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writes:I am a virgin and worry and stress about things in general, also Stds, I recently met a guy and snogged him loads, I never had sex or anything but now I'm worried I've got HIV cause he isn't a virgin.
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reader, anonymous, writes (19 February 2009): What in the world does snogged mean? Kissing?Well if that's what it means than, First, yes you can get HIV from kissing, but it is really really rare and I mean really rare.And secondly just because he isn't a virgin doesn't mean that he has HIV.
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reader, anonymous, writes (18 February 2009): I think a counsellor would be more helpful to you than dearcupid.
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reader, anonymous, writes (18 February 2009): I'm a doctor and this is what i know:Contracting HIV Through Kissing It is not likely but if you both happen to have cuts or open sores on your mouth then it's possible. To become infected with HIV, you have bleeding gums or an open cut in your mouth. An HIV-positive's saliva contains the virus but in too small quantities to infect someone just by kissing. It has to come in contact with your blood through a cut, however small, for you to be infected. Here is more information: As the previous answers correctly state, the saliva of an HIV-positive person contains so little HIV that it would be almost impossible for transmission to take place .. even if you kissed with tongues. You own saliva also has natural anti-viral properties. No, and it doesn't matter how much saliva is involvedBut you don't know if he has HIV!
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reader, aunty_rach +, writes (18 February 2009):
you can't get HIV from kissing someone!
also who says he even has HIV. just because he may be sexually active does not mean he is infected with STD's or has hundreds of children by different women.
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reader, shna  +, writes (18 February 2009):
 you cant get hiv from kissing somebody . . . are you sure your the age you say you are
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reader, aman  +, writes (18 February 2009):
You are being a little paranoid.
First off... you don't have anything to worry about. It is extremely hard to catch AIDS from mouth-to-mouth contact. As others have said, it would require an open wound in the mouth.
That said, if you are worried about it still... go get tested! Why spend days worrying about it when you can check in less than an hour?
If you really like this guy, and are thinking about becoming sexually active with him, maybe ask him to get tested with you so you don't have to worry in the future.
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reader, anonymous, writes (18 February 2009): I am assuming from the answer's posted that snogged mean's kissing? I have never heard this word before and I am just curious. While it is not completely unheard of to catch HIV from kissing, it would require an open wound in your mouth and his at the same time and there would need to be an exchange of blood. You probably have more chance of a spaceship falling out of the sky and landing on you then catching HIV this way, so I would not worry about it. If you need peace of mind, just go get a test, but I honestly do not think you are at risk. If you are thinking about having sex, I would encourage you to speak to your doctor about this anyway. You do have other things to worry about like pregnancy and condoms do break from time to time. I would never tell anybody not to worry about STD's because they obviously happen and can be devistating when they do, but unwanted pregnancy's happen far more often so protect yourself against both.
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reader, TELLULAH +, writes (18 February 2009):
 I can understand your fears, but if Aids were as easy to catch as you think, most of us would have it.
So dont worry, you are safe. But if you do start to have sex, then make sure that you use precutions (condom's) until you know that you are both safe. This day and age, I dont think I would chance having sex until we had both had a test if I were to meet someone new. But thats just me, and I am very carefull.
Good luck XX
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