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Do People Get AIDS From Touching Urine
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Ask the Experts
Can I ge AIDS touching someones urinal?I work In a hospital doing food service. I'm not suppose to touch urinals or anything like that. I howerever had to clear the table. There was a urinal with a little bit a urine in it. Earlier in the day I had a hang nail and ripped it off. I...
Response from Lisa Hightow-Weidman, M.D., M.P.H.
University of North Carolina
Hello thereNo, touching the urinal would not pose a risk for HIV transmission. While HIV is found in the urine of an infected person, it is not possible to contract HIV from contact with the urine of an HIV-positive person because there are too few...
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Dr. Bob, very worried. Saliva came in touch with open wound,Dr. Bob, An escort was licking my face, later i realised that i had a cut on my face. She could... Read more »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 »
Articles
Education: "People Are Afraid to Touch Them"Oxford University and South African researchers are working on a two-year study of child caregivers in families affected by HIV/AIDS. More than 7,000 people in three South African provinces -- about 6,000 children and 1,500 guardians -- will be... Read more »
San Franciscans Honor Those Touched by AIDSOn Thursday, about 200 people gathered at a San Francisco performing arts center to hear elected officials, AIDS activists, and long-term survivors reflect on the 25 years that have passed since CDC first published a report about the disease that... Read more »
60 Million Africans Have Been Touched by AIDS, Says UNAIDS Executive DirectorMaputo -- By continuing to devastate Africa's economies, communities, and development, HIV/AIDS has undoubtedly become Africa's biggest challenge. "Sixty million Africans have been touched by AIDS in the most immediate way. They are either living... Read more »
HIV Awareness Gets MTV TouchMTV will reach out to teens and young adults today on World AIDS Day by airing two programs on HIV/AIDS. The shows, which feature pop stars Nelly Furtado and Justin Timberlake, are being supplemented by MTV's news broadcasts and its campaign... Read more »
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touch the body fluid?
Posted by Anonymous, 3 Replies
Last weekend, we had a party at my home with some friends (I knowing or I unknowing). After the party, I cleaned the house and the bathroom. There was some stain (not sure blood or urine or some other stuff) on one toilet. I cleaned it and touched...
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HIV and urine - please help
Posted by Anonymous, 2 Replies
I know little about HIV and how it is transmitted and yesterday something happened that made me begin to worry. I was using a public restroom when a drunk kid (I live in a college town) came to the urinal next to me. he was stumbling and when he...
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Urine Drug Screening and SUSTIVA!
Posted by Anonymous, 2 Replies
Dear "The Body" Family,This is GayCzar, writing on my husband's behalf. We know for a fact that we will end up writing a book on the account of our lives and recent occurrences - it is just too much to talk about, and we believe it could help... Read more » Urine Drug Screening and SUSTIVA!
Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply
Dear "The Body" Family,This is GayCzar, writing on my husband's behalf. We know for a fact that we will end up writing a book on the account of our lives and recent occurrences - it is just too much to talk about, and we believe it could help... Read more »
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