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HIV Risk Swallowing Blood
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HIV Infection via swallowing blood?Dear Dr. Bob,My husband and I are aid workers in Tanzania, where the prevalence of AIDS is greater than 10% in the city we work (Dar es Salaam). He was involved in a car accident on Friday and the taxi driver's blood went into his mouth. He...
Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.
The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation
Hi Noel,Your husband's HIV-acquisition risk remains extremely slight. There is no indication the cab driver was virally enhanced. You don't mention how much blood landed in your husband's mouth. Most likely it was only a small...
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Swallowing blood/salivaIs it possible to contract HIV by sawllowing blood and or saliva? When you have no sores or open... Read more »Risk from swallowing a pill dropped on dirty floor?Dr. Frascino: What is the risk of any type of viral infection (HIV/Hepatitis) or other bacterial... Read more »
Articles
Search for a Cure: Don't Swallow: A Look at the Risks of Oral SexBeth Dillon of the Center for Disease Control's (CDC) most recent work focuses on determining the risk of oral sex transmission of HIV. But Beth was surprised this issue made front-page news. Her findings are far from the irresponsible headline... Read more »
HIV May Cause Dangerous Blood ClotsPatients who interrupt HIV treatment have a higher risk of blood clots and other problems with blood vessels, even if they are relatively healthy, according to a recently published international study. Researchers analyzed plasma samples from an... Read more »
Sexual Exposure to Blood and Behavioural Risks Among STI Clinic Patients in Cape Town, South AfricaAlthough it is well known that the vast majority of HIV infections in South Africa are the result of heterosexually transmitted HIV, the rapid growth of South Africa's HIV epidemic and the behavioural risk factors that facilitate HIV transmission in... Read more »
South African Blood Service to Stop Calculating Donors' Risk of HIV Infection Based on RaceThe South African National Blood Service on Friday said that it would no longer use race as a risk factor for HIV infection in donated blood after the country's health minister said the policy "smacks of racism," London's Guardian reports.... Read more »
Connect With Others
HIV Risk - Blood in Eye & Glass Cut
Posted by pupiz, 2 Replies
Hi, all. Please let me know if I am at risk for HIV from these to encounters. I was in Canada on vacation a couple of weeks ago and we left at about in the morning and came back at about 3:00pm. When we left the maid was cleaning the suite beside...
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Risk of hiv by Vacutainer Blood Collection System
Posted by sinso
My anxiety its Killing Me. When i went to take my test for my past interocuorse the nurse use a vacutainer System. As you know The Vacutainer System consists of a doubleDouble-tussin dm-pointed needle, a plastic holder or adapter and a series of... Read more » swallowing
Posted by sadface, 2 Replies
Oral sex..if I was to "swallow" does that put me at risk for Hiv??Thanks all.. Sf Read more » Study shows very low HIV risk from oral sex
Posted by Anonymous
Study shows very low HIV risk from oral sex New research estimates possibility of infection somewhere between 0-2 percent by Eric Erickson ATLANTA - In contrast to a report by the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention, a new study shows... Read more »
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