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Can You Contract AIDS From Shaking Hands
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Masturbate after shaking hand with HIV person.Mr. God I know you very busy and have a lot of thing to be done. But every word you reply us will give us more knowledge about HIV, and more people to join to the battle against HIV. Here is my short story: A week ago, I went to a party to meet my...
Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.
The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation
Dear Sticky Fingers,Neither your handshake nor subsequent shaking hand poses a risk for HIV. If HIV were that easy to catch, it would have wiped out the whole planet years ago.Dr. Bob...
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Unusual hand shakeI recently shook hands with an hiv positive man. He had dry/peeling hands. Is there a risk of... Read more »Shaking hands with positive man with cut on nose.Hey,I'm being REALLY paranoid but I just need to settle my anxiety. Yesterday I shook hands... Read more »
Articles
Asia Needs to Build on Existing HIV/AIDS Programs Before Millions Contract Virus, WHO Official SaysAsia's HIV/AIDS epidemic could rival sub-Saharan Africa's if efforts are not made to step up prevention campaigns and deliver more resources and drugs to affected people, Jack Chow, World Health Organization assistant director for HIV/AIDS,... Read more »
Foreigners in Libya Face Death Penalty in Case of 393 Children Who Contracted AIDSIn Libya, six Bulgarians and a Palestinian -- all doctors and nurses -- face the death penalty if they are convicted of killing 393 children by injecting them with AIDS-contaminated blood. The defendants are charged with murder and conspiracy in the... Read more »
AIDS Activism, Boehringer Ingelheim and the Broken Social ContractSheraton Golf Parco de'Medici, 6 April 2006, Rome [Note: This is a revised and expanded version of remarks I gave yesterday at the Boehringer Ingelheim symposium on HIV past and future. The two-day symposium is taking place at a business-style... Read more »
CDC Shake-Up Could Be Good for AIDS PreventionWho should replace this lady? Julie Gerberding's tenure as Centers for Disease Control and Prevention director is over on Inauguration Day . AIDS advocates are hoping that her departure will mark the end of a politically charged era of the CDC... Read more »
Connect With Others
shaking someone's bloody hand
Posted by 613, 2 Replies
2 years ago at a concert, this guy cut him self in a mosh pit. He shook my hand and had blood on it. Freaking out, I washed it off using water. I dont think they had soap, and I was not actively bleeding either.What's my risk? Read more » Contracting HIV
Posted by Anonymous, 3 Replies
Recently my husband found out he is HIV+. At this time I am HIV - but I have only had one test and no viral load test done. We know he was negative in the beginning of last year and now he ha HIV. When I asked him about how he got this he told me...
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Just took the test & shaking!
Posted by Anonymous, 2 Replies
Hi,I just took my first HIV test ever. I have had unprotected sex several times but I have had no sex for the past 4months. I wanted to make sure I waited the correct amount of time so that I can start my new sex life, free of HIV thoughts and... Read more » muscle spasm/tremors/shaking/tremble/jerking
Posted by Anonymous, 2 Replies
does anyone here has such symptoms????? really appreciate your advise.
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