Can Hiv Be Passed Through Touching

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Passing HIV on to Grandchildren

I was recently diagnossed with HIV it is undetectable but my ? is can I give it to my grandchildren by kissing and touching them? ...

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Hello,HIV is not transmitted by casual contact, such as touching or kissing your grandkids. I strongly suggest you peruse the wealth of information on this site, in its archives and on the related links. You obviously have much to learn about your... Read more »

Touched by a lap dancer - now paranoid about HIV!!!

Hi Doc,I had a small cut on the back of my hand. Just prior to going into the club my scab came off... Read more »

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can hiv pass through irritated skin from shaving?

I asked you this question twice in the past week and still have yet to receive an answer. What kind... Read more »

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These days, Imam Maulana Athikur Rahmans Friday sermons at a mosque in Dhaka, Bangladesh, touch on religion, life -- and risky sex. "I tell my congregation, Never engage in sex with any woman other than your wife. Never engage in homosexual... Read more »

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Is this ars Symptom? did i pass the seroconversion

Posted by merci225, 3 Replies

I had sex with a girl. We kept contact, and couple of days, she contacted me saying that she was HIV + and that i had to test.

We were not under the unflence of any drugs. She gave me fellation and our genitals were rubing. I had body fluids on my... Read more »

My child touch blood of my HIV+ Husband

Posted by Anonymous, 2 Replies

My husband is HIV+
He cut his finger bad and ran into the bathroom and he was dripping blood on the floor.
My young daugher touch the blood and ran to the basement ( I was washing clothes) and said "daddy is bleeding, daddy is bleeding") Although im... Read more »

Passing on HIV via Saliva

Posted by SaltyWater, 2 Replies

Now I know you can't catch HIV by kissing, but imagine this scenario

You know someone is HIv and your cool with it. You know you cant catch it by french kissing, but suppose the negative person had core / cold core on the edge of his mouth, if the... Read more »

How is HIV passed from one person to another?

Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply

HIV transmission can occur when blood, semen (cum), pre-seminal fluid (pre-cum), vaginal fluid, or breast milk from an infected person enters the body of an uninfected person.
HIV can enter the body through a vein (e.g., injection drug use), the... Read more »

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