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Hiv From Nail Shop
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Ask the Experts
Nail scratching ((HIV infection)) (HIV TRANSMISSION FROM FINGERNAIL SCRATCH, 2011)Hi Dr. Robert,I had sex with a lady that I don't know. I used a cndom, but my concern that she was scratching me with her fingernail, the scratch was in my arm about 1 cm. I am worried that there was a fluid that include HIV under her nail.I...
Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.
The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation
Hello, Tom.Your HIV-acquisition risk is essentially nonexistent, assuming the latex condom was used properly and did not fail (break). HIV is not transmitted via nail scratching. See link below.Dr. Bob<a...
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nail scratched (HIV TRANSMISSION FROM FINGERNAIL SCRATCH, 2009)Dear Doc I am helping PLHA in one of small organization in our country. last week I got nail... Read more »Nail Clippers, scabs, and HIV transmissionI have a habit of using nail clippers to peel of scabs on my body..which usually results in... Read more »
Articles
Iran: Sex and Shopping Bring HIV CrisisThe phenomenon of prostitutes offering shopkeepers sex in return for free or discounted clothes is becoming more common in Tehran's shopping districts, undermining HIV/AIDS prevention efforts in a country where the virus is increasingly transmitted... Read more »
North Carolina: Barber Puts Shop on HIV-Prevention Front With Fast, Free TestsEvery Thursday, HIV tests are given in the back room of Kutz & Fades Unlimited Barbershop on Hillsborough's West Corbin Street. Up front, shop owner Melvin Jones clips and buzzes clients' hair. Jerry Pipoly, the Orange County Health Department's... Read more »
North Carolina: Free HIV Testing at Dixie Village Shopping Center in Gastonia on March 10On Wednesday, which has been designated National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day, the Gaston County Health Department and the Los Angeles-based AIDS Healthcare Foundation will offer free HIV testing. "HIV is not something people want to think... Read more »
Wilmington News Journal Profiles Program Providing HIV/AIDS Awareness Information at Barber Shops, SalonsThe Wilmington News Journal on Wednesday profiled the "offbeat salon approach" of the Wilmington, Del.-based HIV/AIDS community outreach program Do the Right Thing 4Life. The program -- which is supported by AIDS Delaware and will celebrate... Read more »
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Risk of HIV infection from nail salon?
Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply
Hi,I've frequented the same nail salon from summer of 2002 until winter of 2005. It's somewhat clean, with the pedicure tubs being washed after each use, but they don't regularly sterilize the clippers or electrical buffer/filer cylinders after each... Read more » Question Concerning Nails
Posted by NW715, 1 Reply
Hiv symptoms include nail changes: what kind of change may occur?
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Darkened nails
Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply
Greetings,I have been living with HIV/medication for the last 18 months. When I was diagnosed, my TC count was 97 and my viral load was over 500,000. With a regiment of Sustiva and Trizivir, my numbers have drastically turned around. Now my viral... Read more » Stepped on a nail
Posted by Anonymous, 2 Replies
Can yout get hiv from stepping on a nail?I've had a tetanus shot recently. Thanks! Read more »
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