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Am I at risk for HIV/AIDS?
Can you get AIDS or HIV from oral sex? Like if the person who has it does it to you or something?
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Yes, you are very much at risk!
You must always use a condom because AIDS/STDs can be transferred through sex (oral, anal, vaginal). It can also be given to another person by doing drugs that involve needles, and it can also be given by birth. So, if you have AIDS & have a baby, it is possible to transfer the disease to the baby.
Use a condom & birth control pills whenever you get sexually involved with someone. AIDS and STDs are dangerous, and not something someone wants or should take chances with getting. Sex without a condom is not something anyone should dabble in.
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HIV is like any other infection - it needs one basic thing. This is, simply, an opportunity to enter your body.
If someone with HIV gives you oral sex (particularly if they have any open sores, cankers, or lesions in or around their mouth/lips), you are at risk of contracting the infection.
Different activities come with different levels of risk, but why take the chance? An infection can enter your skin through a tiny cut - one you may not even realise you have. Cover up.
If you're a guy getting oral sex, wear a condom. If you're a girl, you can use a dental dam (like a big square of latex - comes in lots of flavours) or simply cut a condom down the middle and use that to cover yourself.
Better safe than sorry!
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Yes. It's absolutely possible.
It's a bit less risky then some other sexual acts, but the risk is still very, very much there.
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