Can One Prevent Infection with HIV through Oral Sex?
Question: Can one prevent infection with HIV through oral sex?
Answer: Yes. If one were to practise oral sex, it would be important to ensure that:
- a condom is used for every episode of oral sex;
- at no time during oral sex on a man should ejaculation take place into the partner's mouth.
CONTENTS: Frequently Asked Questions about HIV and AIDS
- How Do I Tell my Daughter of my HIV Status?
- Is Counselling Necessary before Having an Aids Test?
- Can I Breastfeed my Baby if I'm HIV Positive?
- Is it Possible To Become Infected with HIV through Oral Sex?
- Can One Prevent Infection with HIV through Oral Sex?
- What Is Antiretroviral Therapy? How Does It Work?
- Why Do Black Women in South Africa Seem To Be More Vulnerable To HIV Infection Than Anyone Else?
- Can One Get Infected with HIV From Social Contact?
- What Evidence Is there that Good Nutrition Consistently Improves The Immune Response?
- Can I Insist That Someone Has an HIV Test before Offering Them a Job?
- How Can I Best Help and Support My Friend Living with HIV/AIDS?
- How Do I Come To Terms with an AIDS Death?
- What Do I Need To Consider before Disclosing my HIV Positive Status To Close Friends and Family?
- Why Do You Always Have To Use Condoms while Using Antiretroviral Drugs?
- What Advice and Counselling on HIV and AIDS are Available for Small And Medium Sized Businesses?
- Should I Go Alone or Should I Take My Sexual Partner with Me for an HIV Test?
- How Will the Government's ARV Programme Work and Where Can I Get These Drugs?
- I Tested HIV Positive in 1998 When I Had TB, Should I Start ARVs Now?
- How Do I Talk To My Children about HIV and AIDS?
- Can My Children Contract HIV through Casual Means?
- What Are the Chances of my Child Contracting HIV/AIDS at Play School?
The content on this page was last updated on 12 December 2005
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