Caring For Hiv Positive Spouse At Home

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Ask the Experts

My spouse is HIV positive and we are trying to get pregnant?

My spouse is HIV positive how can I get pregnant by him?...

Response from Ewald Horwath, M.D.

University of Miami School of Medicine

A variety of methods can be used to assist in becoming pregnant while decreasing the risk of transmitting HIV. There are several studies of assisted reproduction techniques that have resulted in successful pregnancy without HIV transmission to the... Read more »

Is Spouse legally responsible to reveal other Spouse's HIV status?

Spouse was diagnosed with HIV over 18 years ago, and has been "undetectable" for many... Read more »

Response from Christa Douaihy, Esq. »

HIV positive spouse

I have recently learned that my spouse has been living a double life. He contracted HIV from a... Read more »

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D. »

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Articles

Personal Care Home Settles Discrimination Complaint Filed by HIV-Positive Man

The attorneys representing a man who said that he was refused admission to a personal care home because of his HIV-positive status on Thursday said that the man had settled his discrimination complaint with the facility, the Associated Press ... Read more »

HIV Treatment Series: Care of the HIV-Positive Adolescent

As I was leaving the stigma workshop sponsored by the National Minority AIDS Council in St. Louis in May, it was obvious that we physicians don't perceive ourselves the way others perceive us. Enlightened by a group of non-physicians about why... Read more »

Singapore Informs Spouses of HIV-Positive Individuals of Partners' Status

Singapore's Ministry of Health has begun informing the spouses of HIV-positive people about their partners' HIV status in an effort to fight the spread of the virus, Reuters reports. According to the text of a speech made on Monday by Senior... Read more »

Orange County, Calif., Judge Recommends Deported Man Be Allowed to Stay in U.S. To Care for HIV-Positive Boy

An Orange County, Calif., judge on Monday recommended that an illegal immigrant from Mexico who was deported last month be allowed to return to the United States to care for his daughter and for an 11-year-old HIV-positive boy, the Los Angeles... Read more »

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RRe: Spouse has AIDS

Posted by Anonymous, 5 Replies

My spouse of eight years has recently been diagnosed as having full blown Aids. We have 2 children together and I thought we had the perfect life. Now, I feel like everything is a mess. I am negative and thank god so are my children. Help, can... Read more »

home test positive?

Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply

Took home test and just received the results back, I am hiv +. I do not have a doctor or insurance so I am behind already. I am worried though, I think I may be a fast progressor I am 44, smoke, do not exercise much. I dont know tcell counts or... Read more »

I created a blog for HIV negative spouses

Posted by poprock33, 2 Replies

I am a HIV negative woman with a positive spouse. We would like to have a baby using the sperm washing technique. I am having a difficult time finding a way to have this procedure done that is financially feasible for us. If you are in a similar... Read more »

Care home for people affected with HIV/AIDS

Posted by kel

Hi All~
I don't know if this will interest anyone but her goes. I just recently moved to Phoenix AZ w/ my best freind (who is gay) and we found out that there are no care homes/assisted living facilities for the gay community here or for those... Read more »

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