Home > Medical > HIV/Aids > Tools Assess your risk for HIV/Aids All sections in Tools » Fitness » Diet » Mind » Medical » General Your behaviour can determine your risk for HIV/Aids. Sex particularly can be risky business in this day and age. Do you practise any of the following sexual acts with somebody whose HIV status you are guessing as to be HIV-negative? Erotic massage only, hugging, kissing, petting, or showering and bathing together?Masturbate on you own, or phone sex?Mutual masturbation with no contact between broken skin or vaginal fluids?Thigh sex? Swallowing semen?Some of the above, but I do not swallow semenAll of the above No sex please Do you abstain from sex? YesNoI only have sex with my life partner and he/she has recently tested negative for HIV Do you practice oral sex on a man... who is wearing a condom?without a condom?without a condom if blood is presentWithout a condom but only on my HIV negative partnerNo, not at all Do you practice oral sex on a woman... through a latex barrier?without a latex barrier?Without a latex barrier but only on my HIV negative partnerNo, not at all Do you perform or receive oral-anal sex... with a latex barrier?without a latex barrier?without a latex barrier and with blood presentWithout a latex barrier but only with my HIV-negative partnerNo oral-anal sex for me Do you have contact with urine - "golden showers" or "water sports" - on unbroken skin from somebody with an HIV-status unknown to you. YesNo Do you perform or receive vaginal penetration... with a condom?without a condom?with a condomn and using a petroleum-based lubricant?fisting without a latex glove?without a condom and only with my partner whom I know is HIV negative No sex for me! Do you receive anal penetrative sex... with a condom?with a condom and withdrawing before ejaculation?without a condomwith a condom and a petroleum-based lubricant?without a condom if blood is present fisting without a latex glovewithout a condom but only with my HIV-negative partner. No anal sex for me! Do you share uncovered sex toys? YesNo, I only use my own personal sex toys and don't share it.Yes, but I know for sure that both my partner and I are HIV-negative.No, I have no sex toys Do you come in contact with your lover's menstrual blood? Yes, and I do not know for certain that she is HIV-negative NoYes, but I know for certain that she is HIV-negative How many sex partners did you have the past five years? Only one, my life partner, and I know that he/she is HIV-negativeOnly one, but I do not have proof that he is HIV-negativeTwo or more, but I have proof that they were all HIV-negative at the time of our encounters Two or more, and I do not know for certain that they are HIV-negative, but they looked healthyNone Do you know for certain that your sex partner (either your life partner or your current boyfriend/girlfriend) is HIV-negative? We both tested HIV-negative 6 months after the start of our relationship and since then neither of us has had sex with anybody else.I think so. He/she looks healthy.I did not ask, and do not know. I am too scared to ask.I do not have sex Do you use intravenous drugs? NoYes, I need to inject myself sometimes, but I use sterile needlesYes, I need to inject myself sometimes. Sometimes, when in a hurry, I have used a syringe and needle of a friend or even a person unkown to me. Do you have tuberculosis? 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