Getting AIDS From Cut On Hand

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can you get aids from touching sweat with small nondeep cuts on your hands???

can you gets aids from an infected person by touching their sweat with small nondeep cuts on hands??...

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Hello,Nope. Next question!Dr. Bob... Read more »

first documented case from cut on hand and masterbation

Dear Dr. BodI just want to thank you for the work you are doing and i will be sending you a... Read more »

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D. »

Cut to Cut

Can someone please answer my question I'm freaking out! I went to an AIDS benefit on Saturday... Read more »

Response from Benjamin Young, M.D., Ph.D. »

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U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Ohio: Cutting Through AIDS Myth -- Black Barbershops Doing Part to Educate About Disease

At In the Cut barbershop, 1325 E. Livingston Ave. in Columbus, barbers and customers cracked jokes during a recent discussion about safe sex. But the laughter quickly faded once Preston F. Mitchell II of the Tobias Project told them more than half... Read more »

5 Ways Adults Can Help Young People Avoid Getting HIV/AIDS

No one can turn back the hands of time, but with the benefit of hindsight, we often wish that we had made different choices or had had information to help us make a better decision. Cory and Jah were diagnosed with HIV at about age 16. Now 25, they... Read more »

Canadian AIDS Treatment Information Exchange

Getting Useable Knowledge From Research Into Your Hands: Practical Use of the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

The notion of "using research to inform programming" has been getting a lot of buzz recently. It is true that the application of current research findings can be an important part of what makes HIV programs and services effective. However,... Read more »

Mali Gets Deal on Western HIV Drugs

The government of Mali said it has reached a deal for an 89 percent cost cut in HIV drugs from Bristol-Myers Squibb, GlaxoSmithKline, Boehringer-Ingelheim and Merck Sharp and Dohme. The deal lower the cost of treatment from $485 to $85 per month. An... Read more »

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Cut on finger and toilet seat

Posted by xtreme, 1 Reply

thanks for the responses! Much appreciated! Another 2 questions regarding HIV transmission -

1. I had a cut on my finger where I was fingering my girlfriend - does this pose as a risk for HIV for her to get infected if I had the virus or me getting... Read more »

HIV Risk - Blood in Eye & Glass Cut

Posted by pupiz, 2 Replies

Hi, all. Please let me know if I am at risk for HIV from these to encounters. I was in Canada on vacation a couple of weeks ago and we left at about in the morning and came back at about 3:00pm. When we left the maid was cleaning the suite beside... Read more »

cuts and scraches

Posted by Anonymous, 3 Replies

does any one ever hear of an infectiopn due to fluids getting into a cut. I had a pro lick my hand where there were cuts that wre a few days old, i wiped my hand but you hever know. Also how about fingering with cuts. Has anyone ever been in this... Read more »

FINGER with DEEP CUT, PLEASE HELP PEOPLE<

Posted by Anonymous, 4 Replies

HELLO PEOPLE,

I have been STRESSING out BIGTIME over the last month over a possible exposure in January (3rd to be exact).

I cut my finger with glass the night before this incident and it resulted in a very deep cut. The cut stopped bleeding the... Read more »

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