Can You Contract Hiv From Steam Room

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HIV survival outside body in steam room

Doctor,I was in a steam room at a bath house and had a cut on my foot. I am now concerned that I may have stepped in semen on the floor. (I did not see it but it was slippery). Do you think that there is significant survival of HIV in this kind...

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Hello,You think the inside of your body closely resembles a bath house's wet warm steam room full of spunk freshly spurted from glistening muscle-bound jock studs? Those are just visions in your sex-crazed mind, not at all similar to your... Read more »

steam room= a + or - ?

After working out at my gym I sometimes head to the steam rm to relax, cleanse my pores, etc.Does... Read more »

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Oral in Steam Room

Ok, I am married and am now freaking out. I was at the gym the other day and while in the steam... Read more »

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AIDS Activism, Boehringer Ingelheim and the Broken Social Contract

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Tripped over inside gay sauna room and got wounded

Posted by rockyrocky, 1 Reply

Hello, a little paranoid here.

I went to a gay sauna and while entering the steam room I tripped over and my knee was wounded. I would describe the wound as something what kids typically get when running too fast and careless. The wound was not deep... Read more »

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Almost twenty years and still no cure or effective treatment (most are too toxic). I think there needs to be a new approach to this mess. What do you think?

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