Are You Automatically Tested For Hiv When You Have Surgery

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could you please tell me if women are automatically tested for hiv when they're pregnant and they run a series of blood test on you????? ...

Response from John L. Sullivan, M.D.

University of Massachusetts, Medical School

All pregnant women receiving prenatal care should be offered voluntary confidential testing for HIV which must be consented; JLS.... Read more »

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Seven weeks ago I made a stupid decision and had unprotected insertive anal intercourse with another male whose HIV status I did not know. Three or four weeks later, I developed a body rash which looked like an allergic reaction. I had been using...

Response from Ryan M. Kull, C.S.W

Columbia University's Health & Related Services

The amount of time it takes for a person to develop a detectable level of antibodies around the time of primary infection symptoms is variable. For this reason, if a person has significant exposure (anal or vaginal sex with an HIV infected, or high... Read more »

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Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Hello,Assuming the latex condom was used properly and did not fail (break), your HIV risk would be essentially nonexistent. HIV cannot permeate intact latex. No way. No how.Would you have noticed if the latex condom ripped? Yes. When stretched latex... Read more »

If I have cancer surgery will doctors test me for HIV?

When you are diagnosed with cancer and have surgery do doc's test for HIV?...

Response from Bruce Dezube, M.D.

Harvard Medical School

This is a good question. Obviously whether or not your doctor tests you depends on the doctor. When I see a patient with one of the cancers which can be related to HIV, such as lymphoma, Kaposi's, anal cancer, cervical cancer, or... Read more »

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HIV Testing and Surgery

Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply

Was wondering if anyone out there knows whether it is standard hospital practice to test patients for HIV prior to major surgery. Thanx

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Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply

when you have surgery do they test for hiv in your blood work

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Do all newborns in us get tested for Hiv?

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Do they automatically test newborns for hiv in the us? Read more »

Xango and hiv testing

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I was wondering if consuming Xango, the natural juice that has been said to have a lot of good stuff in it, can it affect the results when testing for hiv antibodies? The producers of Xango state that it boosts the immune system.. Anyone knows... Read more »

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