed n I can't even tell my family...request a prompt response dr ...thanks very much
PEP has no value after 72 hours. Indicated only for occupational exposures
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PEP is indicated only for occupational exposures for health care providers and not for sexual contact. Moreover PEP can be started within 72 hours of exposure and not later than this. That too, it will be more reliable when started as early as possible (within six hours). It is having no value after 72 hours.
Zero risk can not be predicted by any doctor or third person. Negligible risk amounts to less than 1 per 10000 exposures.
Friction of penis in oral sex is lesser than with anal or vaginal sex and in protected sex, the risk had not increased in anyway. you need not be so tense and your risk is negligible.
Dr .S.Murugan


I have yet to come across a HIV case acquired through protected oral sex
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I didn't come across any person acquired HIV through protected oral sex on a male either in my 25 years of practice as a HIV physician or in any journals or conferences. You have no real indication for a HIV test, it is just to Clear the mental tension.
Dr S Murugan


Precum could not come in contact with mucosa in protected oral sex
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Don't imagine odd possibilities. Whether it was a deep or Superficial oral sex, whether you had a sore throat already or not is immaterial. With protected oral sex, you are safe. Precum has least concentration of HIV virus, that too occasionally.
There was no chance for the precum to come in contact with the throat mucosa to cause a HIV infection in protected oral sex.
Dr S Murugan


Precum not increased the risk of HIV even with broken Condom
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Hole in the condom is unlikely with a fresh and unexpired one. Unprotected oral sex carries a low risk for HIV as per CDC, XXXXXXX
So a broken Condom in a oral sex has low risk only. When there was no ejaculation, the risk was negligible and it remained same with precum.
Dr S Murugan


Ruling out HIV by testing will relieve unnecessary tension
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If you think that your condom torn during the oral sex, it is better to rule out HIV infection by a blood test even though the risk is negligible.
Dr S Murugan


You will get a nonreactive result for HIV test
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I expect a nonreactive result for you without any doubt. You can boldly take up the test after appropriate window period for the test.
Dr S.Murugan


You acts carry a negligible risk for HIV.
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I can not guess odd possibilities.
Once again, oral sex has a low risk for HIV infection. Protected oral sex reduce the risk further to a negligible extent. HIV concentration in precum is very low. With all these facts, your risk is negligible only.
Dr S Murugan


You will get a non-reactive report for HIV test
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Yes, absolutely. I am expecting a non-reactive report for your HIV test.
Dr S Murugan


You have to consult a psychiatrist to calm your mind.
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Even though HIV antigen tests can pick up the presence of disease as early as 1 week after the encounter, but considered more conclusive by 4 weeks. You have to take up this test separately for HIV 1 ans 2.
It seems that you had mentally disturbed very much. I suggest you to have a consultation with a psychiatrist.
Dr S.Murugan

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