Question 1

can you get hiv through kissing?.

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HIV: No. This would be a reportable incident. HIV seldom if ever survives in saliva in which the enzymes kill the virus. Oral sex on the other hand, in which semen hits the tonsils or the back of the throat is an excellent way of transmitting this virus. Be very careful out there, but short of very direct sexual contact or exchange of blood or body parts it is almost impossible to acquire. Good luck.

Question 2

can you get hiv from casual kissing?

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No: It's very clear you cannot catch HIV this way.  You can get infectious mono, CMV, herpes simplex, syphilis, and/or gonorrhea.  For syphilis, there's got to be a lesion. For the others, less so. Most folks think it's worth the risk. Best wishes.

Question 3

can you get hiv from kissing someone?

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: Zero risk from social kissing. Maybe very slight risk from sexual (open mouth, tongue) kissing, but even this is very unlikely. In the four decades of the worldwide HIV/AIDS pandemic, there have been few if any cases transmitted by kissing. Best to avoid sexual kissing with HIV infected persons or those at high risk, but little risk if it happens from time to time.

Question 4

if you kiss someone with hiv will you get it?

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Usually not: However  you should discuss it  with your  physicians. Usually a kiss will not usually transmit  HIV

Question 5

can u get hiv from kissing? i am scared i kissed a guy at the bar

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Unlikely: Even if the guy has HIV, the risk of getting it from kissing is minuscule. You may visit this site for information on this topic : https://www.cdc.gov/hiv/basics/transmission.html
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Practice safe sex, if you have sex. 
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Question 6

can i get hiv from french kiss?

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No: French kissing is extremely low to no risk for HIV transmission.  More about sexual behavior and HIV transmission https://wwwn.cdc.gov/hivrisk/transmit/activities/

Question 7

can you get hiv from kissing and oral sex?

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No, probably not: Kissing -- no. That's a good thing. Oral sex is a very inefficient way of transmitting the disease, to either partner and whether the recipient is a man or a woman. Studies give different results but all the retrospective ones have been based on what people say they've done. However -- oral sex, especially unprotected, puts both people at risk for gonorrhea (you don't want that) and more.

Question 8

can you get hiv through kissing or oral sex ?

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: Yes, you do get HIV infection with oral sex but uncommon. Kissing only is less likely a risk unless open oral lesions are present in both partners (HIV is not transmitted through saliva).

Question 9

can i get infected by kissing a person with hiv?

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Yes: It is uncommon to pass HIV by kissing, but it is possible. Hiv is in the blood. If both partners have some cracks or scrapes on the lips or inside the mouth, any canker sores, or any bleeding gums, then HIV can be passed. The possibility of getting infected increases with the amount of time spent kissing.

Question 10

is it possible to contract hiv from french kissing?

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Yes: The aids virus, hiv, has been detected in saliva and at least theoretically could be transmitted by exchange of saliva during kissing.  This is a low probability route of infection as compared to unprotected sex, but it is at least theoretically possible.  I'm not aware of any case reports of such transmission.

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