My question pertains solely to HIV. I have seen your comments on this website about oral sex being a very low-risk exposure. If I have oral contact (like licking) with clothes, panties, or underwear that are obviously wet with fluid (genital secretions or blood that I may not notice), can you compare my risk with the risk of performing unprotected oral sex on a female? Which one is more risky? I hope my risk is lower than that of oral sex.

If anything in my post is unclear, please let me know. Thank you so much for your patience. This will be my final post, and I promise not to ask repeated questions.

There has never been a proved case of HIV transmitted by cunnilingus (oral-vaginal contact). That doesn't mean the risk is zero, but it's extremely low. I would judge that the chance of HIV from oral exposure to women's underwear -- even if wet with vaginal fluid -- is even lower.

HHH, MD

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