TER General Board
i often reply to this type post (which come up very regularly) with sarcasm because (in my view) many people are misinformed and filled with fear about the potential for disease transmission. your post seems sincere and intelligent, so i'll try to respond in kind. keep in mind that i am probably the biggest ANTI safety guy who will respond, so take me with a grain of salt.
in fact, take EVERY response with a grain of salt. why the hell would you ask a bunch of hobbyists a medical question? if you really want to know, ask your doctor or follow one of the links below to a MEDICAL site!!!
"bloodborne" diseases like HIV and hepatitis (b,c) are caused by viruses. to contract the disease you MUST absorb a significant amount of your partner's anaerobic body fluid (blood, semen, spinal fluid) directly into your bloodstream. if their viral load is high and your immune system is weak, you might contract the disease.
this is not a FACT but is widely considered to be true in the medical community: that the HIV virus cannot live in saliva, and in fact may be killed by the enzymes - so, in order to contract HIV by receiving a BBBJ, you would have to have significant, deep cuts on your penis AND your partner would have to have a mouth full of infected blood. NO CASE of HIV to date has been clinically proven to have been incurred through oral sex - giving OR receiving. (i'm not saying that means it can't happen - obviously, it would be difficult to "prove")
HERPES is a viral STD that CAN be transmitted by "casual" contact. the only high risk behavior is unprotected genital-to-genital contact, but the POSSIBILITY of infection exists even in "low risk" activities like oral sex or condom-protected intercourse. herpes is not deadly and the symptoms are treatable, but it IS "forever", just like love 
we actually miss the old days when STD's like gonorrhea or chlamydia were all we had to worry about. USUALLY easily diagnosed, RARELY serious, and a shot or two would clear them up. MOST likely to be transmitted through unprotected intercourse, but theoretically possible to receive through oral sex.
the best information on the PLANET is available at these three sites (below). remember, though, that THEY will always err on the side of caution (in other words, for instance, THEY will say that there is NO evidence to prove that hiv can be incurred through oral sex, then tell you that you SHOULDN'T DO IT. remember when THEY told you that smoking pot would 'damage your chromosomes'?}
the united states center for disease control:
http://www.cdc.gov/nchstp/dstd/disease_info.htm
"the body" originated at columbia university but it looks like they have gone private (?):
http://www.thebody.com/Forums/AIDS/SafeSex/
the national institute of health in bethesda, MD
http://health.nih.gov/result.asp/588
i often reply to this type post (which come up very regularly) with sarcasm because (in my view) many people are misinformed and filled with fear about the potential for disease transmission. your post seems sincere and intelligent, so i'll try to respond in kind. keep in mind that i am probably the biggest ANTI safety guy who will respond, so take me with a grain of salt.
in fact, take EVERY response with a grain of salt. why the hell would you ask a bunch of hobbyists a medical question? if you really want to know, ask your doctor or follow one of the links below to a MEDICAL site!!!
"bloodborne" diseases like HIV and hepatitis (b,c) are caused by viruses. to contract the disease you MUST absorb a significant amount of your partner's anaerobic body fluid (blood, semen, spinal fluid) directly into your bloodstream. if their viral load is high and your immune system is weak, you might contract the disease.
this is not a FACT but is widely considered to be true in the medical community: that the HIV virus cannot live in saliva, and in fact may be killed by the enzymes - so, in order to contract HIV by receiving a BBBJ, you would have to have significant, deep cuts on your penis AND your partner would have to have a mouth full of infected blood. NO CASE of HIV to date has been clinically proven to have been incurred through oral sex - giving OR receiving. (i'm not saying that means it can't happen - obviously, it would be difficult to "prove")
HERPES is a viral STD that CAN be transmitted by "casual" contact. the only high risk behavior is unprotected genital-to-genital contact, but the POSSIBILITY of infection exists even in "low risk" activities like oral sex or condom-protected intercourse. herpes is not deadly and the symptoms are treatable, but it IS "forever", just like love
we actually miss the old days when STD's like gonorrhea or chlamydia were all we had to worry about. USUALLY easily diagnosed, RARELY serious, and a shot or two would clear them up. MOST likely to be transmitted through unprotected intercourse, but theoretically possible to receive through oral sex.
the best information on the PLANET is available at these three sites (below). remember, though, that THEY will always err on the side of caution (in other words, for instance, THEY will say that there is NO evidence to prove that hiv can be incurred through oral sex, then tell you that you SHOULDN'T DO IT. remember when THEY told you that smoking pot would 'damage your chromosomes'?}
the united states center for disease control:
http://www.cdc.gov/nchstp/dstd/disease_info.htm
"the body" originated at columbia university but it looks like they have gone private (?):
http://www.thebody.com/Forums/AIDS/SafeSex/
the national institute of health in bethesda, MD
http://health.nih.gov/result.asp/588
