Can Hiv Penetrate The Epidermis

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re: epidermis rash

Thanks for the tip Dr. Bob! I had to relent and get myself to the ER last night. Yesterday I got to feeling like a Linda Blair heading turning move, thankfully without the pea soup scene. Feeling like I was a caged animal walking back and forth,...

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Hi,First George Hamilton, then Lucille Ball and now Linda Blair??? Yikes, things are definitely heading in the wrong direction based on your movie-star look-a-likes. I'm glad you finally decided to get some medical help. So the Mike Jagger lips... Read more »

epidermis rash

Hiya Doc!I recently started lexiva along with truvada. On the 3rd day, my chest & shoulders... Read more »

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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 »

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The HIV Life Cycle

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U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

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 »

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Well-Armed Immune Cells Help Long-Term Non-Progressors Contain HIV

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Unprotected Anal Intercourse and Sexually Transmitted Diseases in High-Risk Heterosexual Women

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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... Read more »

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... Read more »

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........ Read more »

Anal penetration

Posted by Anonymous, 3 Replies

Hey,
yesterday I was on the bed and the guy who was on top of me penetrated me for 2 second without condom, then he sat on my dick and my dick penetrated his ass also for 2-3 second...what are my chances of aids?
I didnt want it, he did it within a... Read more »

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