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ALOT OF SPIT AND AIDS
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University of Washington
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If you have not done so, please review other threads in our archives for questions similar to yours and Dr. Handsfield's replies. Questions that duplicate other frequent ones, for which abundant replies exist, and that have little educational value for other forum users, will be DELETED WITHOUT RESPONSE. YOUR PAYMENT WILL NOT BE REFUNDED. The most common examples of such questions are those about low risk exposures to HIV, such as oral sex, condom- protected intercourse hand-to-genital exposure, and nonsexual contact with possibly infected blood or body fluids as well as symptoms of early HIV infection.
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ALOT OF SPIT AND AIDS
by stupidass, Jun 22, 2007 12:00AM
Hi again, thanks for all your great work my question is this, now I know saliva carries small amounts of hiv but that the saliva inhibits it and its basically impossible to transmit HIV that way BUT I was out at a gogo bar and this gogo dancer spit in my mouth, not a small amount but a LARGE AMOUNT, it was almost like drinking soda or water , like a quarter cup. what are my chances of contracting HIV in this case. I am very concerned and losing sleep here and cant think straight. Thanks again.
Doctor's Answer
by H. Hunter Handsfield, M.D., Jun 22, 2007 12:00AM
, Jun 22, 2007 12:00AM
HIV is not known to be transmitted by saliva, rgardless of the amount.
I won't delete the comments posted before this reply (below), but please take any further discussion over to the HIV Support forum, not here. Also note forum rule that stipulates no more than 2 questions by a person in a 6 month period.
HHH, MD
I won't delete the comments posted before this reply (below), but please take any further discussion over to the HIV Support forum, not here. Also note forum rule that stipulates no more than 2 questions by a person in a 6 month period.
HHH, MD
You aren't "possible?", are you? He had a eerily similar scenario, and he was at no risk, either. Which he's been told eight gazillion times, to no effect.
So as long as your gogo dancer did not have blood in her mouth, you should be in the clear.
Saliva never carries HIV in transmissible quantities and even has substances which inactivate HIV virus.
Nobody , or almost nobody has ever been shown to have developed HIV following acts involving Saliva including oral sex and deep kissing.
The episode you desctibe is no risk for HIv, even if the other person was HIV positive, which it most likely isnt.