Happy Ending Scared I Have HIV

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HIV...Scared (PREGNANCY AND FALSE POSITIVE HIV TESTS)

Dr. Bob,My wife is preganant with our first child. She has had multiple preganancies before, even a few miscarriages. Her two initial HIV tests came out positive ELISA, indeterminate Western Blot. Her last test came out positive Western Blot. I...

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Hello,Pregnancy can induce cross-reacting nonspecific antibodies that can lead to indeterminate or false-positive HIV-antibody test results. (See below.) If you are HIV negative and your wife has not had any HIV-exposure risk, there is really no way... Read more »

scared of testing (WHAT YOU DONT KNOW CAN KILL YOU, 2009) ( IS IT BETTER TO GET HIV TESTED OR NOT TO KNOW, 2010) (CONSEQUENCES OF LATE DIAGNOSIS, 2010)

Hey....I am thirty years old..have never done an hiv test.....found someone who is just... Read more »

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Scared about acquiring HIV from prostitute

1. I am the dumbest person alive 2. I made one mistake that I am never going to do again for the... Read more »

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Florida: AIDS Walk’s Happy Ending

The 5-K AIDS Walk St. Petersburg in North Shore Park on Saturday raised $117,000, organizers reported.Back to other news for September 2007 Read more »

HIV/AIDS Groups Express Concern About Potential for New Antiretroviral Advertising to "Scare Off" Patients

The 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 »

Scared Straight: High HIV Rates Among Black NYC Women Frighten a Health Reporter

My longtime lover and I were driving through Harlem when we passed a billboard that made me want to slam on the brakes and pull the car over. On it were two women -- one Black and one Latina -- their pretty, youthful faces in lights. But under their... Read more »

The End of AIDS? Could Universal Testing and Treatment End the Epidemic?

Three decades into the AIDS epidemic, advances in treatment have been astounding, turning a quick death sentence into a chronic manageable illness for those who have access to modern meds. The HIV prevention story, however, hasn't been as happy.... Read more »

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Recently tested postive, symptomatic, scared

Posted by newlander, 5 Replies

Hey all

I recently went in to test for HIV four years after what i thought was low risk, tested to six weeks neg and stopped like an idiot. Now I tested positive after lymph glands going up and weight loss. I'm goint to get the Viral Load test and... 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... Read more »

Not_Scared.. re: Hiv1/2..

Posted by Anonymous, 3 Replies

Not scared,
I was just starting to feel good about my 5mo negative test until you brought up HIV 2. I tested again at a state health center yesterday in San Fransisco. I asked the women who drew my blood if the test is for HIV2, she said that HIV2... Read more »

Scared might be infected with HIV.

Posted by midwesternguy63, 3 Replies

I'm really scared that I might be HIV positive. I was sleeping with someone that was very promiscuous. We usually had low risk sexual activites, but a couple of times we did things we shouldn't have. The reason I'm worried is because my liver... Read more »

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