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Understanding HIV-Related Lab Tests I: Complete Blood Count and Blood Chemistry
...Having regular lab tests is a necessary part of good health care. Lab testsare important tools that help you and your health care provider keep track ofhow you are doing in the following areas: Immune System Status How HIV is affecting your immune system If you need to start or switch HIV drugs Example of lab test: CD4 cell test (see sheet called Understanding CD4 Cells and CD4 Cell Tests ) HIV Illness How HIV is...
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Blood group O and HIV/AIDS
I have heard so many times from friends that when you are Poz and you have blood group O, the results can come out Negative. How true is this? can HIV hide when blood group is O? please explain this to me.
Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.
The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation
...Hello,What you heard "so many times from friends" is absolutely false. HIV doesn't care what blood type you happen to be, just as it doesn't care if you're gay, straight or bi-curious closeted Republican. Read more »hiv blood in coffee (HIV BLOOD IN COFFEE, 2010)
Dear SirI am afraid hiv blood was syringed into my coffee and subsequently drank same.Can Hiv transmission happen by these means?I will donate to your foundationThank youResponse from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.
The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation
...no cause for concern, freak-out or even HIV testing!Thank you for your tax-deductible donation to The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation. It's warmly appreciated!Be well. Stay well. (Yes, you are indeed well!)Dr. Bob Read more »HIV screening for donating blood (BLOOD DONATION, FALSE POSITIVE TEST 2009)
Dr. Bob, My sister recently tried to donate blood and was denied. She recieved a letter stating that she was HIV positive. How accurate are the tests that the Red Cross performs? She is getting an HIV test but I would like to know what the...Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.
The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation
...continued it for a full course, but seroconverted nonetheless. The patient I was performing the procedure on had advanced-stage AIDS; consequently, his viral strain was probably resistant to AZT. We didn't have resistance tests back then. I... Read more »Can i catch HIV or hepatitis from dried blood on toilet paper.
HiI was at a friends house when i went to use the toilet for no 2. i usually experience bleeding from anal fissures when i go no 2 and it was the case also this time. half way through wiping i noticed that there was somone elses dried blood stain on...Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.
The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation
...Hello,Can you catch HIV or hepatitis from dried blood on toilet paper? The short answer is no. The longer answer is nope!By the way, why don't you have Read more »
Articles
News Outlets Report on Growing Pressure on Chinese Government to Acknowledge How Blood Transfusions, Donations in 1990s Contributed to Spread of HIV/AIDS in China
... The Los Angeles Times examines the factors that contributed to the spread of HIV/AIDS among people living in China who donated blood and received blood transfusions at government-run hospitals in the 1990s. According Read more »USA Today Examines HIV/AIDS Among Hemophiliacs, History of Virus in U.S. Blood Supply
... USA Today on Wednesday examined HIV/AIDS among hemophiliacs and the history of the virus in the U.S. blood supply. Hemophilia, a condition in which a person's bloodRead more »Taiwanese Hemophiliacs File Lawsuit Against Bayer Over Blood-Clotting Products Allegedly Made With HIV-Tainted Blood
...company sold a safer, heat-treated version of the product in the United States and other Western countries ( Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report , 6/3). The suit -- filed against Bayer, Baxter Healthcare Corp. , Armour Pharmaceutical Co., Alpha... Read more »
