Can You Have Sex With Someone Hiv Positive

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Oral sex from HIV positive. (TRANSMISSION VIA ORAL SEX 2010)

Dear Dr Bob, I have posted a question before, but now as i have update on the situation i am posting again hoping it will not disturb. I received a blowjob from a guy who after told me that he was HIV positive. I in the same night a few hours before...

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Hi,Unprotected insertive oral sex carries only a very low risk for HIV transmission. See below. If your partner was on effective combination antiretroviral therapy that had driven his HIV plasma viral load to undetectable levels for a considerable... Read more »

Anal Sex & HIV Positive, is it safe?The Body: Rick Sowadsky M.S.P.H., C.D.S, Answers to Safe Sex Questions

I am HIV+ with very low T-cells (11) and moderately low viral load (18,000). I have been having... Read more »

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Anal sex with HIV positive person whose Viral load about having HIV? 4400. Chances of me

I'm sorry i'm not good in English.(This topic was posted from Thailand)I want to ask you... Read more »

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U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Uganda: Sex Education for HIV-Positive Teens

Ugandan health officials are grappling with how to provide sex education to children and teens who have been HIV-positive since birth. "Some of them are in puberty stage and the desire, the sex desire is at its peak. Unfortunately this is the... Read more »

Sex and Relationships for HIV Positive Women Since HAART: A Quantitative Study

In the current study, researchers asked 82 HIV-positive women to complete questionnaires addressing demographics, relationships, sexual behavior, and safer sex practices. Investigators administered the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS)... Read more »

This Month in HIV: Sex and Dating When You're HIV Positive

My name is Bonnie Goldman and I'm editorial director of The Body. I'd like to welcome you to This Month in HIV. This month's subject? Dating when you're HIV positive. Dating when you're HIV negative is a challenge. Dating when you're HIV positive ... Read more »

Association Between "Safer Sex Fatigue" and Rectal Gonorrhea Is Mediated by Unsafe Sex With Casual Partners Among HIV-Positive Homosexual Men

The study authors investigated whether and what sexual risk behavior is a mediator of associations between rectal gonorrhea (RG) and beliefs about highly active antiretroviral therapy, safer sex fatigue, or sexual sensation-seeking among homosexual... Read more »

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Oral Sex HIV Positive Ever?

Posted by Polar, 2 Replies

Has anyone tested HIV Positive from Oral Sex? I keep hearing that it's virtually impossible from the Sender and rare in the Receiver... Read more »

Sex with HIV positive woman

Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply

I had sex with a woman who did not tell me that she was HIV positive until later. Two months after the encounter I developed a tingling sensation in my hands and feet. The headaches,neckaches,joint aches and a sore throat all started after that. I... Read more »

Sex with HIV positive

Posted by Anonymous, 2 Replies

I am a very stressed man who recieved a calll from my ex-girlfriend I dated from mid oct 98- mid dec 98. She called me to tell me she tested positive. I was tested on Nov 29th 98 and was negative. She informed me on January 12th 99. I had a bad cold... Read more »

HIV positive oral sex?

Posted by Anonymous, 3 Replies

Hi there,
Basically I feel a little down right now cause a close friend of mine (ex gf) is being tested for HIV and I feel bad for her because she is so worried. She had unprotected sex with 2 long term partners no condoms.
She is feeling sick right... Read more »

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