Contracting AIDS

[BallzDeep]

I just got the all clear through blood tests but I was wondering how exactly you would get the virus. If you had bb sex with someone who had AIDS, are you gaurenteed to get it or does there have to be blood transferred?

Can it be transferred through fluids, I thought it was only through blood, I've read oral and kissing are a rare way to transfer. Never really fully understood.

 

[genintoronto]

From wikipedia:

The majority of HIV infections are acquired through unprotected sexual relations. Sexual transmission can occur when infected sexual secretions of one partner come into contact with the genital, oral, or rectal mucous membranes of another. In high-income countries, the risk of female-to-male transmission is 0.04% per act and male-to-female transmission is 0.08% per act.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AIDS/HIV

 

[fuji]

Don't let the low rate of transmission lull you into complacancy, though. People don't just have sex once, they tend to have sex repeatedly.

That means you shouldn't freak out if a condom breaks, the odds are against anything bad happening, but if you make a habit out of BBFS with high risk individuals sooner or later the odds will stack up against you.

 

[themexi]

Don't let the low rate of transmission lull you into complacancy, though. People don't just have sex once, they tend to have sex repeatedly.

That means you shouldn't freak out if a condom breaks, the odds are against anything bad happening, but if you make a habit out of BBFS with high risk individuals sooner or later the odds will stack up against you.

Excellent summation. As with anything else... take every reasonable precaution... Try not to sweat it if there is a bump in the road... Keep up to date on how you're doing but understand that probability is just a guess on your chances

 

[i6power]

I just got the all clear through blood tests but I was wondering how exactly you would get the virus. If you had bb sex with someone who had AIDS, are you gaurenteed to get it or does there have to be blood transferred?

Can it be transferred through fluids, I thought it was only through blood, I've read oral and kissing are a rare way to transfer. Never really fully understood.

not just blood, also body fluid like cum

 

[middleweight]

If you had bb sex with someone who had AIDS, are you gaurenteed to get it or does there have to be blood transferred?

I got tested recently too - was 100% clean and got the facts from the people at the clinic and a doctor.

The answer is NO...you don't automatically contract HIV. It (the virus, through blood/vaginal fluid) needs to get into your blood stream - ie, if you have a cut on your dick etc.

That said, always use condoms when doing the deed and especially if you do anal - with lots of lube.

 

[moresex4me]

I believe getting it orally is really rare as the virus does not survive saliva.

Here's the link: http://www.mnaidsproject.org/learn/transmission.htm

Here's the quote:

There is a protein in the mouth that attaches itself to the surface of blood cells and blocks infection by HIV that appears to be present in the mucous membrane in the mouth at a level sufficient enough to reduce the concentration of HIV in saliva to non-infectious levels.

HIV cannot cross unbroken skin, which is why risk is higher for those on the receiving end of vaginal or anal intercourse, as there may be tearing during penetration.

Other stuff is much more common, don't BBFS unless you are in a monogamous relationship.