Practicing safe sex, communicating with partners, understanding your risk, and taking steps to reduce your risk are steps you can take to protect yourself and your partners from hiv. There is very little risk of hiv passing via oral sex, but it is possible Learn more about this risk and how to reduce it further. It’s technically possible to transmit hiv through oral sex, but compared with other types of sex, the risk is very low. Certain factors can increase the risk of hiv being transmitted through oral sex Read on to find out what they are and how you can help prevent transmission.
The risk of getting hiv through receiving oral sex (that is, a partner's mouth on your genitals) is very, very low We can't say that there's zero risk, because there are a few cases of hiv infection in people who have no other known risk factors for hiv. While hiv can be transmitted through oral sex, it has a much lower risk of hiv transmission compared to anal and vaginal sex This is because the enzymes in saliva can inhibit the transmission of the virus. That assumption can lead to unintended consequences The reality is you can get hiv from oral sex when certain conditions are present, especially when one partner has open sores, bleeding gums, or untreated sexually transmitted infections, and the other has cuts or abrasions in their mouth.
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