Breast Milk And Hiv Infection In Adults

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adults and breast milk

swallowed a small amout of breast milk froma stripper. Don't know if she is hiv or not. Mouth has no sores, cuts or bleeding gums. I have read the the saliva in your mouth would kill any hiv and the the risk is nil especially if you mouth is...

Response from Richard Cordova III

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Hi there:Your risk was low, I would not be concerned. You are correct, saliva does help render the virus unable to infect. I hope this helps.In health,Richard... Read more »

small amount of breast milk in adult

Exposed to a small amount of breast milk. Don't know if she has hiv. I have no sores/cuts and... Read more »

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Breast milk adult transmission

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Children Risk HIV Infection Through Contaminated Instruments, Breast Milk at Hospitals in South African Province, Study Says

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HIV-Infected Women Who Breast-Feed Face No Greater Risk of Mortality Than HIV-Infected Women Who Formula Feed, Study Finds

In this study summary, Shahin Lockman, M.D., of Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, Mass., summarizes her study on the effect of breast-feeding versus formula feeding on maternal HIV disease progression, mortality and micronutrient levels in a... Read more »

U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Morbidity and Mortality in Breastfed and Formula-Fed Infants of HIV-1-Infected Women

Breast-feeding among women infected with HIV type 1 is associated with substantial risk of HIV-1 transmission, yet little is known about the morbidity risk associated with formula feeding in infants of HIV-1-infected women in resource-poor settings.... Read more »

Breast Milk Antibody Fights HIV but Needs Boost

"This finding indicates that enhancement of these responses through vaccination could help reduce HIV transmission via breastfeeding," says corresponding author Sallie Permar of Duke University, Durham, NC. While HIV-specific antibodies have been... Read more »

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Infectiveness of breast milk

Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply

Does anyone know how infective breast milk is to an adult Is it as infected as blood. Should one worry if they came in contact with breast milk orally of an infected individual. Also does anyone know how long it would take for the virus to appear in... Read more »

any babies infected by breast milk?

Posted by Anonymous, 3 Replies

Would someone know how many if any babies hiv infected by breast milk?

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breast milk

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I'm wondering if transmission is possible in this manner. I masturbated to a woman's exposed breasts. I noticed a small amount of breast milk had secreted from her breast. When I was finished, she took a towel, wiped her breast clean of the milk,... Read more »

Breast Milk

Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply

I am a Preschool Teacher and I was wondering, if a mother brought her child in and a bottle of her Breast Milk and I fed it to the baby and if the baby threw up on me or if the breast milk got into a cut of mine is this a risk for getting HIV/Aids.... Read more »

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