Bloody Urine After Topping Without Condom Does It Mean I Have HIV

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Condom Broke: HIV+ bottom, HIV- Top... Chance of infection?

Hi Robert,First, I want to thank you for being such an incredible resource for those of us out here who are trying to find information on HIV. I was diagnosed as positive a year and a half ago and you've been there since week one. So thanks,...

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Hi,Thanks for your very kind comments!Regarding your negative top-gun stud, condom failure does place him at some degree of risk for HIV. Certainly that you are on effective combination antiretroviral therapy that has driven your plasma HIV viral... Read more »

Risk of HIV and Hep B "Protected sex but bloody condom"

Hi,I hope you can help. I had sex with a Thai sex worker 7 days ago. The sex was protected and 2... Read more »

Response from Erik Glenn, M.A. »

FATIGUE, SWEATING AND BLOODY URINE

My mother, who is in her seventies, was diagnosed with AIDS about three years ago. She frequently... Read more »

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Vatican Continues to Debate Condom Use to Prevent HIV Transmission, Church Leaders, Theologians Say

Individuals within the Vatican are debating whether to condone condom use to prevent HIV transmission, but they are "far from resolution" and there is no official Vatican policy on the issue, according to several top church leaders and theologians,... Read more »

Mixed Findings Paint a Tricky Picture for HIV Serosorting and Other Seroadaptive Behaviors

Some seroadaptive behaviors appear to be even more effective than 100% condom use at reducing the risk of HIV acquisition, but with important caveats, according to a paper presented last month at the 19th Conference on Retroviruses and... Read more »

Should You Disclose Your HIV Status to a Potential Sexual Partner?

For many years now, the focus of prevention has been on trying to get society as a whole to adopt condom use as a way of life. Perhaps this approach was successful early in the epidemic, but today the mood has drastically changed. AIDS is no longer... Read more »

Uganda's Decline in HIV/AIDS Prevalence Attributed to Increased Condom Use, Early Death From AIDS, Study Says

Increased condom use and premature deaths from AIDS-related diseases might be playing more of a role in declining HIV prevalence in Uganda than abstinence and fidelity, according to a study presented Wednesday at the 12th Conference on Retroviruses... Read more »

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Bloody semen

Posted by Anonymous, 2 Replies

Just before Christmas 2004, I began to have fevers and headaches that recurred every three or four days. These bouts became more severe as time went on and by mid-January I was beginning to lose weight and becoming fatigued. Unfortunately, I was... Read more »

acute hiv after condom breakage???

Posted by Anonymous, 2 Replies

aye carumba...
i've been so scared for the past few weeks, I can barely function... just looking for a little advice... i know no one here can diagnose me for sure, only an hiv test 6 or 12 weeks out can do that...

i was the bottom (i'm a guy) partner... Read more »

Broken Condom New HIV strain or What? WORRIED

Posted by ademalu, 1 Reply

Well here is my situation
had exposure in mid may 2009 with Commercial Sex Worker (CSW) condom broke ,had rapid test in June and August 2009 all came out negative. had Elisa (elecsys) test for HIV 1 and 2 endsept 2009 came out negative. Had QL DNA... Read more »

condom slippage

Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply

hi, i was having sex, i mean making love to my beautiful girlfriend that i love very much. she was on top for maybe 5 min. when she got off (no pun intended) we noticed that the condom had slipped off. by the way my gf is poz. almost 5 years now. we... Read more »

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