All STI can transmit through Oral Sex. Although the % for different STI varies, it's advisable to use condoms even for oral sex.

HPV is incurable and will stay with you for life. There's also a many types of HPV virus, some of which can cause cervical cancer. Genital warts are the most recognizable sign of genital HPV infection and like Herpes, HPV will recur over time and the number of recurrances or when it will recur cannot be predicted. Both of which can also spread to your partner even if there are no symptoms present. Fortunately, recurrences tend to decrease over time as your body builds immunity against the virus.

2 types of vaccine exists for HPV. One is Gardasil and the other Cervarix. Both of which are ONLY preventive, meaning if you're already infected, then you're out of luck as it will not help you at all. Those of you who have kids or plan to have one soon should think about getting them Gardasil jabs (available in Singapore, Malaysia unknown).

There are many types of treatment and fees will at least start from RM150 and above.

Get yourself checked as soon as possible, good luck!

Yes. It's a risk. But the overall the risk of an adult contracting HIV from nipple noshing would be extremely low.

However, this is a real risk of contracting herpes if the person has herpes and an open wound near her breast.

While perspiration is a form of bodily fluid, it has not known to transmit any form of STI.

Oral Sex Transmission guide (Fellatio & Cunnilingus & Anilingus)

HPV
Very low risk

HIV
Theoritical risk, the environment of the saliva is far too harsh for HIV virus to survive within. However, if there is an open wound in the mouth (such as bleeding gums and wound), then there is a small risk.

Herpes
High risk

Syphilis
High risk

Chlamydia
High risk if in contact with infected secretion and fluids

Gonorrhea
High risk

This post has been edited by STDinfo: Jun 1 2010, 01:17 PM

Herpes
HSV-1 (cold sore) and HSV-2 virus (genital) are not curable but controllable with medicines such as acyclovir, famicylovir and valacylovir. HSV-2 can be fatal to babies during the neonatal stage and can pass to babies if mother has an outbreak during childbirthing. However both strains are not life-threathening to adults and does not cause any major health problems but are both an annoyance because it can recur at any unspecified time and are both contagious. Recurrence tend to decrease after the 1st year of infection.

HPV
No cure. Vaccine is available for the uninfected but only works against certain types of HPV strains and useless for those who have it. Certain strains are known to cause and develop cervical cancer. The body cures itself of this virus over time but it is not known if the virus is truly cured or gone into latency like herpes. No conclusive HPV testing available

Syphilis
Curable with penicilin. Can lead to heart failure and many other health complications if left untreated

Chlamydia
Curable with antibiotics and usually treated inconjunction with Gonorrhea. Can cause serious reproductive and other health problems with both short-term and long-term consequences.

Gonorrhea
As with Chlamydia, this is curable with a bout of antibiotics. Can cause serious reproductive problems if left untreated

HIV
No cure but controllable with a variety of highly active anti-viral treatments. This is a long term illness and some people have been known to not develop into full blown AIDS.

This post has been edited by STDinfo: Jun 2 2010, 01:58 PM

Most symptoms for all of the above are similiar,

If you have had unsafe sex and you notice the following develop within a month after the encounter, you should see your health care provider if you notice:

lesions or multiple lesions on your genitals that may or may not be painful
inflamed and reddened external urethra meatus (area around the pee-hole)
milky pus or thick yellowish liquid constantly dripping out of your urethra (pee-hole)
painful and/or burning urination
constant frequent need to urinate but very little urine upon urination (UTI is most common)
enlarged scrotum which may or may not have pain
swollen lymph nodes around the pelvic area

Most of these symptoms usually come in combination with common flu symptoms like headache, feeling of malaise, fever and vomitting.

Please note that gonorrhea & chlamydia are asymptomatic for some people, which means they do not experience any symptoms. For Gonorrhea, some people never experience anything for their entire lifetime and for Chlamydia, symptoms may not appear for months or even years especially for women.

Unsafe sex includes sex of any kind without condoms. These symptoms can appear even if you perform or receive oral sex such as cunnilingus, anniligus or fellatio.

Nipple sucking does not transmit any form of STI unless there is an open wound or lacetating. For HIV, it is a extremely small risk as this is also dependent on many other factors on both parties. For Herpes, the risk is high if there is an open wound nearby. For other STI, I really do not know but I do not think you would want to take any risk if you see a wound of any sort around the area.

A well known doctor in the Malaysia has said that most STI are a result of unprotected oral sex and this was published in the Star sometime in January of this year.
Using of condoms during oral and vaginal/anal sex will guarantee that no STI can infect you unless the condom breaks during sex. French kissing a person with an open wound/sore in her mouth can still make you susceptible to herpes.

If you frequent sex workers or have a lot of one night stands:

Use a condom for both oral and penetrative sex

This ensures that you are 100% protected from any STI unless the condom breaks during the act.



This post has been edited by STDinfo: Jun 3 2010, 02:55 PM

Not for herpes no. But the truth is, a large percentage of the human population have herpes in their system. The mouth cold sores (HSV-1) that you experience during your childhood and chicken pox are caused by the herpes virus. Many people carry the herpes virus are asymptomatic which is why it is so easily spread. Chances are, you may have the HSV-1 in you as well because it's so easily spread.

Having HSV-1 grants you some protection against HSV-2 but this is not always the case. You can still have HSV-1 and HSV-2 at the same time. Statistically speaking, the chances of male acquiring herpes from the female is about 3% while females have an 8% chance of catching it from males during the viral shedding stage. If open wounds are present, this percentage jumps up to 60 to 70%. Remember HSV-2 can also occur in the mouth and HSV-1 can also occur in the genitals.

The fact of the matter is this - both HSV-1&2 are not life threathening and will not cause any health complications other than being a recurrent annoyance in your life.

Point 1: The environment of the saliva is very harsh for HIV virus to develop. Therefore, unless there's an open wound in her mouth that's bleeding - the chances are slim to none. Even with an open wound, the chances are still extremely slim.

Point 2: It depends if she's HIV infected and how much milk you have ingested and if you have any open wounds in your mouth. As I have said, the harsh environment caused by your saliva disrupts the HIV virus. It's an extremely slim chance you will be infected this way.

Point 3: Unless her vaginal fluids manage to enter the penis urethra or touch an open wound in your groin area. No, you will not get infected by rubbing or grinding against her. Like all viruses, HIV is incredibly fragile and does not survive well outside the body.

Point 4: It is possible but there has been no documented cases of anyone being infected with HIV via fingering. Any chance that you could be infected here is slim to none.

Point 6: HIV usually take many months if not years to manifest the initital symptoms. Relax

Point 7: It's like a lottery. For some people, even with direct unprotected sex, they do not get infected. But rest assured that if you did not have oral or vaginal unprotected sex with her, the possibility that you can be infected with HIV based on what you have described is close to being an impossibility.

If you wish to know your status, you may go for free anonymous rapid testing 6 weeeks after this encounter.

http://www.ptfmalaysia.org/2010/services_hiv.html

PT Foundation HIV Screening Hours:

Tuesday: 7:00pm – 9:00pm
Friday: 11:00am – 2:00pm
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1. Nobody knows - again there are no documented cases for adult getting infected from this manner. My guess is that your chances are extremely slim to none.

2. My opinion does not change - the chances in which you could get infected in this manner is extremely remote. As I have said, the virus does not survive well outside the body and the quantity you've suggested is probably insignificant to matter.

3. Again, the chances are extremely remote.

I suggest not reading up to much on the symptoms as they are NEVER an accurate way of determining whether you have HIV. Having HIV-like symptoms does not necessary mean you have HIV and unlike other STI, only a blood test can conclusively tell you if you HIV+ or HIV-.

You want to know for sure, get youself checked at the above link that I've mentioned after 6 to 8 weeks. The results will be quite conclusive and I'm certain you will be HIV negative.

This post has been edited by STDinfo: Jun 6 2010, 06:42 PM

What you experience is normal. Fear and anxiety can wreck havoc on your mind. Based on what you have said, I'm fairly certain you do not have HIV. HIV tranmission usually occurs via direct exposure to blood, intercourse or needle sharing. Even with direct exposure, for HIV to "take" - you have to be exposed long enough and this is usually done via repeated unprotected sex with multiple partners. If you were to get infected in this manner, then you would certainly be the first in the history of mankind. So relax, you're fine.

For peace of mind, I suggest you go to a doctor. Tell him your situation and ask him if its necessary to take a test to find out. If he tells you it's not necessary to check then it's not necessary.

This post has been edited by STDinfo: Jun 7 2010, 02:12 PM

Consumption of vagina fluid or seminal fluid will put you at risk of STI including HIV.

This post has been edited by STDinfo: Jul 15 2010, 03:28 PM

Symptoms will be rather obvious when you have STI. Very often, you will notice abnormalities around your genital areas. They can include blisters, multiple spotting, unusual growth around the penile head, continuous discharge from the urethrea, constant itching, painful urination etc.

Get help from your nearest GUM clinic if any of these symptoms persist!

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Added on October 14, 2010, 4:20 pmA clean pap smear does not guarantee that.

There are test for Chlamydia, Gonorrhea, Syphilis, Herpes and HIV.

Chlamydia/Gonorrhea - urine test/visual
Syphilis/HIV - blood test
Herpes - viral culture from open blisters for 100% accuracy or Igg Herpeselect test (very good indication but still not 100% accuracy)
HPV - usually visual but otherwise none.



This post has been edited by STDinfo: Oct 14 2010, 04:20 PM

A standard yearly health check does not include checks for STI. You need to request for it.

It is usually a good idea to check yourself once a year if you have mutliple partners or is sexually promiscuous. It's also good to have a premarital check if you plan on getting married soon to safeguard your partner. It's all about trust, if you are monogamous and your partner is true to you as well then there's really no reason to have further checks after the 1st.

In reality, most people don't bother checking themselves if they have no symptoms in the genital area. If everyone were to dwell on such matters, then nobody would dare to have sex! If you have used proper protection during oral and penetrative sex, then the chances of you contracting any form of STI is close to NIL. If you were to catch anything even with all the protection then it's most likely due to kissing (open sore present in mouth) or you going down on them.

HIV test are highly accurate and reliable after the 3 month mark. So if you are negative 3 months, that means you're negative period. The 6 months mark is recommended for people who have undergone immunosuppressed treatments or have autoimmune diseases. Of course, anyone is free to test themselves after 6 months as well if it gives them true peace of mind.

Certain STI tests have 100% accuracy. Chlamydia, Syphillis, and Gonorrhea can be easily detected via urine and blood test and they also have very obvious visual symptoms as well if you have it. The exception is Chlamydia which can exhibit no symptoms on infected individuals until after a few months.

Herpes and HPV can stay hidden within you without symptoms as well. Some people may have Herpes but will never exhibit any symptoms throughout their lifetime or may have their first outbreak many years after they first caught it. To my knowledge, there is no reliable test for HPV. Herpes can be tested in 2 ways, one is a viral culture from a swab on your genital lesion. If you do it when you first notice painful lesions then the results is 100% accurate if it comes back positive. The accuracy will diminish over time and reccurence. The 2nd method is via Herpeselect Igg blood test which offers a very high degree of accuracy as it looks for specific Herpes glycoprotein G (gG) to differentiate between HSV-1 and HSV-2.

HIV test is only reliable and confirmed after a blood test. Many HIV related symptoms are usually symptoms of the common cold and fever as well and thus not an accurate indication.

You can actually get a lot of information by just reading some of the past posts.

STD (STI) as the name implies is sexually transmitted diseases/Infection. They are transmitted through the exchange of bodily fluids (sexual intercourse/oral/anal sex) and in the case of HIV and Hep.C, it can also infect you if it enters your blood stream as well (Many HIV positive individuals were infected through the sharing of needles).

Herpes is an exception because it's also a skin disease as well as an STI. You do not need to have sex to get Herpes, just kissing (esp if there's are sores present in the mouth) can infect you. There are 2 variants, HSV-1 and HSV-2. HSV-1 usually appears around the mouth and HSV-2 usually appears on your genitals, but it is not uncommon to also find HSV-1 on your genital areas and HSV-2 strains infecting the mouth area.

Isn't it common sense? If you don't have HIV, how you give someone HIV? If that person got no HIV, how he/she give you HIV? Doesn't matter if one is bleeding or not, if both parties are negative, you can't get something from nothing.

If one party is positive and the other party is negative, it also doesn't mean they will get infected for sure. It just means your risk is very much higher if you have engaged in unprotected sex and even greater if you have wounds or other STD present. That don't mean you should go around having unprotected sex though as the risk of catching other STD is still present.

There is no cure for herpes, once you get it. It stays with you for life and outbreaks and recurrence can happen from as low as nothing in a persons lifetime to 1 or 6 times or more in a year. The only treatments are topical creams and suppressive daily anti-viral drugs (usually prescribed for HSV-2 but may also be prescribed for HSV-1).

And yes, a person can infect others even if there's no symptoms but herpes is a very common thing especially HSV-1 and there's a lot of people that is infected with it.

The bad news is, HSV-1 can also infect the genital areas but is much less likely to recur in that region as compared to HSV-2 and vice versa. In any case, HSV-1 & 2 outbreaks become less and less frequent as your body builds its immunity over time.

Possible but very highly unlikely as the virus does not survive very well in normal environment. The window of survival for the herpes virus in normal environment is approximately 10s or less and approximately 15 to 30 mins on a damp towel under optimal conditions. Under lab controlled environment, it has been known to survive for longer than 30mins to a day but again - it's under a controlled environment without any other external influence. In real world environment, there are other germs and factors which will eliminate the herpes virus very easily.

Similarly, you can't get infected by herpes or any other STDs for that matter by just sitting on the toilet bowl.

I wouldn't worry too much about it. HSV-1 is very common and many people around the world are infected with it since childhood due to many factors unrelated to sex.

Can't really worry it all or you'll end up never having sex. If anything, herpes is an annoyance, one that comes and goes and one that can spread through sharing of utensils or skin contact (even if sores are not present). Fortunately, it is mostly harmless and tends to recur less as you grow older.

There are some dangers to herpes, but limited to pregnancy cases and that's an entirely different scenario altogether.

Could be fordyce spots but if you want to be sure. Go see a doctor, I recommend going to a GUM clinic and not just any GP.

Klink Kulit Kuala Lumpur
Wisma Lim Foo Yong
Room 601, 6th Floor
86, Jalan Raja Chulan
Tel: 03-2142 9522

Doctor usually comes in around 10+ in the morning and he specializes in STDs.

This post has been edited by STDinfo: Nov 24 2010, 10:24 AM