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Fisting Scared I Have AIDS
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Ask the Experts
Hep C and, erm, fistingI'm pretty well-informed (I think) about new trends in HIV research and treatment. However, I'm baffled (I must be dense) by reports I've read over the last couple of years (on this site and on several others) about the connection...
Response from Mark Holodniy, M.D., F.A.C.P., C.I.C.
Stanford University, School of Medicine
A complex question to answer specifically. Indeed fisting turns out to be a very significant risk factor for acquiring HCV for the receptive partner. This practice can certainly lead to mucosal trauma of the rectum which can then be vulnerable to...
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fisting riski am gay hiv negative male. I have had 3 sexual encounters with a hiv positive male. We used... Read more »More Information on Fist-BumpDr. Bob,I met with the gentleman that is HIV+ that I first-bumped with after I scratched my... Read more »
Articles
Kansas: No Longer a Death Sentence, AIDS Has Lost Power to ScareIn an era of robust AIDS therapy, just 20 of 900 HIV/AIDS patients seen by Wichita physician Donna Sweet died last year. Unfortunately, that good news means some people believe they can engage in risky sexual behavior and IV drug use without... Read more »
Canada: New AIDS Strategy -- If We Can't Scare Them, Let's Make Them Proud of Their Pride and JoyAIDS Vancouver and Rethink Advertising are leading a national "Gay Men Play Safe" campaign in Canada this year. In the process, they created funny safer-sex messages in an explicit shift from the more than 20 years of occasionally dramatic,... Read more »
HIV/AIDS Groups Express Concern About Potential for New Antiretroviral Advertising to "Scare Off" PatientsThe Wall Street Journal on Monday examined a new trend for drugmakers marketing HIV/AIDS treatments to release ads that "tak[e] aim at rival HIV drugs, hinting at side effects and other drawbacks." Drug companies have "traditionally sold"... Read more »
Florida: Change in Care Scares AIDS PatientsLast month, Florida's Agency for Health Care Administration (AHCA) announced it had terminated its AIDS care contracts with the nonprofit AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) in favor of a small, for-profit company. For eight years, AHF has contracted... Read more »
Connect With Others
veterans vs. newbies...let the fists fly.....
Posted by Lovinlife, 2 Replies
I have been reading a lot of posts back and forth where the veterans bash the newbies and then somebody tries to throw in a neutral post to the effect that the veterans really have all the info.But--here's a thought--HIV has changed quite a bit... Read more » Way too scared now to test....AIDS leading cause
Posted by Anonymous, 2 Replies
of death in San Francisco. The article is posted right on the main page of The Body.
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Scared In Canada! Do I have AIDS?
Posted by Anonymous, 2 Replies
Hello all!I have a host of symptoms that I have developed recently (since March) which are not going away. I have been 'unwell' for over 3 months. Doctors have done many tests and all appear to be normal. I had several STD tests done including... Read more » scared to date + men, scared to date - too
Posted by Anonymous, 5 Replies
Although I know it is possible for men to contract HIV from women...I also know that the statistics are much lower than they are for men contracting from other men or drug use. I am afraid to date a HIV+ man because I do not want to be with a man...
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