Can You Get Hiv If You Share The Same Earring

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can AIDs be transmitted through sharing earrings?

can AIDs be transmitted through sharing earrings, i only did it once, just curious...

Response from Barbara McGovern, M.D.

Tufts University School of Medicine

No. Please direct future HIV related questions to the HIV forum.... Read more »

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Hiv through earrings

Posted by Gianerick, 1 Reply

My friend gave me a pair of earrings , he told me he put them on the day before and that he desinfect them , i cleaned them with water only and put them on , problem is i dont know if he has hiv and i dont believe him either about desinfect them... Read more »

HIV from sharing creams?

Posted by Anonymous, 2 Replies

I borrowed hydrocortizone cream with aloe from a neighboor they had been using on the baby. If the baby had HIV and I used the same ointment could I get HIV? Read more »

Important: share your take on Living With HIV

Posted by BrokenWingedBird, 1 Reply

Hi,

There are a lot of people out there today spreading the idea that living with HIV is now just "a piece of cake", "no worse than living with diabetes", and so forth. As a result, the urgency to fund research into the development of a vaccine and... Read more »

Important: Share YOUR take on Living With HIV.

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