Question 1

i used a tester chapstick today at the store. i have chapped lips. does this pose hiv infection risk ?

Accepted Answer

No: Theoretically possible, but so minuscule as to be essentially zero risk.

Question 2

with chappd lips i kiss a girl. licked my lips n find out i cn feel d blood of my chaped lips.what if shes hiv positve? any risk?

Accepted Answer

No risk: Unless she is an injection drug user, sex worker, or otherewise at special risk, it is unlkely she has HIV. Even if she does, nobody has ever been known to be infected by kissing, regardless of chapped lips, bleeding, etc. This is not something to be worried about.

Question 3

can i get hiv from kissing chapped lips?

Accepted Answer

No: There's no exchange of blood, and for the wimpy HIV virus to be transmitted, there has to be some serious exchnage of body fluids.

Question 4

i smoked the same hookah with my friend (hiv status unknown). can i get hiv if i have a wound at lips or chapped lips?

Accepted Answer

: No. HIV is not transmitted by oral contact of any kind. (That includes kissing, also no risk.)

Question 5

can hiv be transmitted through kissing with bleeding or chapped lips?

Accepted Answer

HIGHLY unlikely.: U.S. Cdc says that HIV is not spread by social kissing (closed mouth).  Having chapped lips would make minimal difference unless the other person (who might have hiv) bleeds directly into a crack in the chapped lips.

Question 6

can hiv transmitted through kissing & sucking if both have cut or chapped lips at the point & blood intact?

Accepted Answer

Improbable: however, possible, through salivary secretions or orl sex. Incidence of salivary inoculation is exceptionally low: 1% or less.

Question 7

if you share a drink with someone and they had chapped lips/cut or bleeding gums can you get hiv if i also had chapped lips and sometimes bleeding gum?

Accepted Answer

Unlikely: That is  very unlikely (but not totally inpossible ) unless you both have bleeding gums or lips? However there are more contagious things besides HIV and best if any one is bleeding best not to share drinks etc.

Question 8

if someone has hiv and has blood on their lips due to biting off their chapped lips and they drink from a water bottle and share it with a non affect person, could that person get hiv?

Accepted Answer

Yes, but : If the non-affected person has an open sore that gets exposed to the blood on the water bottle s/he could get infected.

Question 9

can you get hiv from making out with cuts on lips? not inside the mouth. how much blood is needed to transmit on lips? what about chapped lips?

Accepted Answer

Stop worrying: Chapped lips aren't actively bleeding. They are sealed with fibrin and platelets. You're not going to have virally-infected blood enter your system that way.

Question 10

french kiss 2 days ago less than 1 min with random girl, but chapped lips before 5-3 hours, do i need hiv test and take pep? need help, night sweats

Accepted Answer

Something else: Firstly you don't get HIV from French kissing.
2nd HIV symptoms do not come on within days after the infection.   Your night sweats are from something else. If this problem persists for more than 2 weeks or gets worse, consult your doctor.

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Chapped lips hiv

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I used a tester chapstick today at the store. i have chapped lips. does this pose hiv infection risk ?

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With chappd lips i kiss a girl. licked my lips n find out i cn feel d blood of my chaped lips.what if shes hiv positve? any risk?

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Can i get hiv from kissing chapped lips?

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I smoked the same hookah with my friend (hiv status unknown). can i get hiv if i have a wound at lips or chapped lips?

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Can hiv be transmitted through kissing with bleeding or chapped lips?

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Can hiv transmitted through kissing & sucking if both have cut or chapped lips at the point & blood intact?

A member asked:

If you share a drink with someone and they had chapped lips/cut or bleeding gums can you get hiv if i also had chapped lips and sometimes bleeding gum?

A member asked:

If someone has hiv and has blood on their lips due to biting off their chapped lips and they drink from a water bottle and share it with a non affect person, could that person get hiv?

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Can you get hiv from making out with cuts on lips? not inside the mouth. how much blood is needed to transmit on lips? what about chapped lips?

A member asked:

French kiss 2 days ago less than 1 min with random girl, but chapped lips before 5-3 hours, do i need hiv test and take pep? need help, night sweats

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