Hiv From Drops Of Blood On Carpet

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Blood Work: A Complete Guide for Monitoring HIV

Introduction Lab tests, or blood work, can give important clues about your overall health and HIV disease. Many of these tests should be done shortly after learning that you're HIV-positive. This will establish a "baseline" measure of your immune health and show how active HIV is. Knowing this information will help you watch for changes in your health over time as well as check the impact of any treatments that you take. Factors such as age,...

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Can I Get HIV If Blood Drop On My Stomach

While having sex with a lady, a few drops of blood (3-4 drops) dropped on my pelvic area. The lady confirmed that she is HIV negative. But assuming that she is HIV positive, what is the possibility to get HIV. I was using Latex Condom and there was...

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Hi,Your HIV-acquisition risk would be nonexistent. HIV cannot permeate intact skin.Dr. Bob... Read more »

one drop of HIV infected blood

Hi Dr. if one drop of HIV infected blood is enterd in my mouth or in any body part having muccus membrane such as nose ,eyesthen what will be the chancess of HIV infection?...

Response from Joseph McGowan, M.D., F.A.C.P.

North Shore University Hospital

In general the risk of HIV transmission on mucous membranes (eyes, mouth, etc) is less than 1 transmission every 1100 exposures. So the risk is very very small. It would also depend on how much virus was in the blood...a very high viral load... Read more »

drop of hiv infected blood

Hi Dr.i have so many pimples on my face during washing my face by water many pimples get broken and some blood is came out from them. if one drop of hiv infected blood is put in to the small bucket of water then i wash my fsce by this water and some...

Response from Joseph McGowan, M.D., F.A.C.P.

North Shore University Hospital

Thanks for your question.If you have HIV infection you cannot transmit it back to yourself. So exposure to your own blood would not place you at any risk.Joe... Read more »

Stripper Bled on the Carpet

Ok, Dr. Bob, at my sister's bachelorette party we hired a stripper who humped the ground so much that he got carpet burn. Little speckles of red (blood) were visible on the carpet and we realized that he had carpet burn on his knees from...

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Hi,The male stripper humped the ground so vigorously he got carpet burns on his knees??? Wow, you gals must have really turned him on!Regarding your HIV-acquisition risk following the peroxide fizz routine, it's completely nonexistent. Neither... Read more »

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HIV from wet drops of blood? Terrified-please help DELETED

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T-cells dropping and Interferon

Posted by Anonymous, 2 Replies

HI, my son's father is HIV+ and has HEPc also.. his viral count is undecectable and t-cell count has always been around 400+..he started interferon for the hepc about 4 weeks ago. 2 weeks ago he had blood drawn and his T cell count was under 300..... Read more »

Blood Labs showed high hemoglobin

Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply

I just got my hiv labs back and my CD4 dropped from 974 to 717, my viral increased from <50 now to 274. Whats with that..

Is this a blip and has any one experienced this kind of change. Also my hemoglobin came back high.. I gnerally drink... Read more »

hiv exposer from a eviromental surface.

Posted by shayshay, 2 Replies

Hi, can a person get hiv if a drop of blood get on their virgan from a tiolet seat. I had a Naat test after 3-weeks neg and a 9-week Orasure Advaned neg also. What are my chances of having hiv. Thank you. Read more »

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