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A member asked:
What is the risk of getting hiv from oral sex?
13 doctors weighed in across 2 answers
Very small: In the classic studies during the peak of the epidemic, the risk even from swallowing infected semen was too low to estimate. I still hope you will love safely, and oral sex is still a risk for gonorrhea and more.
Answered 7/31/2017
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Can cause STDs!: HPV, chlamydia, herpes, gonorrhea are also transmitted orally. HIV can easily be transmitted from a man to a women who is performing oral sex. The reverse happens, but with much lower frequency!
Answered 11/27/2017
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