Oral sex?Q: I am 22 years old and have never even tasted another guys cum, but I still feel anxious every time I put a dick in my mouth. Can you just tell me once and for all if I can get HIV from oral sex?
A. Here is what is currently known:The risk of getting HIV from oral sex without a condom is very low. It is much lower than the risk of getting HIV through receptive anal sex. One eight-year study of nearly 1,000 men found HIV transmission through oral sex too rare to be measured. The risk of getting HIV from oral sex, though, is not zero. A small number of cases of HIV infection through oral sex have been anecdotally reported in professional journals, by doctors and by patients.Most people find it difficult to decide what to do based on this information alone. Does this mean you should consider oral sex essentially safe and stop worrying about oral transmission? Or does it mean it is risky and you need to stop oral sex without a condom altogether? If you think about driving, each time you go for a ride you have a small but real risk of being killed in an accident. Most adults know this and still continue to drive. Thinking about the strategies we might and do use to protect ourselves
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