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Can Hiv Penetrate A Scab
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HIV Transmission re 5 day old scab on my legWas in Bali recently and had a massage in a respectible, but back street massage parlor, non-sexual, and I had a sun spot burnt off my leeg a week before. The scab was solid, and the massage therapist rubbed over my scab with oil several times. Can...
Response from Richard Cordova III
Test Positive Aware Network
Hi, there:No, HIV is not transmitted that way. HIV needs direct access to the bloodstream for an infection to take place. Direct access to the bloodstream most often occurs during unprotected penetrative sex, and when two people share needles. In...
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When to call a scab a scab ???I have been going through some of your answers on HIV transmission through cuts where you have said... Read more »Nail Clippers, scabs, and HIV transmissionI have a habit of using nail clippers to peel of scabs on my body..which usually results in... Read more »
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The HIV Life CycleViral Attachment Viral Penetration/Fusion Uncoating Reverse Transcription Integration Viral Latency and Protein Synthesis Cleavage and Viral Assembly Budding Understanding how the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) works inside the human... Read more »
Serosorting May Increase the Risk of HIV Acquisition Among Men Who Have Sex With Men"Serosorting, the practice of seeking to engage in unprotected anal intercourse with partners of the same HIV status as oneself, has been increasing among men who have sex with men," the authors wrote. Its effectiveness as a risk reduction strategy,... Read more »
Unprotected Anal Intercourse and Sexually Transmitted Diseases in High-Risk Heterosexual WomenThe current study's goal was to determine the association between unprotected anal intercourse (UAI) and STDs among heterosexual women. Women from high-risk areas of New York City were recruited from 2006 through 2007 through respondent-driven... Read more »
Well-Armed Immune Cells Help Long-Term Non-Progressors Contain HIVTo help develop an effective HIV vaccine, researchers are trying to better understand how the immune systems of a small minority of HIV-infected people known as long-term non-progressors (LTNPs) contain the virus naturally. CD8+ T cells, which kill... Read more »
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Blemishes and scabs- HIV?
Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply
I had a low risk exsposure. I have a bunch of little neeldepoint-sized scabs all over my legs and arms, and I have many small light brown blemishes. Are these HIV symptoms?
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CAN U GET HIV WITHOUT PENETRATION
Posted by Anonymous, 2 Replies
CAN ANYONE HELP ME...I AM ON MY PERIOD NOW AND WAS FOOLING AROUND WITH A MALE OF UNKNOW HIV STATUS...I HAD A TAMPON IN S THERE WAS NO PENETRATION BUT HE DID RUB HIS MALE PARTS ON MY GENITAL AREA I KNOW HE DID NOT CUM BUT THERE MAY HAVE BEEN PRE...
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No penetration = no HIV?
Posted by Anonymous, 2 Replies
I picked up a guy last night in the bar and I am male. We went back to my place. One thing led to another and his penis was rubbing between my butt cheeks from behind me and he ejaculated there and some flew up on my back, too and ejaculate oozed...
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Penetration but no ejaculation...risk
Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply
If you have vaginal sex with a man, and he pentrates you, with no condom, but he also doesn't ejaculate, what are the transmission odds of HIV?? Especially if penetration was only a couple minutes at most........
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