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Ear Piercing Do I Need To Get Tested For AIDS
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Ear piercingCan you get HIV or hepatitis from a piercing gun? I just pierced my baby's ears at the mall and then I read a lot of info on the net about how dangerous it is. they used a prepackaged sterile cassette, and they said the gun(which is not...
Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.
The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation
Hi,If indeed they used a "prepacked sterile cassette," the HIV-transmission risk is nonexistent. I see no cause for concern and certainly no need to subject your daughter to infectious diseases testing! After all, the poor little thing...
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HIV Positive and wanting to get ears piercedHi there - not sure which area I should ask this but maybe you can help....I'm HIV+ and am... Read more »Ear piercing QuestionHow safe is ear piercing nowdays? I was just asking because I had my daughter's ears pierced... Read more »
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Community Resource Update: Spotlight on Pierce County AIDS Foundation, Tacoma, Wa.The Pierce County AIDS Foundation is a non-profit organization established in 1987 to respond to the needs of persons living with HIV/AIDS in Pierce County. A Board of Directors oversees the work of Foundation staff and volunteers. The mission of... Read more »
HHS Secretary Thompson Optimistic About African Efforts to Fight HIV/AIDS But Says More Needs to Be DoneHHS Secretary Tommy Thompson -- who recently concluded a tour of four African nations with a U.S. delegation of 80 lawmakers, business leaders and religious groups -- on Sunday gave an "upbeat assessment" of efforts in Africa to combat HIV/AIDS but... Read more »
Canada: Warning for Clients of Coleman, Alberta, Piercing ShopAlberta Health Services is advising clients of a now-closed piercing parlor -- the Victor Proctor piercing operation, located inside Tommy Gun Tattoos in the southern Alberta town of Coleman -- to be tested for blood-borne viruses. The unapproved... Read more »
Getting Pierced or Tatooed SafelyThe photo that runs with this column is almost three years old. I always thought that picture had a gee-whizzy, high school yearbook quality, which makes me look angelic or saintly. I'm neither. I'm actually kinda eclectic and kinky. Now I ask you,... Read more »
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piercing
Posted by Anonymous, 2 Replies
is it possible to get aids from a piercing gun? they push the earing through your ear, not a needle. Read more » if i test negative, does he still need to test
Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply
I have been in a monogamous relationship with my boyfriend for almost a year. We usually have unprotected sex. Although I trust that he is monogamous with me as well, I don't know that much about his past sexual history. So I'm planning on getting...
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piercing please reply
Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply
my friend peirced her on ear herself she didnt tell me what instrument with, im doubting it was an IV drug syringe.she said she cleaned it with boiling water and a match even and she said it hadnt been used before her and she didnt share them. if... Read more » Tattoo and body piercing
Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply
Hello my friends. I have a question. Can you get hiv from body piercing or tattoo? I had unprotected sex with someone who had tattoos on his hands. What is the % of infected people who got the disease from tattoos?
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