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Do People Get HIV From Scratching Someone
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hiv transmission by nail scratchesshall H.I.V transmit if a healthy person accidentaly scratches an H.I.V infected person?...
Response from David Wohl, M.D.
University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill
No. How would that happen? HIV does not enter under the finger nails or through skin. Still don't go around scratching people, okay? It is just not nice.DW...
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Cat scratch fever in HIV+?Hi,I've been HIV+ for 3 months (experienced acute HIV infection back in May), have a CD4 of... Read more »Please Hekp me quickly Dr Bob -- I am very very frightened-- I give a large donation (HIV TRANSMISSION FROM FINGERNAIL SCRATCH, 2010)Dr. Bob,I ma very scared. I went to shake hands with a HIV + person during a convention today. This... Read more »
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Why Do We Tolerate People Who Are HIV Positive and Spreading the Disease?"We have all these programs and HIV prevention people are scratching their heads saying, 'How can we help people with HIV?' When it is all said and done it's up to the community to say, 'we just don't want HIV to spread.'" So says Thomas J. Coates,... Read more »
Pickett Fences: Pity LustJim Pickett It's been a while since I've totally gone off on a rant. And there's this little incident, actually pretty minor in the grand scheme of things, that nonetheless has just been working my last frayed nerve since it happened. So I'm... Read more »
A New Way to Fight HIV: CCR5 InhibitorsThe past year has brought so many new drug approvals that even some HIV experts are scratching their heads as they try to figure out how all of these meds work and how they can best be used to treat people with HIV. Today, we're going to look at... Read more »
Canada: Alberta Syphilis Awareness Campaign Scratched by Health MinisterHealth Minister Ron Liepert said Thursday he does not support a general syphilis education campaign in Alberta, where some public health experts believe the disease has reached a critical level. Syphilis rates in Alberta began to rise in 2005.... Read more »
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HIV from Scratch
Posted by Anonymous, 4 Replies
To Whom it May Concern:Here is my dilemma. A couple of months ago I visited a "titty bar" and received three lap dances. During one of the dances I felt the dancer scratch my neck with her fingernail. Throughout the remainder of our session... Read more » For the worried well about Bird scratches
Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply
It is impossible to become infected with The HIV Virus from Birds.Dr. Anonymous 2001 Read more » Infection throgh scratches
Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply
Hi, Hope someone can advise. I've always been served by this HIV positive beautician for about 2 years and have not feared for my life before. BUT since 11 Oct 1999, I've been living in fear of contracting HIV. On that day, while she was massaging... Read more » Vaginal secretions, shaving and scratching
Posted by grcboy30
I am a male who recently had sex with an ex gf. We had been broken up for 8 years. I used a condom which didn't break and we did not engage in oral sex either way. My question is, I shaved my chest and just below my belly button but above my pubic... Read more »
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