can you get hiv or aid from saliva?

Answer 1

yes, it is possible.

however, there are not a lot of virus in the saliva, so it is unlikely to get hiv from exchaging saliva. but if the person has some cuts in his mouth, he can still get hiv from saliva.

Answer 2

NO, you cannot get HIV from saliva. Blood, semen, vaginal fluids and breast milk are the ONLY bodily fluids able to transmit HIV. If there is a SIGNIFICANT amount of blood in saliva it is possible to transmit the disease. It is the blood that infects, not the saliva. However, HIV has only been transmitted through kissing on ONE proven occassion. This case involved a couple who BOTH had severe gum disease. Therefore, there was a significant amount of blood transferred from the infected person, to their partner, who had MANY open sores in there mouth. In order for HIV to infect someone, the person who is not infected, must have an opening in there body that HIV can enter (vagina, urethra, unhealed cut or sore, etc.) and that opening must come into contact with either blood, semen, vaginal fluid, or breast milk.

Answer 3

HIV and AIDS are not two different names for the same disease. HIV is human immunodeficiency virus. This is the virus that causes AIDS. HIV is different from most other viruses because it attacks the immune system. The immune system gives our bodies the ability to fight infections. HIV finds and destroys a type of white blood cell (T cells or CD4 cells) that the immune system must have to fight disease. AIDS stands for acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. AIDS is the final stage of HIV infection. It can take years for a person infected with HIV, even without treatment, to reach this stage. Having AIDS means that the virus has weakened the immune system to the point at which the body has a difficult time fighting infections.

The answer is: no. HIV has been found in the saliva and tears of some persons living with HIV, but in very low quantities. It is important to understand that finding a small amount of HIV in a body fluid does not necessarily mean that HIV can be transmitted by that body fluid. HIV has not been recovered from the sweat of HIV-infected persons. Contact with saliva, tears, or sweat has never been shown to result in transmission of HIV, though it does increase your probability of contraction by a minute amount, more than say if you had only shook hands with the carrier. You increase your risk factor for transmission if the carrier has cuts in their mouth and you further increase the risk if you have cuts in your mouth. Remember these are only the properties of HIV and not other diseases which may work differently.

People study and got to school for years to learn the particulars of disease transmission. I will try and simply present the stages of disease transmission. First, the disease must have a way to exit the carrier. Next, it has to find a way into a host. Lastly, it has to defeat the bodies internal mechanisms. 99.9% of diseases on this planet cannot penetrate unbroken human skin, and this is the case with HIV, so casual contact (things like hugging, shaking hands, or touching items that have been used by the carrier) does not produce infection. Even if an infected persons blood comes into contact with your unbroken skin, there is no risk of transmission of HIV. Furthermore, of an infected persons blood comes in contact with an opening in your skin (such as a cut, etc.) the disease still has to overcome internal defenses, the probability of infection is still low, around 5-20% probability.

Now that you understand that the disease has quite a few hurdles to overcome before it can infect you, there are some activities and statistics that put you at greater risk for transmission. First, anything that compromises your natural defenses, such as, many cuts through your skin, a diseased or depressed immune system. Typically, those with other infections are at greater risk for infection. Second, activities that may place you in a position where it might be harder to avoid blood or other bodily fluids that contain HIV, or a position where it is more difficult to allow your bodies defenses to work. These include but are not limited to: having sex (anal, vaginal, or oral) with someone infected with HIV, sharing needles and syringes with someone infected with HIV, and being exposed (fetus or infant) to HIV before or during birth or through breast feeding. Have you ever thought why sex is so risky for transmission? It's not because the genitals are more susepitable to infection, it's because there is a greater chance of exposure to body fluids and blood.

These body fluids have been shown to contain high concentrations of HIV:

blood
semen
vaginal fluid
breast milk
other body fluids containing blood
The following are additional body fluids that may transmit the virus that health care workers may come into contact with:

fluid surrounding the brain and the spinal cord (spinal fluid)
fluid surrounding bone joints (synovial fluid)
fluid surrounding an unborn baby (amniotic fluid)

If you are concerned about the possibility you may have HIV, please contact your physician or local hospital regarding rapid testing and antiretroviral drugs. The sooner you begin drug therapy the better chance you have of fighting off the virus completely or prolonging its onset.

Answer 4

yes,you can get hiv or aids from any transfusion of bodily fluids from the person that has it

Answer 5

if that saliva comes in contact with an open cut yes...

Answer 6

you may get it from any body fluid, why? any body fluid may contain blood and you do not know it that's why.

Answer 7

Only if there is blood in it.

Answer 8

yes you can if you have a wound or cut in your mouth

Answer 9

no