Family Needs To Know Hiv Positive

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COULD I BE HIV POSITIVE (WHAT YOU DONT KNOW CAN KILL YOU, 2010) ( IS IT BETTER TO GET HIV TESTED OR NOT TO KNOW, 2011)

Hello Doc, I am really worried. I had unprotected sex (on 14 Feb 2010) with my ex-girl. We broke up and 8 months later she was tested positive for hiv (12 Oct 2010). She told me this recently about her status and that I should take a test too...

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Hello,At this point there is no way to know if your ex was positively charged at the time of your last unprotected shag in February 2010. Consequently, HIV testing is definitely warranted. Get counseling if necessary, but do get HIV tested. When it... Read more »

Do you know a Family Physician who is not HIV prejudice in the Toronto area?

HIV+ female needs a Family Doctor. Do you know a family doctor who doesn't mind accepting... Read more »

Response from Judith Feinberg, M.D. »

Just Learned that Family Member is HIV positive

Just today I learned that my favorite Uncle is HIV positive. I am 15 years old and my mother... Read more »

Response from Ewald Horwath, M.D. »

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Canadian AIDS Treatment Information Exchange

Family Matters: Programs for HIV-Positive Families

There are more than 1,500 children and youth living with HIV in Canada. Yet, in many parts of the country, finding supports for them is still very challenging. Though a lack of funds limits what many AIDS service organizations (ASOs) can provide,... Read more »

This Positive Life: Cecilia Chung on Violence, Gender, Prisons, Family and Healing

It was 1993 when Cecilia Chung was diagnosed with HIV while living in San Francisco. Born Catholic, she thought she was being punished for coming out as transgender. "'You transitioned. You're an abomination,'" she remembers thinking. "'This is... Read more »

Articles on HIV Prevention in U.S.; KNOW HIV/AIDS Launches "The Know is Spreading" Campaign; Fact Sheet on Number of HIV/AIDS Cases in Hurricane-Affected Areas

"Families Living With HIV ," AIDS Care : M.J. Rotheram-Borus and colleagues from the University of California-Los Angeles write that the HIV/AIDS epidemic's early focus on individuals has become "inadequate" and that family-based models of... Read more »

U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Is Injection Serosorting Occurring Among HIV-Positive Injection Drug Users? Comparison by Injection Partner's HIV Status

"Research needs to build evidence for the roles that HIV status of injection partners may or may not play in injection risk behaviors of injection drug users (IDUs)," the authors wrote in introducing the current study. Using baseline data from a... Read more »

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Sorry for the post... but needed to know! Symptoms and Being positive !

Posted by nikhil, 2 Replies

Hi Guys,

I am in a scared situation now, Had an encounter with a csw 28 days ago. I used condom for protection, had oral and Vaginal. She I dount had Bacterial vaginosis, because she had a strong bad odour, I was intoxicated and never cared. This... Read more »

How do I tell my family I'm HIV Positive?

Posted by Anonymous

I am 42 year old single mother living on Miami Beach. I have been hiding my HIV status for 4 1/2 years now (my own daughter doesn't even know). I left New York because the word got out and I am very careful with my all of my partners but I am tired... Read more »

HIV Prevention: What you need to know!

Posted by bradford, 2 Replies

HIV Prevention: What you need to know!

Twenty three years since I first began to witness the horrific illnesses and deaths caused by HIV and still today, very few people have an understanding of HIV. The world population is ignorant about HIV! We... Read more »

Stupid questions but I need to know...

Posted by LuvMyBrother, 2 Replies

My brother was living with me and my family and just recently found out he is hiv positive and i havent knowingly came into contact with his body fluids but what are the risks of contracting hiv from him by living in the same house? What if he was... Read more »

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