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Can Hiv Penetrate A Scab
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Ask the Experts
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 'Once a scab is formed, there is no longer an access to the blood stream'. I'd like to know how to identify if a cut has a scab on it...
Response from Ryan M. Kull, C.S.W
Columbia University's Health & Related Services
I'm sorry, but I don't recall writing that response (maybe it was Rick's?). I did say that it is highly unlikely that HIV would be transmitted through a scab, and I base that on epidemiological information combined with some general...
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No Penetration, No HIV?Dear Dr. Bob,You already stated "no penetration, no HIV".I had sex with a prostitute.... Read more »HIV from deep penetrative sexHello Dr. Bob,Thank you for the Q&A on HIV on this site. I found your struggle to be intensely... Read more »
Articles
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 »
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 »
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 »
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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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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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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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