Hiv And Raw Meat

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Eating raw meat

Hi I've been HIV+ for about 4 years. I'm currently taking Atripla, have an undetectable VL, a CD4 count of around 500 and am feeling fine. I am something of a foodie and enjoy eating rare meat, sometimes completely raw meat (eg, steak...

Response from Nelson Vergel, B.S.Ch.E., M.B.A.

Program for Wellness Restoration

I would avoid rare meat of all kinds. I even avoid sushi due to fear of contamination, food poisoning and parasites.Don't play with fire. Gut related problems in HIV can be very difficult to treat sometimesnelson... Read more »

raw meat! (SUPERINFECTION) (COINFECTION)

I am poz and so is my partner. He insists on barebacking me. I argue with him but I always end up... Read more »

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

Raw Diet and HIV

Have there been any studies that have looked at the effects of a Raw Diet (nothing prepared over... Read more »

Response from Nelson Vergel, B.S.Ch.E., M.B.A. »

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Baltimore Sun Examines Research Linking HIV Transmission to Monkey Meat

The Baltimore Sun on Sunday examined research being conducted by a Johns Hopkins' Bloomberg School of Public Health team investigating the potential links between traditional practices for hunting monkeys and apes in west-central Africa and the... Read more »

25 Things You Should Know if You Are HIV-Positive

25 Do not eat raw meat, raw fish, or raw eggs. These foods can make you sick. 24 Take a multivitamin and a high-potency supplement of B complex vitamins everyday. 23 If you've never had hepatitis A or B, ask your doctor about... Read more »

First Human Cases of Two Retroviruses Discovered Among People in Contact With Monkey Meat in Cameroon

Scientists have detected the first human cases of two retroviruses among two people in rural Cameroon who hunt monkeys and other primates, according to a study presented on Friday at the 12th Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections ... Read more »

U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Illinois: Things Get "Raw" at Youth Confab

AIDS prevention, career development, and creative writing as therapy were among topics discussed at "As Raw As It Gets," the recent ninth annual conference sponsored by Chicagoland Youth Against AIDS. "I believe that if nothing else, the youth... Read more »

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My fiance is getting a raw deal because he is poz

Posted by lilwolf, 1 Reply

Lewis County, WA has my fiance in their grasp all because he has AIDS, and he makes no secret of it. He is accused of molesting my 8 yr old daughter. My fiance has a squeaky clean criminal record, and is a NAVY veteren with a exemploray record.
My... Read more »

Oral Sex Lots of Grinding that created raw spot

Posted by Panic, 2 Replies

Hello,

About 4 weeks ago I was at a strip joint. I had a private dance with a lot of grinding. The girl also inserted my penis in her mouth a couple of times. I noticed the next day a raw spot on my penis. I went into a panic. About 2 weeks... Read more »

raw sex

Posted by Anonymous, 3 Replies

what would the life expectancy of a poz person having raw sex be

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Shingles = HIV?

Posted by grcboy30, 5 Replies

Hi there.
I had chicken pox at 5 years old so can develop shingles. I haven't been to the doctor yet but have what I am pretty sure is shingles on the side of my chest (a pink rash which is itchy with bumps). I am terrified of HIV. I am only 30... Read more »

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