Do People Catch HIV From Sex With A Prostitute

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Oral sex with prostitute-Scared like hell.

Dear Bob,About 2 months ago, i had oral sex with a high risk prostitute back home in Pakistan. She looked perfectly healthy, and it was a momment of madness, which i really really feel guilty about.I had oral sex for about 2 minutes, and was just...

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Hello Pakistani-Guy,Your HIV-acquisition risk from cunnilingus is extremely remote. That your mouth was apparently closed throughout the session puts the risk into the essentially nonexistent category. I'll repost below some information about... Read more »

Fear of HIV risk from multiple sex with prostitutes "please help me. I am asking this second time"

Hello Dr,I am 23yrs old male. I am from Sri lanka. I foolishly had sex 7 times with 6 different... Read more »

Response from Erik Glenn, M.A. »

Oral sex with china prostitute

Hai. Last week I received oral sex (no condom) and vagina sex (condom) with a prostitute from... Read more »

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U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

More Vietnamese Men Get HIV From Prostitutes

By the end of 2005, an estimated 58,000 Vietnamese will have become infected with HIV after having sex with an HIV-positive prostitute, up from 25,000 in late 2000, Vietnam's Health Ministry said today. The number of infected sex buyers tends to... Read more »

Indonesia: One in Four Bali Prostitutes HIV-Positive

One in four prostitutes on the resort island of Bali are HIV-positive, according to a new report from Indonesia's National AIDS Commission. "Many people are reluctant to go for medical check-ups, as there's still stigma and discrimination against... Read more »

Vietnam: More than Half of Hanoi Prostitutes HIV-Positive: Government Survey

More than half of registered prostitutes in the Vietnamese capital now carry the AIDS virus, reflecting a huge surge of infection in the communist state's large sex industry, a government survey suggested Wednesday. Infection rates at the capital's... Read more »

Male Clients of Brothel Prostitutes as a Bridge for HIV Infection Between High-Risk and Low-Risk Groups of Women in Senegal

The researchers conducted a sexual-behavior HIV prevalence survey on male clients of female prostitutes working in brothels in Dakar, Senegal, to investigate the degree to which these men act as a bridge for HIV transmission to the general... Read more »

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Prostitutes vs.safe sex

Posted by Anonymous, 2 Replies

Is there such a thing as safe sex with a prostitute?
Barring condom failure, should there really be a concern?

This is not a moral issue for me, it is a serious inquiry.
Background is I am a single father raising 2 children devoting my time to my... Read more »

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
concludes that the chance of catching the AIDS (news - web sites) virus from a single
sexual encounter with an infected person is one in 588.

This risk is...

Encounter with prostitute, is it safe to date?

Posted by Anonymous, 2 Replies

Good evening, this is a tough post for me. I hope this question isn't too controversial, but I think its something a lot of us deal with. I am looking for honest and open repsonses. Please respond.

Last week I had an encounter with a prostitute.... Read more »

story about anthony johnson: forced prostitution

Posted by 6arywary, 3 Replies

has anyone heard the story of anthony johnson? he was a boy who was sexually abused, forced into prostitution by his parents, and it eventually led him to contract aids. then he was adopted by his social worker.
i just heard about this story... Read more »

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