Can You Get Hiv From Drinking After Someone?

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HIV from a drink!?? (COFFEE and HIV, 2011)

Hi Dr bob! Is it possible to get HIV if someone syringed there infected blood into someones drink (Luke warm coffee) and they drank it? because i think this happened to me and I know you say that HIV symtoms are not reliable but i have had lots of...

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Hi,The "HIV in my Starbucks" is becoming a QTND (question that never dies). Dude, you really think someone would syringe their fresh HIV-tainted blood into your macchiato? Really???Your HIV-acquisition risk is nonexistent. See below.Dr.... Read more »

HIV from drinking scotch.

Hi Dr. Brian, I had been here to a restaurant, and then I was drinking scotch. I realised that one... Read more »

Response from Brian Conway, M.D. »

Can you get HIV from drinking another persons blood?

I recently ended a period in my life where I enguaged in CONSENTUAL blood drinking(cut one's... Read more »

Response from Rick Sowadsky, M.P.H. »

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Alcoholism: Clinical & Experimental Research

HIV Infection and Chronic Drinking Have a Synergistic, Damaging Effect on the Brain

At least half of clinic patients with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) report they also drink heavily. Findings show that co-existing HIV infection and chronic alcoholism synergistically damage brain function. Specifically, immediate... Read more »

IRIN/PlusNews Examines Efforts to Increase Access to Safe Drinking Water Among HIV-Positive People in Sudan

IRIN/ PlusNews on Monday examined efforts to increase access to safe drinking water among HIV-positive people living in Sudan. According to IRIN/ PlusNews , people living with HIV are especially vulnerable to diseases that can be spread through... Read more »

India's NACO Asks Soft Drink Makers to Promote HIV/AIDS Awareness in Advertisements

India's National AIDS Control Organization is asking soft drink manufacturers to include HIV/AIDS awareness messages in their advertisements in an attempt to reach 15- to 49-year-olds, NACO Director S.Y. Quraishi said on Friday, the Hindu ... Read more »

Binge Drinking Among MSM in New York City Linked to Increased HIV Risk, Study Says

Binge drinking -- or the consumption of five or more alcoholic beverages on one occasion -- may be contributing to an increased risk of HIV among men who have sex with men in New York City, according to a study released Monday by the city's... Read more »

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HIV and drinking

Posted by Anonymous, 5 Replies

I am so depressed and am drinking large amounts of alcohol. I am at wits end and also have severe back pain.
Is it true that alcohol speeds HIV to AIDS?? Read more »

Could I get HIV/STD from random people's drinks?

Posted by jacko2217, 2 Replies

Over the weekend I recently went to a Homecoming party that my college was hosting. It was alot of fun and I had a very good time but I remember after a few drinks, starting to drink out of random people's beers, once drinking directly out of a... Read more »

Drinking

Posted by Anonymous, 3 Replies

What would be the chances of contracting the HIV virus from drinking a bottle of wine in South Africa after the local waiter cut his hand on the corkscrew while opening the bottle? Would alcohol have killed the virus anyway? This may sound like a... Read more »

Is beers drinking like PEP?

Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply

Could it possible that alcohol drinking is like PEP? Could it delay seroconversion to drink beers every night? If so, should HIV+ people drink beers until the virus is dead in their bodies? Maybe I have the cure for HIV? BEERS DRINKING? Thank you... Read more »

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