Can You Get AIDS From A Belly Button Ring?

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will I get HIV if he ejaculated on my tummy and some get into my belly button?

I had sex with a stranger he worn a condom but when he ejaculated on my tummy, some of his cum get into my belly button and I swiped it quickly.will I get HIV ?...

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Hello,Are you wondering if your belly button is an open conduit into your tummy? The answer is no. The umbilical cord was cut, clamped and tied off at birth. It's also been completely healed over and closed since infancy. Your HIV risk is... Read more »

Belly, belly, belly, belly, belly! Donation coming your way!

Hi Dr!I've search high and low for an answer and although I have found similar ones, I... Read more »

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Driven Crazy By Aids Belly - Is There A HGH Alternative?

Is there anything that can be taken for AIDS belly other than HGH, which is not affordable or even... Read more »

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U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Missouri: Number of AIDS Hot Line Now Rings Up Sex Talk

The AIDS hotline number listed on a bookmark distributed by the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services is routing callers to a hard-core sex line. The number listed once belonged to Teens Teaching AIDS Prevention, which is associated with... Read more »

District Of Columbia: Ring of Lights Boosts AIDS Awareness

District of Columbia officials plan to mark World AIDS Day by illuminating city hall with a ring of red-filtered lights and by hosting several events. City councilors David A. Catania and Kwame R. Brown have scheduled all-day testing, panels, and... Read more »

Africa: New Vaginal Ring Borrows From Birth Control to Fight AIDS

The International Partnership for Microbicides (IPM) is launching the first clinical trial in Africa of a vaginal ring to help combat HIV infection. The double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled trials of the ring will occur at research... Read more »

Hot-Button Issues

Table of Contents Roundtable Discussions The Rising Rates of HIV Among Black and Latino Men: What's Going On? Laying it Bare: Gay Men and Unprotected Sex in the Age of HIV Special Reports Q&A: Errol Fields on Young Black Gay... Read more »

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The Bell is Ringing-Bells4AIDS-World AIDS Day

Posted by bradford, 2 Replies

A MILLION BELLS RINGING ON DECEMBER 1 World AIDS Day!

"The Bell is Ringing" is a grassroots initiative of concerned individuals, who decided to mobilize communities and individuals from around the world to join a united effort to raise awareness to... Read more »

no condoms=aids???

Posted by Anonymous, 3 Replies

i'm a 20 years old woman and i had first slept with a guy when i was 17. since then i had 3 boy friends and i had slept with them all. i have a new boy friend now these days..and he doesn't like to use comdoms..and that makes me warry..i don't think... Read more »

AIDS Treatment

Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply

AIDS Drugs May Cause Other Illnesses Research* Strokes and coronary disease are linked to powerful protease inhibitors, some doctors suspect.

By JANE E. ALLEN, TIMES STAFF WRITER

The powerful drug cocktails that have enabled AIDS patients to live... Read more »

Proof that AIDS is U.S government bio-weapon

Posted by Sojuro, 2 Replies

Throughout the 1960's and 1970's, the United States was involved a EUGENICS programs in which AFRICAN AMERICANS, and others deemed as 'undesireables' were being INVOLUNTARILY SYSTEMATICALY STERILIZED to quell their population growth... Read more »

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