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Do People Catch HIV From Sex Toys
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Are New Sex Toys, Anal Lube, and Toy Cleaners Safe? (SEX TOYS, 2009)Hi Doctor,Great website! I will be making a donation. Ive learned a lot about HIV. I found some answers in the archive but was not really specific to my problem. Youre probably tired of answering questions like these. Anyway, I hope you can help....
Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.
The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation
Hi,Glad you found the information here enlightening and helpful. I find it unfortunately that you "have never had sexual contact with anybody" and yet are still worried about STDs, including HIV! Your fears about contracting HIV from your...
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HIV risk from sex toysHi, a few months ago, i went over to a friend's house after school. We went into his... Read more »HIV through Sex Toy?! Please Help!Please Help! I have not been able to sleep, I even went to the E.R for anxiety but I don't... Read more »
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Prevention Pointers for People With HIV: How to Avoid Passing Your Virus to Someone ElseThe easiest ways to pass HIV to someone else are in blood or sexual fluids. Having sex without a condom or sharing drug-injection works can infect a partner with your HIV. If you inject drugs, you can stop with a drug-substitution program (for... Read more »
Florida: Health Officials Urge People Not to Be Complacent About Discussing Sex Risks, HIV TestsFor a decade, Broward County has had one of the nation's highest rates of new HIV infections per capita. There, the virus is spreading mainly among men who have sex with men and young-to-middle-age black adults engaging in unprotected sex. To slow... Read more »
Guide to Hepatitis C for People Living With HIVHepatitis C Transmission HCV is mainly transmitted when infected blood from one person directly enters another person's bloodstream. HCV has been detected in semen and vaginal fluid, so genital fluids may be infectious. Saliva and tears are not. ... Read more »
Women: The Sex Factor22% of people living with AIDS in the U.S. are women: 88,815. In 2003, 27% of new HIV infections in the U.S. were in women. African-American women are 25 times more likely than white women and four times more likely than Latina women to have an... Read more »
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HIV from sex toys.
Posted by Anonymous, 2 Replies
Can you catch HIV from unwashed sex todays?
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Risk of Catching HIV in Single Sex Act Low
Posted by Anon_E_Moose, 1 Reply
By DANIEL Q. HANEY, AP Medical Editor CHICAGO (AP) - A study of heterosexual couples in Africa This risk is... Read more »Can you catch hiv from this encounter
Posted by kris, 2 Replies
I have a friend who is hiv positive he has been so for ten years but I just found out recently. I have some anxiety about germs in general so I dont shake hands. I always give people fist bumps. But I am growing concerned becasue I gave him a Fist...
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Can I catch HIV this way?
Posted by Anonymous, 2 Replies
I am really worried about an incident that happened 10 months ago and am freaking out over whether I could have caught HIV infection.I was using a public bathroom and by accident the crotch of my underwear touched the toilet seat. I didn't think... Read more »
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