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Child's Casual Contact with HIV infected person

Hi,Every week, I bring my two year old with me to visit my grandmother. My cousin also lives with her and is HIV positive. I learned this a few months ago, when he started receiving treatment after actually being categorized as having AIDS. He is...

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Hello,HIV is not transmitted by casual contact. Period. It's unfortunate that your pediatrician frightened us so unnecessarily. She is obviously misinformed about HIV-transmission risk. The only "secretion" to be at all concerned... Read more »

Grandfather and HIV (CASUAL CONTACT, 2009)

My mom said to email you, I'm 15 and just found out my grandpa has HIV. I'm so scared... Read more »

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Mouth-to-Anus contact during Recal Bleeding: HIV Risk?

I'm an HIV- gay man. I recently had sexual contact with a man who told me it was his... Read more »

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HIV-Positive Women, Children in Russia Face Widespread Discrimination, Abuse, Report Says

HIV-positive women and children in Russia often face widespread discrimination and abuse, even from health care professionals, according to a Human Rights Watch report released on Friday, BBC News reports. "The stigma of HIV/AIDS is with them... Read more »

The Changing Face of HIV Testing

As an AIDS service provider, I was always told that the need for written informed consent for HIV testing couldn't be stressed enough. But I also experienced first-hand the difficulty of getting clients to discuss their very personal risky... Read more »

U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Massachusetts Services for HIV Face Cuts

On Friday, the state Department of Public Health informed community health agencies of a $4.3 million reduction in AIDS prevention funding -- roughly one-quarter of the annual Massachusetts HIV prevention budget. As part of a national strategy... Read more »

UNAIDS Report Says Heterosexual Sexual Contact Main Cause for HIV's Spread in China

The rate of HIV infections attributed to heterosexual sex tripled in China between 2005 and 2007, according to the UN's recently released "2009 AIDS Epidemic Update." Of new infections in China, 40 percent were acquired heterosexually, 32 percent... Read more »

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blood contact

Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply

I received a splash of infected blood on my arm while giving first aid to a friend of mine who is hiv+.My skin was intact in that point but I didn't wash it immediately couse I saw it later.I didn't ask for PEP.Am I at risk?
Six months after the... Read more »

Contacting other HIV+ active duty soldiers

Posted by armypoz, 5 Replies

I am HIV+ and currently serving on active duty. Would like to contact other active duty soldiers of any branch that would be interested in starting support groups or other avenues of support to other active duty soldiers in their areas.

would like... Read more »

Possible HIV contact

Posted by Anonymous, 2 Replies

I came to find out that I may have been exposed to the HIV virus. The person I was with penetrated me without a condom and then we stopped for a condom. After finding out that he was HIV + I went straight to the hospital and recieved 15 days of... Read more »

HIV - through hand contact?

Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply

I'm currently feeling absolutely petrified and shocked with an insistent belief that I have contracted HIV.

The tragic incident occurred with a prostitute who first had her fingers inside her vagina and then used that hand to rub my penis for some... Read more »

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