Question on transmission on HIV!

A question i always wanted to ask since im into human Health and Disease diseases and all that kinda stuff.

Ok I Might be acting slow in the head or like a pathetic fool. Basically When they say you can get HIV from an infected person What do they actually mean in terms of transmission. The infected person obviously has to have the HIV virus otherwise theres not even 1 in a zillion chance of the person at the other end catching it.

Or is it possible to get HIV it without the other person who youre having intercourse (or anything similar :hmmm:

) with doesnt have the virus :eek:

(youre probably thinking im a complete fool)

Reply 1

Profesh

Spontaneously-occurring HIV?

You'd have to be acutely unlucky.

Reply 2

Katia

Well it can be caught through unprotected and in rare cases, protected, sexual intercourse and through contact with an infected persons body fluids and secretions. They're the 'main' ways that people contract it.

Reply 3

LostRiot

I think this will answer any questions you have.

http://www.aproposinc.com/hap/catch.htm

Reply 4

Anonymous #2

If the person has no HIV virus at all then no, I think it's impossible. However, I think that if somebody catches the virus then there is a 'dormant' period of about 3 months during which somebody will test HIV-negative, but can still transmit the virus.

Reply 5

dan1982

Question ive always wanted to know and should probably just google is can you contract HIV through oral sex from a women?

Reply 6

LostRiot

From the link I posted earlier

Oral Sex.
Oral sex is defined here as the contact of one person's mouth with the penis, vagina, or anus of another person. In theory, HIV transmission can occur during oral sex. If such HIV transmission did occur, most likely HIV would pass from the penis, vagina, or anus to the mouth: semen, cervical and vaginal secretions, feces or blood being the carrier.

Once inside the mouth, HIV may penetrate the mucous membranes of the mouth, or enter the bloodstream via a number of possible doorways, including any small wound such as cold sores, bleeding gums (inflicted by toothbrush or dental floss, or rough kissing), and self-inflicted bites. Macrophages, which are susceptible to HIV infection, are also present.

It is possible, with some germs, for infection to pass from one person's mouth to the other person's penis, vagina, or anus. With HIV, this event is possible in theory, but seems unlikely owing to HIV's low concentration in saliva.

Blood, a highly infectious substance, may be present in the either partner's mouth, the male's urethra, the female's vagina, in a male's or female's anus from sores or from rough sexual intercourse, and/or in the female's vagina during menstruation.

There are no proven cases of individual people catching HIV from oral sex, but several suspected cases have come into light. Several homosexual males claim to have had only penis-to-mouth oral sex, including ejaculation, with their HIV-infected partner and to have become infected themselves. These cases are not confirmed. Several statistical studies suggest certain types of oral sex may be able to transmit HIV. However, statistical studies are based on groups of people, and individual specifics are rarely pinpointed. Increased statistical risk was found in homosexual males who had histories of swallowing semen, or having oral-anal contact.

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