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Do People Catch AIDS From Receptive Anal Sex
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HIV and receptive anal intercourseIf the estimated "per-act" risk for contracting HIV (from an HIV-positive source) is 0.5 to 3.0 percent for receptive anal sex, does that mean that 97% of people wont contract HIV from a one-time exposure?...Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.
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Hello,No. Unfortunately population statistics don't work that way. (See below.) It is indeed possible to contract HIV from a single exposure!Dr. BobInterpreting HIV and testing statistics (HIV STATISTICS)Oct 10, 2008 Greetings. I recently...
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Receptive anal sex with a condomHi. I had sex today with a guy who I am unsure as to his HIV status, beyond him telling me he was... Read more »Receptive anal sex risksAccording to the safe sex forum of this site the risk of a single receptive anal intercourse is 50... Read more »
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Methamphetamine and Sildenafil (Viagra) Use Are Linked to Unprotected Receptive and Insertive Anal Sex, Respectively, in a Sample of Men Who Have Sex With MenIn the current study, researchers investigated the association of methamphetamine, sildenafil, and other substance use with unprotected receptive and insertive anal sex among men who have sex with men (MSM) through an encounter-specific analysis.... Read more »Swiss Report on Sex Stirs Controversy at Mexico ConferenceA mixed reception -- cheers, and some tough questions -- greeted a team of Swiss researchers Sunday at the 17th International AIDS Conference in Mexico City. The scientists presented their study, first released in January, which suggests... Read more »AIDS Drugs Haven't Changed HIV Risk With Anal SexAlthough highly active antiretroviral treatment (HAART) can lower HIV in the blood to undetectable levels, it does not reduce the risk of contracting the virus during a single act of unprotected anal sex, according to a new study of men who have sex... Read more »Anal Cancer Increasing Among People Living With HIVWhy Screen for Anal Cancer in HIV-Positive Patients? Anal cancer is emerging as a common non-AIDS defining cancer in HIV-positive people. Anal cancer, like cervical cancer, is caused by infection with high-risk types of human papillomavirus (HPV)... Read more »
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Posted by AnthonyMC, 1 Reply
Hello. I'm a heterosexual guy but more or less 2 months ago I did something I will never forgive myself for, regardless of whether I got infected with something or not: I had receptive anal sex with a transexual sex worker. Now, the intercourse was... Read more » Risk of HIV from receptive fellatio ...
Posted by Anonymous, 3 Replies
After getting myself involved in a possible HIV exposure through receptive (giving) fellatio, I resarched the net like mad to get an idea of the risk I put myself under. I have gotten my conclusive 12-week ELISA (negative), but continue to resarch...
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Risk of Catching HIV in Single Sex Act Low
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By DANIEL Q. HANEY, AP Medical Editor CHICAGO (AP) - A study of heterosexual couples in Africa This risk is... Read more »anal sex question
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just a question to everyone - i work with hiv/aids patients, i am also hiv+, but the other day someone asked me a really strange question, it was "I've had unprotected anal sex with my partner who is hiv+ (16,000 vl, 550 cd4) 25 time or more, what... Read more »
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