How is HIV contracted?

Bismarck

No. He'd need to have fluids from his body enter your body. The only way you'd be at risk is if his finger was bleeding as well and his blood went into your scratch.

Ok, guess the only way to be truely safe is to keep a distance from him.

Reply 5

Great thats my anon gone, well he doesn't use this site anyway.

Reply 6

horrorboy

Ok, guess the only way to be truely safe is to keep a distance from him.

i think thats OTT, if he does have HIV, people just need to be more careful. Some people make out being in the same room as someone with HIV is going to kill them, people need to sit down and have a hard think, cos there attitude frankly stinks.

Reply 7

hugatree

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When you kiss strangers at parties and both of you have an open wound in your mouth and you know with the saliva exchanging... Can you get HIV if the kisser has it?

*paranoid* :/

Reply 8

hugatree

When you kiss strangers at parties and both of you have an open wound in your mouth and you know with the saliva exchanging... Can you get HIV if the kisser has it?

*paranoid* :/

nope, google "kiss HIV"

Reply 9

Glory

i think thats OTT, if he does have HIV, people just need to be more careful. Some people make out being in the same room as someone with HIV is going to kill them, people need to sit down and have a hard think, cos there attitude frankly stinks.

Its human nature really but yeh it stinks, I just wasn't sure of how it is caught apart from sex I mean some people say it can be caught by saliva contact others say it can't. What if someone sneezes near someone else there will be contact.

Reply 10

hugatree

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Glory

nope, google "kiss HIV"

But they said blood to blood contact... :confused:

If both of us had brushed their teeth too hard and have a little blood somewhere in our mouth (how graphic :rolleyes:

) and we kissed...?

Reply 11

SamTheMan

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Anonymous

My mate might have it he is being tested but im worried I have it as I remember a few weeks ago we were messing about on this roundabout balance thing at the park and he accidently scratched me with his nail (he has longish nails) and it drew blood. Is there a chance I have it?

You can even have sex with someone who is HIV positive and not catch the virus (FACT. Not that it's a very useful one to know and to propagate around) so when you talk about contact like that, it's really not likely.

Everything's possible. Only way to be sure is to go to the doctor's or STI clinic.

Reply 12

would require a cut, breathing it in or sitting on the skin wouldnt count.

Reply 13

http://www.avert.org/howcan.htm

thats how you can get it and how you cant.

Reply 14

benisright

I dont think many people realise how unlikely it is to catch HIV.

Here are facts on the possibility of catching HIV from each method.

Blood transfusion (should never happen in the uk) 90%

After that, there is very little chance.

Childbirth - 25% (1% in western cultures)
Needle Sharing - 0.6%
Sex if your a girl - 0.1%
Sex if your a boy - 0.05%
Blow Job as a girl - 0.01%
Blow Job if its yours! 0.005%

So basically, dont worry that much about it. Ever. Obviously this isnt a reason to have unprotected sex, the clap and crabs are much easier contractable. However if there is an outbreak of HIV, it is in the newspapers. Its that rare in the UK.

Reply 15

hugatree

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"At the moment, scientific opinion is pretty clear that you cannot become infected with HIV through kissing.

To become infected with HIV you must get a sufficient quantity of HIV into the bloodstream. Saliva does contain HIV, but the virus is only present in very small quantities and as such, cannot cause HIV infection.

Unless both partners have large open sores in their mouths, or severely bleeding gums, there is no transmission risk from mouth-to-mouth kissing."

Thanks for the link Glory. :smile:

Reply 16

hugatree

"At the moment, scientific opinion is pretty clear that you cannot become infected with HIV through kissing.

To become infected with HIV you must get a sufficient quantity of HIV into the bloodstream. Saliva does contain HIV, but the virus is only present in very small quantities and as such, cannot cause HIV infection.

Unless both partners have large open sores in their mouths, or severely bleeding gums, there is no transmission risk from mouth-to-mouth kissing."

Thanks for the link Glory. :smile:

All articles say different things.

Reply 17

Jonatan

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horrorboy

All articles say different things.

Put it this way, if you are kissing a stranger, you are more likely to get killed by her jealous boyfriend than contracting HIV from her.

Reply 18

Joce

horrorboy

All articles say different things.

It seems to me you are overly paranoid and slightly prejudiced in relation to HIV or just rather misinformed on the topic. As others have stated the chances of you contracting it without sex or blood to blood contact are extremly low. so kissing is near to 0% chance of catching it.

Reply 19

benisright