Can A Person Who Is Hiv Positive Get Married

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Should HIV + person get married?

My brother is posative for last 9years now. Now he wants to get married to a girl who knows his status. My fear is that in a relationship like marrige, where it is possible that in long run complicency may creep in and one may not take adequate...

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Hello,Whether or not someone is married doesn't affect complacency or adherence to safer sexual techniques.I'm HIV positive and I would marry my partner of the past 13 years, Steve (Dr. Steve, the expert in The Body's Tratamientos... Read more »

HIV positive couple married but not having any sex

My husbnd is 48 and has been HIV+ for almost 12 years - hiscell count varies from 4 to 207, which I... Read more »

Response from Rick Sowadsky, M.P.H. »

He wants to marry me, not aware of my HIV status

Very much in love with a negative partner. Started the relationship in March and found out in April... Read more »

Response from Ewald Horwath, M.D. »

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Nigerian Advocacy Group Encourages HIV-Positive Couples to Marry, Offers Counseling, Other Services

An HIV/AIDS advocacy group in Nigeria's Bauchi state is encouraging HIV-positive people to marry one another in an effort to prevent the virus from spreading to HIV-negative people, the AP/Google.com reports. The program is run by the Bauchi Action... Read more »

U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Thailand: Study Finds High HIV Infection Rate Among the Married

Fifty-three percent of people newly infected with HIV in Thailand's northern provinces last year reported getting the virus from their husband or wife, according to study results presented at the three-day National AIDS Conference. Some 3,500... Read more »

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I married a HIV positive man

Posted by Anonymous, 3 Replies

I married an hiv + man he is the father of my 2 year old, I found out when I was 4 months pregnant that he was + for 10 years, I blacked everything out he turned cold towards me he abused me and left me, im still testing negative as well as my son.... Read more »

Marrying an HIV+ man

Posted by Anonymous, 4 Replies

I am dating a man that is HIV+. I want to marry him but my family is against it and the only thing that holds me back is a fear of becoming infected, and also watching him die from this illness. Anyone out there that can offer counsel?

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injection of hiv from hiv positive person

Posted by Anonymous, 3 Replies

I was at a party injecting drugs. I shared the needle with 2 other people. Later i found out that the guy i shared the needle with was hiv positive. I know i have to get tested. Is it 100% chance that i am infected since his hiv blood went... Read more »

Positive and married

Posted by saber01, 2 Replies

I'm just wondering what the Army will do to me since I tested positive and I am married. What can I expect from my chain of command? I am very worried I am going to lose my medical benefits and will not get any of the treatment I need. Read more »

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