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Blood Splash Risk Of Getting AIDS
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Safe practices after blood splashHey Doc,My wife is a nurse and was splashed last week with HIV positive blood, with a few drops to the face - one landing on her eye and one landing on her lips. It was cleaned right away and she was put on medicine - Kaletra and one of the others....
Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.
The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation
Hello, Dale.When, if and how you have sex with your wife while she's on PEP is up to you, not me. Her HIV-acquisition risk is extremely low based on the information provided. Post-PEP testing guidelines recommend HIV-antibody testing at...
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blood splash in eyeblood splash in eye from an advanced AIDS person, what are chances of contacting HIV/AIDS?... Read more »eye splash exposure with HIV and hepatitis infected bloodI had an exposure to blood from a pt who was both HIV positive and Hepatitis C positive blood. He... Read more »
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Risk of AIDS Rising for Older AdultsThe number of those 50 and older infected with HIV is increasing at twice the rate of those under 50, according to experts on aging at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston who are targeting older Americans for safer sex education. More and more... Read more »
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Blood splash risk?
Posted by lizzy, 1 Reply
So I am probably worrying over nothing. I work in a lab and felt very stupid as was not wearing gloves at the time. I was uncapping blood samples and whilst doing so a couple of drops of serum (blood) flicked onto my thumb. I washed it thoroughly...
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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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Blood on the mat am I at risk?
Posted by 613, 2 Replies
This should be my last time here.Last week I was grappling with some guys with no shirt on. I really wasnt paying attention and when we were finished I walked around and saw some blood on the mat. I know I was bleeding and had some cuts including a... Read more » whats my chance of getting AIDS by giving oral sex
Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply
About 3 weeks ago I gave oral sex to a sex worker in China. It lasted for about 1-2 minutes and I didn't feel any cuts in my mouth. What would be the possibility of me contracting AIDS this way assuming if she was HIV positive?This is the most... Read more »
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