Do Teenage Black Females Have Hiv

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California Group Hosts Conference, Starts Database to Spread HIV/AIDS Awareness Among Black Teenagers

Helping Our Own Destiny -- a not-for-profit group in Fresno, Calif. -- this month is launching a new HIV/AIDS awareness campaign aimed at black teenagers, the Fresno Bee reports. For the campaign's launch on Feb. 28, the group plans to host a... Read more »

U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

More Black Teenagers Practicing Safe Sex

According to the most recent findings from CDC's health survey of high school students, far fewer black students are engaging in risky sexual behavior than they were 20 years ago. However, they still participate in risky behavior more often than... Read more »

Condomless Nation, Female Edition: Three Black Women Explain Why They Snubbed Love Gloves

With one in 50 Black Americans infected with HIV -- and experts estimating that one in 16 Black men and one in 30 Black women will become infected during their lifetimes -- you'd think that folks would use condoms all the time. Yet rising HIV and... Read more »

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Teenager with HIV wondering about viral load and T cell counts

i am 17 yr old female and i was recently diagnosed with HIV but i know nothing about it. what should my normal or healthy t cell count be? and is there a normal or healthy viral load?...

Response from John L. Sullivan, M.D.

University of Massachusetts, Medical School

A normal CD 4 count would be greater than 540 and any detectable viral RNA would be abnormal; treatment is not usually initiated until CD4 counts are less than 350, or viral loads greater than 10,000-30,000; when treatment is initiated a good... Read more »

HOW MANY TEENAGERS ARE INFECTED?

DOING RESEARCH PAPER ON HIV/AIDS AND WOULD LIKE TO KNOW HOW MANY TEENAGERS ACTUALLY HAVE HIV/AIDS?...

Response from Ryan M. Kull, C.S.W

Columbia University's Health & Related Services

Your question is complicated for several reasons, but it is an important one, so I will do my best to answer it.First of all (and this might be helpful for your paper), how do you define "teenager"? There are many definitions for that... Read more »

Condom use among American teenagers

My question is how many teens between the ages of 15 and 19 use condoms as a prevetion method from STD's...

Response from Rick Sowadsky, M.P.H.

Nevada State Health Division AIDS Program

Thank you for your question.Every year, there are 15 million cases of STDs in the United States alone, and 25% of cases these cases occur among teens and adolescents. That means that there are many teens who are not using condoms (otherwise, they... Read more »

re: Note To The Terrified Teenager

Dear Doctor Holodniy!Thanks sharing your time and knowledge here on this forum. I want to tell you that it is greatly appreciated and I think you're helping to educate a great number of people. I want to let you know that this not only helps...

Response from Mark Holodniy, M.D., F.A.C.P., C.I.C.

Stanford University, School of Medicine

You are correct.MH... Read more »

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I'm a female teen whos HIV positive

Posted by Anonymous, 6 Replies

Hello,
I'm new here. I'm 13years old and I'm HIV positive. I don't know alot of teens who have AIDS/HIV and I'm starting to want to have more contact with teens like me. It gets boring talking to my dad about all my teenage issues that always end up... Read more »

Iam Hiv positive Black British London based lady

Posted by Thandi, 2 Replies

Are there any serious Hiv positive men out there who are serious enuff to want a longterm relationship with a good woman, I have been seaching on all those wonderful Positive dating sites but no luck? Read more »

I am looking for an female freind

Posted by johnerob

I am an black male the is hiv+ i am looking for an white female that is the same or not some one that i can be an soul mate too. I do not know how to go about this if anyone is willing to try it email me johnerob@yahoo.com. Read more »

So scared....Am I at risk? I blacked out!

Posted by mimi91, 1 Reply

Hello all. I am so so scared. I am a 22 yr old female and i recently met with a man who ive only seen once & phoned several times. I got very drunk and i remember asking him 'do u have condoms' he said 'no' so i said 'please dont f*** me then'... Read more »

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