HIV/Fingering Questions?
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HIV dies almost immediately upon exposure to air.  It can not live outside the body.\n\nHIV is found in many bodily fluids; it doesn't matter if you're having intercourse or merely "fingering".  HIV is found in vaginal fluids, semen, and blood.  It doesn't suddenly decide to appear because you're having intercourse; it's always there.
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An@l, Vaginal and/or Oral Sex can cause a person to be infected with the HIV virus.  In addition you may be infected with a large number of other Sexually Transmitted Diseases.\n\nI have included information from a web page of the Center for Disease Control.\n\n"Can I get HIV from anal sex?\n\nYes. In fact, unprotected (without a condom) anal sex (intercourse) is considered to be very risky behavior. It is possible for either sex partner to become infected with HIV during anal sex. HIV can be found in the blood, semen, pre-seminal fluid, or vaginal fluid of a person infected with the virus. In general, the person receiving the semen is at greater risk of getting HIV because the lining of the rectum is thin and may allow the virus to enter the body during anal sex. However, a person who inserts his penis into an infected partner also is at risk because HIV can enter through the urethra (the opening at the tip of the penis) or through small cuts, abrasions, or open sores on the penis.\n\nNot having (abstaining from) sex is the most effective way to avoid HIV. If people choose to have anal sex, they should use a latex condom. Most of the time, condoms work well. However, condoms are more likely to break during anal sex than during vaginal sex. Thus, even with a condom, anal sex can be risky. A person should use generous amounts of water-based lubricant in addition to the condom to reduce the chances of the condom breaking."
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My boy you can get far more than STD's by doing that. But yes, you can get HIV as people often have some skin breaks in that area and Hepatitis C. You can also get Hepatitis A and B as well as a very serious bacterial infection, parasites, and the likes.\n\nYou really just shouldn't stick your tongue in places like that.
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No u cannot get it.HIV is transmitted ,\n1.f a person engages in sexual intercourse with an infected person without using a condom, s/he can get infected. The sexual act can be both vaginal and anal.Theoretically oral sex without condom (on men) or barriers like dental dam, vaginal dams or plastic wrap (on women) can also transmit the infection.\n2.If a person shares the needle or syringe used by/on an infected person, either for injecting drugs or drawing blood or for any other purpose involving piercing, s/he can get infected. Instruments used for piercing and tattooing also carry a small risk of infection.\n3.A person can get the infection, if he/she is given transfusion of infected blood.\n4.If surgical devices like syringes and scalpels, or even certain instruments, used on an infected person, are used on another person without proper sterilization, they can transmit the infection.\n5.An HIV positive mother can transmit the virus to child during pregnancy or birth. Breast milk can also act as a transmission-medium.\neven if it has blood on it,HIV cannot survive when exposed to open air.\nNever mess with HIV,stay safe.Also,please devolp some knowledge on HIV/AIDS,u sound ignorant,like some guy who just came from the remotest jungles of Africa.
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I am not a medical person but I have volunteered at many different sexual health clinics and come from a medical family.  \nWith that said:  \n\n\n\nHepatitis C is transmitted when the blood or body fluids from an infected person enters the body of a person who is not immune to the disease.\n\nIt can be spread by:\n\nHaving sex with an infected person without a condom (though experts don't know if condoms prevent transmission or just reduce it).\nSharing drugs and needles.\nBeing cut by infected needles (health care workers).\nBirth from a mother to a child.\nHepatitis C is not spread through food, water, or by casual contact.\n\nUnless you are sharing razors and bodily fluids with this guy, you are not in any danger.  You could hug him, kiss him, sit on his lap, hold his hand - all of these, all day long, and you would NOT get the disease.  \n\nIt is also not a form of HIV/AIDS, they are completely different diseases. \n\nI think it is wonderful that you would take someone in, but you should never do anything that you are not completely comfortable with.  You and your family are absolutely safe with this person unless you start sharing needles or having sex.  \n\nI suggest going to www.webmd.com (i've included the link to a Hep C overview), www.wikipedia.org, and asking your family doctor for advice in order to make yourself absolutely comfortable.  \n\nHope it helps!
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Yes,ask your sex partners.  There's no harm in asking someone if they have had an HIV test.  That information can keep the both of you healthy.
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Let's try education. HIV can be transmitted via sex, but also by blood transfusions, blood contact, kissing, needles and other methods of bodily fluid transfer. HIV is not a conviction and does not condem a person for a way of life. Some have been transfered unknowingly by someone else's life style. It is not a judgement. and should not be treated as such.
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tell me .. do you inspect your partner's mouth for abrasions or ulcers or check your own mouth for the same?\n\nThere exists the potential for transmission of HIV / Hep B in kissing .. so avoid it with strangers...\n\nWould you like to risk it?
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aids, hepatitis, herpes, on and on and on... honey don't worry about it! you get more germs for shaking someones hand than kissing! no kidding!!!!
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Hello:\nThis is in response to your question posted concerning oral sex and infections. As far as getting infections from either receiving or performing oral sex, yes you can transmit gonorrhea, chlamydia, HIV, HPV (human papilloma virus) and possibly other infections that are not usually considered sexually transmitted. Your comment about being "young" doesn't preclude either one of you from contracting or transmitting STD's. In fact, the largest, fastest growing population of new HIV infections is in the age group 16-24 years old. Now if both of you were virgins when you met and you are sure neither of you has been with anyone else then you are highly unlikely to have any infections. You wouldn't believe how many teens do not consider oral sex having sex but it is. As far as "catching anything from the bacteria in his mouth", it is highly unlikely that you would get anything from him. I treat a lot of people, especially young patients 16-30 years of age for sexually transmitted diseases. The only thing that comes to mind is that if he is a carrier of Group B strep, he can transmit that to your vagina and the only problem with that is, if you get pregnant, the bacteria can cause miscarriages, stillbirths or serious life-threatening infections in the newborn. Now as far as using a condom, the answer is YES. You should use a condom 100% of the time with coitus (penetration) and oral sex. Gonorrhea can cause a severe form of pharyngitis (infection of the throat, kind of like strep throat) but much worse. There is a theoretical possibility that one can transmit HIV through saliva but the risk is very, very low. The normal bacteria in all humans mouths usually cannot be transmitted to the vagina unless you have a cut or abrasion (a break in the skin in and around your vagina/clitoris/urethra) and if you do get an infection from it, it is usually a mild urinary tract infection that can easily be treated with antibiotics. You would know if you had a urinary tract infection because it would be very uncomfortable when you urinate, there could be a foul odor to your urine, you may see blood in the urine, feeling like you have to pee all of the time, back pain, and feeling like you are not finishing urinating when you go to the bathroom. \nI hope this was helpful in answering your questions and I think you are very intelligent and curious to ask such a sensitive question over the internet.\nBest regards, \nWarren Shaffer, M.D.
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HIV can be transsmited only by blood or seminal fluids. Hope u understand this. If u eat semen or vagunal fluid u can get it
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I think that you are thinking too much, and not about the right things. 1) why in the world didn't you get an HIV test when getting all other tests???do you really think that was fair to your wife? That you may have HIV is very remote from what you describe.\n2) There are so many diseases out there...was the tattoo needle NEW...as in disposable, or one that came from a sterilizer...if not new from package, your danger of catching something there was infinantely higher than sex with a prostitute. 3) Some diseases that are transmitted via tattoo: Hep B, Hep A, Hep C, syph, Malaria, typhus, thyphoid, staph to name a few.\n4) Your syptoms may have nothing to do with either tattoo or sex. Get thee to a doc specializing in diseases..I cannot believe you have not had a battery of work being done on you. YOu could easily have strep infection that has gone way beyone strep throat..such as infection of the heart valves, kidneys, etc. I suspect the "Flu" symptoms are the key here, not the sex or the tattoo. These things could well be confusing the issue. Best of luck to you, and get a damned HIV test..what the hell are you afraid of??
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hey jpreffer..i donno where u got this idea about massage therapy for aids patients..well..massage cant drag out hiv viruses from body...it can help a aids patients just as it does for  any normal person if he or she requires massage for any reason lik for example bodyache...but cant be curative or cant help to reduce disease severity..or cant decrease infection proneness or cant increase immunity as such in my view....so..its just a misconcept .....or if u get something hopeful abt this tell me too.....bye...
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look babe talk to ur MOM honey really talk to ur MOM...dont eb scared and u do so know what it is because u was just talking about doing it with ur friend babe...fingering is the same thing..but ur just usein water
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the only way that could have happened is if you had an open wound on your hand or your penis and she is HIV pos. There is a very small chance that you could be infected. The HI virus dies instantly when it comes into contact with air.
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All these answers are incorrect except for one, I dont have this, but I know because my friend has it as well, you cannnt CANNOT get it from unsafe sex, not this hep, this hep is just BLOOD to BLOOD so needle sharing and etc. Thats it\nThanks hope this helps ask any doctor
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I've gone to many research symposiums on this topic and it always frustrates me how terrified people are of HIV.  While HIV is a deadly/horrific disease, and we all should use protection, HIV is HORRIBLY INEFFICIENT (compared to other sexual viruses) at transmitting itself.  The HIV virus inactivates within minutes of being on a table, exposed to air etc.  In the world of viruses, it is ridiculously wimpy...you could interpret this as being in the presence of condoms etc. \n\nWhat you (more accurately) should be worried about is Herpes, random skin transfections (mollusca contagiosum etc), and Hepatitis.\n\nHepatitis C is usually extremely difficult to catch via sex, but it is hundreds of times more infective than HIV, so if you were doing anything else (heavy kissing, oral etc) there is a chance.  In other words, you could share a razor with a few drops of dried Hep.C blood and catch it, but you could share an old band-aid with many drops of dried HIV blood and you would most likely NOT ever catch anything.   \n\nHerpes can be transmitted VIA THE SKIN.  That's right.  Research says groin-area skin can continually be shedding viral "loads" onto another person in contact, so condoms would not prevent everything.  I wish more people knew this.  Simple skin-to-skin rubbing would be enough, depending on the person "shedding" the viral load.\n\nIn my opinion, wait 2-3 months (that's how long it takes to develop antibodies for most tests) and get tested for everything (HIV, Herpes, Hep. etc).  But, I would stop fretting about the HIV and start worrying about Herpes etc (more likely).  \n\nAnd please, if you want to see a prostitute that is your business and not my judgment.  However, if you ever decide to get in a relationship or have sex with a woman/man who is not a prostitute, please do them the service of getting tested for everything prior and confirming you are negative.