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BLOW JOBS OR KISSING

SOME PEOPLE ALWAYS ASK THIS KIND OF QUESTION.. AND THIS IS THE ANSWER ..

~BLOW JOB~

ORAL SEX INVOLVES GIVING OR RECEIVING ORAL STIMULATION (I.E., SUCKING OR LICKING) TO THE PENIS (FELLATIO), 
THE VAGINA (CUNNILINGUS), OR THE ANUS (ANILINGUS). HIV CAN BE TRANSMITTED DURING ANY OF THESE ACTIVITIES,
BUT THE RISK IS MUCH LESS THAN THAT FROM ANAL OR VAGINAL SEX. RECEIVING FELLATIO, GIVING OR RECEIVING CUNNILINGUS,
AND GIVING OR RECEIVING ANILINGUS CARRY LITTLE TO NO RISK. THE HIGHEST ORAL SEX RISK IS TO INDIVIDUALS PERFORMING FELLATIO ON AN HIV-INFECTED MAN, 
WITH EJACULATION IN THE MOUTH

RISK OF HIV
EVEN THOUGH ORAL SEX CARRIES A LOWER RISK OF HIV TRANSMISSION THAN OTHER SEXUAL ACTIVITIES,
THE RISK IS NOT ZERO. IT IS DIFFICULT TO MEASURE THE EXACT RISK BECAUSE PEOPLE WHO PRACTICE ORAL SEX MAY ALSO PRACTICE OTHER FORMS 
OF SEX DURING THE SAME ENCOUNTER. WHEN TRANSMISSION OCCURS, IT MAY BE THE RESULT OF ORAL SEX OR OTHER, RISKIER SEXUAL ACTIVITIES, 
SUCH AS ANAL OR VAGINAL SEX.IF THE PERSON RECEIVING ORAL SEX HAS HIV, THEIR BLOOD, SEMEN, PRE-SEMINAL FLUID, OR VAGINAL FLUID MAY CONTAIN THE VIRUS.
IF THE PERSON PERFORMING ORAL SEX HAS HIV, BLOOD FROM THEIR MOUTH MAY ENTER THE BODY OF THE PERSON RECEIVING ORAL SEX THROUGH THE LINING OF THE URETHRA 
(THE OPENING AT THE TIP OF THE PENIS), VAGINA, CERVIX, OR ANUS, OR THROUGH CUTS AND SORES.
SEVERAL FACTORS MAY INCREASE THE RISK OF HIV TRANSMISSION THROUGH ORAL SEX, INCLUDING ORAL ULCERS, BLEEDING GUMS, GENITAL SORES, 
AND THE PRESENCE OF OTHER SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES (STDS).

FOR MORE READING ABOUT ORAL : HTTP://WWW.CDC.GOV/HIV/RISK/BEHAVIOR/ORALSEX.HTML


KISSING? 

CAN I GET HIV FROM KISSING?

THERE ARE FOUR FLUIDS THAT CAN CARRY AND TRANSMIT HIV: BLOOD, SEMEN, VAGINAL FLUIDS, AND BREAST MILK. SALIVA DOESN'T TRANSMIT IT.

IT IS, HOWEVER, THEORETICALLY POSSIBLE TO CONTRACT HIV THROUGH KISSING. IF BOTH PARTNERS HAVE CUTS OR SORES IN THE MOUTH OR BLEEDING GUMS 
(LIKE AFTER BRUSHING OR FLOSSING YOUR TEETH), INFECTED BLOOD COULD POSSIBLY BE EXCHANGED. HOWEVER, IN PRACTICE THIS IS EXTREMELY UNLIKELY. 
THERE IS SOMETHING ABOUT SALIVA AND THE ENVIRONMENT OF THE MOUTH THAT IS INHOSPITABLE TO THE VIRUS. LIKE ALL SAFE SEX, KISSING IS A MATTER OF MANAGING RISKS. 
IF YOU ARE AWARE OF CUTS OR SORES IN YOUR MOUTH, IT IS BEST TO ABSTAIN FROM "DEEP KISSING," BUT IN GENERAL KISSING IS ONE OF THE SAFEST SEXUAL ACTIVITIES.

FOR MORE READING :HTTP://WWW.POSITIVE.ORG/HOME/FAQ/KISSING.HTML
 

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