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  • Apr 10, 2003, 06:09 PM
    joanna_ny
    Health
    Question:
    Is it possible to get HIV/AIDs through saliva? Why or why not?
  • Jun 19, 2003, 12:12 AM
    QQapple
    health
    One of my teachers told us that you would have to drink litres of saliva to catch HIV in saliva... I really don't know if this is true...

    I am pretty sure that a small amount of saliva would do you no harm


    Bacteria and viruses that cause diseases must enter your body in a specific way to make you sick... (one may cause a problem if breathed in, but no problem if rubbed on skin)

    HIV can only infect you by blood contact or by sex. Swallowing saliva would have no effect (however I would be causious if I have gum bleeding or bleeding in stomach)
  • Oct 14, 2014, 05:17 AM
    atmosrx
    Hey your teacher is not wrong it is really true even I read it somewhere.
  • Oct 14, 2014, 06:28 AM
    Fr_Chuck
    How Do You Get HIV or AIDS?

    No saliva does not transmit it.


    "deep kissing" if one person has sores in mouth, may cause it.

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