Hiv How Hard Is It To Pass On

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Passing on HIV via Saliva

Posted by SaltyWater, 2 Replies

Now I know you can't catch HIV by kissing, but imagine this scenario

You know someone is HIv and your cool with it. You know you cant catch it by french kissing, but suppose the negative person had core / cold core on the edge of his mouth, if the... Read more »

has anyone here knowingly passed on the virus in a

Posted by Anonymous, 2 Replies

my v/l is undetectable and my health is the best its ever been. my partner and i have had a baby and both she and my partner are negative.has anyone passed on the virus, female to male or otherwise with an undetectable v/l?
i need real people facts... Read more »

so hard after 15 years!

Posted by jessicaannx0, 2 Replies

Ok so im 22 years old and my dad had HIV i was only 5 years old when he passed away my mom always told me that he died from something else and i believed every word that she said. when i turned maybe 14 years old i didnt hear it from her i heard it... Read more »

How is HIV passed from one person to another?

Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply

HIV transmission can occur when blood, semen (cum), pre-seminal fluid (pre-cum), vaginal fluid, or breast milk from an infected person enters the body of an uninfected person.
HIV can enter the body through a vein (e.g., injection drug use), the... Read more »

Having a hard time coping with the depression

Posted by Anonymous, 12 Replies

It seems ;like lately I'm having a harder rime than usual coping with this depression. Sometimes it is so bad that I think about stopping the drugs and just letting the virus take over. I've been positive for 18 yrs and my health is OK. My... Read more »

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I dont want t pass on what I got

Hi doc, this internet is driving me mad everyone seems to be saying differen things. Im hiv positive and a girl gave me a bj, it was unexpected and I wasboth weak and quick and came in her mouth which she swallowed. This girl does not know my...

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Hi,The blow job was "unexpected"? Exactly how did your throbbing tallywhacker get into her mouth unexpectedly? Oh, never mind. Yes, you do need to advise your partner that she has been exposed and needs HIV testing. Partner notification... Read more »

Symptoms worsening after Dr. Bob's passing

Hi David,I hope you can help me.I'm embarrassed to admit that I've got an irrational fear of HIV that brought me to a low point a few months ago when I had to drop out of my senior year of college after becoming a non-functional mess. I...

Response from David Fawcett, Ph.D., L.C.S.W.

South Florida Center for Counseling and Therapy

Thank you for your kind words. One of the remarkable things about the internet is the possibility of an element of intimacy with people you have never met. This was especially true with someone like Dr. Bob, whose compassion was clearly conveyed... Read more »

CAN HIV/AIDS VIRUS PASS THROUGH CONDOMS

I was taught that the HIV/Aids virus it self is much smaller then the pores in condoms, and that the virus can and will pass through the pores. Is this true, because, I have been searching the internet for this infomation and haven't found it....

Response from Ryan M. Kull, C.S.W

Columbia University's Health & Related Services

What you have heard is popular myth about HIV and condoms. Laboratory studies have demonstrated that the pores in latex and polyurethane condoms are too small for HIV and many other STD-related viruses and bacteria. Some laboratory studies have... Read more »

Can an HIV+ person have children without passing the virus to the kids

Dr. I would appreciate if you can provide some knowledge about HIV/AIDS. Can an HIV+ person have children without passing the virus to the kids? Method such as sperm washing or whatever. ...

Response from Bruce Dezube, M.D.

Harvard Medical School

The question about whether an HIV+ man can have children without passing the virus to the kids is a very important one. The forum which deals with this is "Mixed-HIV status couples". Dr. Robert Remien has many words of wisdom about this... Read more »

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