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Originally posted by TheGreatestThing
Can I catch HIV from unprotected oral?
This is a subject of scientific debate. There have been many studies done over the years. There are two types of data: patient-sourced data and empirical data. Patient-sourced data is notoriously unreliable. This is because people either lie, can't remember (alcohol and drugs), or are in denial. The CDC in the USA did a study using patient sourced data and concluded that 8% of new infections were due to unprotected oral, which has since been largely discredited due to inaccuracies. Since then, there have been several studies involving scientists monitoring serodiscordant couples (where one partner is positive, and one is negative). Condoms were used for anal and vaginal sex, but not for oral sex. One of these ran for over 10 years and included 19,000 acts of oral sex. There was not a single transmission in any of the studies.
It is good practice, though, not to allow *********** in the mouth, for while one is unlikely to catch HIV from oral sex, one can catch most other STDs very easily from oral sex, so protection should always be considered, even with oral sex. Again, though, while it may be improbable to contract HIV from oral sex, that does not mean it is impossible, so protection should even be considered in oral.
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