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I have done quite a bit of research into the possibility of some one contracting HIV through the eye membrane, This is the reply i have been sent by a leading american organisation

I do not know the exact odds or chances of a person becoming infected with a sexually transmitted disease (STD) through getting semen into his/her eye. Many STDs are transmitted through semen; therefore, if semen gets into the eye, there is a risk of STD transmission. For example, gonorrhea can be transmitted to the eyes through getting semen that contains the bacteria into the eye. The lining of the eye is a mucous membrane (soft tissue) and has the ability to absorb viruses and bacteria directly into the bloodstream.


Hope this has cleared things up for people

>>Hope this has cleared things up for people

Err no. You didn't say what the chances were. Most models I've worked with recently smoke. Isn't the chance of getting a STD through the eyes a few billion times less likely that the model dropping dead with lung cancer or heart disease?

I wish I had never got involved in this subject - I've received UNBELIEVABLE amounts of "negative attitude" as a result - much of it from people I would have hoped would have looked at the issue differently...

However, on the other hand I am pleased it has RAISED AWARENESS of a RISK that would otherwise have remained UNBEKNOWN TO THE MAJORITY!

Roger and many others are using a smoking analogy - it isn't analagous... The risks of smoking ARE WELL KNOWN BY VIRTUALLY EVERY INDIVIDUAL IN THE DEVELOPED WORLD. People are therefore taking a KNOWN RISK...

The whole issue revolves around awareness - and the fact is there IS a risk that many were unaware of.

As I said - it is something I deeply regret getting involved with on the one hand, but on the other I am pleased that an awareness in some does exist directly as a result of this forum.