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Can Someone Get AIDS From Getting Scratched
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Nail scratching ((HIV infection)) (HIV TRANSMISSION FROM FINGERNAIL SCRATCH, 2011)Hi Dr. Robert,I had sex with a lady that I don't know. I used a cndom, but my concern that she was scratching me with her fingernail, the scratch was in my arm about 1 cm. I am worried that there was a fluid that include HIV under her nail.I...
Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.
The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation
Hello, Tom.Your HIV-acquisition risk is essentially nonexistent, assuming the latex condom was used properly and did not fail (break). HIV is not transmitted via nail scratching. See link below.Dr. Bob<a...
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nail scratched (HIV TRANSMISSION FROM FINGERNAIL SCRATCH, 2009)Dear Doc I am helping PLHA in one of small organization in our country. last week I got nail... Read more »follow up question on scratch and bloodtransfussionDr. Bob, Thank you for your reassuring response to my June 25 question about getting hiv from an... Read more »
Articles
A New Way to Fight HIV: CCR5 InhibitorsThe past year has brought so many new drug approvals that even some HIV experts are scratching their heads as they try to figure out how all of these meds work and how they can best be used to treat people with HIV. Today, we're going to look at... Read more »
Pickett Fences: Pity LustJim Pickett It's been a while since I've totally gone off on a rant. And there's this little incident, actually pretty minor in the grand scheme of things, that nonetheless has just been working my last frayed nerve since it happened. So I'm... Read more »
Why Do We Tolerate People Who Are HIV Positive and Spreading the Disease?"We have all these programs and HIV prevention people are scratching their heads saying, 'How can we help people with HIV?' When it is all said and done it's up to the community to say, 'we just don't want HIV to spread.'" So says Thomas J. Coates,... Read more »
Election 2012: Getting the HIV/AIDS Community to VoteIt's no secret that the HIV/AIDS community has a great deal at stake in the 2012 elections. The people elected to office at the state and federal levels will cast votes, debate policies, and move legislation that could result in increases or losses... Read more »
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For the worried well about Bird scratches
Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply
It is impossible to become infected with The HIV Virus from Birds.Dr. Anonymous 2001 Read more » Infection throgh scratches
Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply
Hi, Hope someone can advise. I've always been served by this HIV positive beautician for about 2 years and have not feared for my life before. BUT since 11 Oct 1999, I've been living in fear of contracting HIV. On that day, while she was massaging... Read more » Vaginal secretions, shaving and scratching
Posted by grcboy30
I am a male who recently had sex with an ex gf. We had been broken up for 8 years. I used a condom which didn't break and we did not engage in oral sex either way. My question is, I shaved my chest and just below my belly button but above my pubic... Read more » HIV from Scratch
Posted by Anonymous, 4 Replies
To Whom it May Concern:Here is my dilemma. A couple of months ago I visited a "titty bar" and received three lap dances. During one of the dances I felt the dancer scratch my neck with her fingernail. Throughout the remainder of our session... Read more »
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