Cut On Hand Scared I Have AIDS

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Scared, cut on hand

I have a cut/skin irritation on the skin underneath one of my fingernails. This morning at work I was taking off a binder clip from a stack of papers and the metal part of the clip got under my nail. If there had, for some reason, been HIV...

Response from Nancy Breuer

WorkPositive, Inc.

The best way to cope with mounting fear is to drown it in information. We've been clear for years about how HIV is transmitted. We've been clear for years that exposure must be direct and immediate. Dried blood on a paper clip poses no... Read more »

Assaulted on Halloween, Bitten, Cuts on Hands

Last Saturday evening I was assaulted at Halloween party. In the course of defending myself I... Read more »

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

can you get aids from touching sweat with small nondeep cuts on your hands???

can you gets aids from an infected person by touching their sweat with small nondeep cuts on hands??... Read more »

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

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Articles

Medical Students Join On World AIDS Day to "Cut the Red Tape'' Impeding Effective HIV/AIDS Prevention and Treatment

Reston, Va. -- On the eve of World AIDS Day, 350 Chicago-area medical student members of the American Medical Student Association (AMSA) are expected to rally starting at noon in front of Senator Obama's office, followed by a march to the Illinois... Read more »

AIDS Activists Arrested Protesting Global Funding Cuts and D.C. Syringe Exchange Ban

A dozen AIDS activists were arrested this a.m. in Washington, D.C., rallying against budget cuts to international aid programs and protesting Republican efforts to bar D.C. from using local tax dollars to fund syringe exchange programs. Here's the... Read more »

U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Ohio: AIDS Activists to Fight Expected Program Funding Cuts

A projected $5 billion state budget gap and cuts in federal social service spending are threatening Ohio's inner-city AIDS counseling, testing, and education programs. In a memo last month, the state Department of Health asked the division heading... Read more »

Ohio: Cutting Through AIDS Myth -- Black Barbershops Doing Part to Educate About Disease

At In the Cut barbershop, 1325 E. Livingston Ave. in Columbus, barbers and customers cracked jokes during a recent discussion about safe sex. But the laughter quickly faded once Preston F. Mitchell II of the Tobias Project told them more than half... Read more »

Connect With Others

scared to date + men, scared to date - too

Posted by Anonymous, 5 Replies

Although I know it is possible for men to contract HIV from women...I also know that the statistics are much lower than they are for men contracting from other men or drug use. I am afraid to date a HIV+ man because I do not want to be with a man... Read more »

Scared and Waiting-Please Help!

Posted by Anonymous, 5 Replies

Hello out there. I'm currently waiting on test results for HIV, Hep B & C and I'm in total panic mode. While part of me is relieved that I am finally doing the tests, a big part of me wished I never got out of bed this morning. If anyone out... Read more »

Very Scared

Posted by Anonymous, 2 Replies

I am a male and circumcised. And I had an intercourse with a possible HIV+ female partner for about 3 minutes. After I pulled my penis out and then I waited for another 3 to 4 minutes before I removed my condom. I just pulled my condom out without... Read more »

years of the secret scare

Posted by Anonymous, 2 Replies

I had a hiv scare in 2001 because I heard someone I messed with was positive but was then told they were not when I asked them.I was about 15 then and I've never gotten tested because of fear if that makes sense.I read about symptoms and around the... Read more »

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