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Black Spots After Drinking Water Worried I Have HIV
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Please Help-Transmission by sharing drinking water cupDear Mr. Kull,I am very much worried about this incidence, your advice will be very much helpful.Recently I happened to drink water from a cup, that is used by a few people, at a party. is there a chance of hiv transmission, If there is any blood...
Response from Ryan M. Kull, C.S.W
Columbia University's Health & Related Services
Peter,No one has been infected by sharing a drink with an HIV positive person. Water will not kill HIV, but that really isn't the issue here. HIV is just not spread by casual contact. There have been several studies that examine the risk of...
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Black Spots: Does it Mean I have AIDS?I have brother who is HIV +. He is only using feed supplements at the moment. He recently started... Read more »Blood in drinking waterDear Dr. Bob,Thanks for being around to assist. I had this rather unusual encounter, I was with... Read more »
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IRIN/PlusNews Examines Efforts to Increase Access to Safe Drinking Water Among HIV-Positive People in SudanIRIN/ PlusNews on Monday examined efforts to increase access to safe drinking water among HIV-positive people living in Sudan. According to IRIN/ PlusNews , people living with HIV are especially vulnerable to diseases that can be spread through... Read more »
Blacks More Worried About HIV Than WhitesAmong respondents to a recent Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF) survey, blacks were six times more likely than whites to be very concerned about becoming infected with HIV. The survey posed the question, "Bearing in mind the different ways people can... Read more »
Is Drinking Water in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire, Safe for Infant Formula?In developed countries, HIV transmission from mother-to-child has decreased dramatically by the use of antiretroviral therapy and replacement of breast-feeding with infant formula. In developing countries, short-course zidovudine and nevirapine... Read more »
Pennsylvania: Putting Gay Black Men on Safer Path Is Their CauseQ Spot is a Broad Street Ministry-hosted resource for Philadelphia's young black men who have sex with men (MSM). The event is held at the ministry on two Saturdays a month, from 8 p.m. to 1 a.m., offering HIV prevention and treatment resources to... Read more »
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Black Spot on Tongue?
Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply
Can someone please help me. I just noticed a black spot on my tongue. I don't recall biting down on it and its a about 1-2cm wide (not huge). It kinda looks like a broken blood vessel -- it doesn't appear to be raised. I've never had anything... Read more » Worried about HIV from fist fight and braces
Posted by worriedboy4321
Hi,Last year on march a bunch of gangsters or hooligans attacked me and a few friends. One of them punched me at the side of my face.My braces gave me a cut inside my mouth,at the cheek area.The cut was quite deep and it extended to the corner of my... Read more » Hello, Im very worried. HIV exposure.
Posted by ace22, 2 Replies
Hello all, ive been reading tons and tons on this site. very helpful and full of great information. Heres my question.I had sex with a women will be 3 months on feb 3rd. I felt the Condom brake i immedietely pulled out. Found out later she was iv... Read more » Really Worried, to the point of, well who knows!
Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply
Just over 2 years ago whilst traveling to Australia I had the fortune of staying overnight in Thailand, I did however have the misfortune of having a few too may drinks followed by unprotected vaginal sex with a lady who was a sex worker. I have to...
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