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Do Blisters Mean I Have Hiv
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fever blister and oral sexMy lover who is HIV+ had an open, but almost healed fever blister on his lipwhen he performed oral sex on me. I then masturbated to ejaculation. I didn'tsee any danger because there were no visible open sores or cuts on my penis.Should I be...Response from Rick Sowadsky, M.P.H.
Nevada State Health Division AIDS Program
Hi. Thank you for your question. Your risk of infection for HIV was low,even under the circumstances mentioned in your question. This is because itwas unlikely that you were exposed to his blood or semen. However, you wereat possible risk for...
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through blister's water (BLISTER FLUID)I had a training in a training school. There, I had a blister on my foot because I walked for a... Read more »HIV Transmission via broken blistersDr. Bob,I'm HIV+. Sometimes when I work in the yard, I get blisters on my hands that... Read more »
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Blisters
Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply
Are Blisters and Canker sores a symptom of HIV with in the 4 week of exposure or can they occur through out ? Im getting a small canker sore again i had one 3 days ago and they are my first two canker sores in years lol so im jw if they are a...
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blister on big toe
Posted by worriedbutwell, 1 Reply
hi everyone, thanks for reading this.about two months ago, a blister formed on the top of my left big toe. i quickly popped it and a clear liquid released. however, it hasn't healed yet and looks like a big mosquito bite. doesn't hurt or... Read more » blister scar
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Hey there, I wanted to try and make a conclusion about my incident that many of u are familiar with already. Please try to comprehend and help me in this situation, as it has been reeally stressing and depressing for me. My main worry was not the...
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does this mean you have hiv when u have this hla
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Epitope-Enhanced Conserved HIV-1 Peptide Protects HLA-A2-Transgenic Mice Against Virus Expressing HIV-1 Antigen Takahiro Okazaki1,*, C. David Pendleton*, Franois Lemonnier and Jay A. Berzofsky2,* * Molecular Immunogenetics and Vaccine Research... Read more »
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