Hiv Open Cut How Big Does It Have To Be

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Open Cut From BDSM Play FREAKING OUT

Dr. Bob.First, thank you for this fabulous forum. What a great service you are doing.Yep...here I am...another mid-life crisis hetero male in his 40's making a HUGE error in judgement and now I'm PALE, PANICKED and FREAKING OUT with huge...

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Hello Mr. Dumb and Depressed Midlife Guy,"You just woke up and felt like meeting a bondage/discipline/sadomasochist dominatrix at her "meet and beat" hideaway??? Hmm . . . I can honestly say that has never happened to me. Never, ever,... Read more »

Dr. BOB! Help a Bio Student! Lotion, HIV, OPEN CUT?

Dr. Bob, So basically I'm trying to come to a rational decision so that I can get a whoo hoo... Read more »

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HIV infection from open cut

Please help me with this apprehension.I asked someone (I suspect with HIV) outside a pub for a... Read more »

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U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Texas: HIV/AIDS Programs Facing Big Cuts and a Rush of New Clients

Many former clients of AIDS Resources of Rural Texas (ARRT, which ceased operations Aug. 31, after 18 years of serving patients from its Weatherford and Abilene offices, are expected to turn to Tarrant County for help. Organizations there, however,... Read more »

Pennsylvania: Corbett Budget Maintains AIDS Funding, Big Cuts Elsewhere

Gov. Tom Corbett's recent proposed $27.1 billion state budget includes mostly level funding for HIV/AIDS, with $7.1 million that would be maintained for programs under the state Department of Health (DOH). Funding for the disease, which was cut 25... Read more »

Big Coalition Urges U.S. Congress Against AIDS-Related Automatic Cuts

A coalition of 118 organizations involved in the care of people with HIV and AIDS is urging congressional leaders to raise revenues as part of a "balanced approach" to deficit reduction that would prevent automatic cuts Jan. 2 under sequester... Read more »

UN Food Agency Plans Big Cuts in Zambia Aid

The UN World Food Program (WFP) said Tuesday it plans to cut vital food rations to approximately 500,000 vulnerable people in Zambia over the next few weeks due to a shortage of funds. Beginning in April, the agency said it will also halt food... Read more »

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Am I at risk? Open cuts on hands...

Posted by Gka978, 2 Replies

First, I'm sorry if this seems like a trivial question. My next step will be addressing anxiety issues

I have two scratches/cuts on my right hand, both from a new kitten who thinks my hand is a toy. I shook hands with someone who could be considered... Read more »

Open cut Vs. Vaginal Fluids

Posted by luisferreira, 1 Reply

Hi,

Some weeks ago and few hours before having protected sex
with a sex worker, I did shave my scrotum and had a one small bleeding cut
Is it possible to get infected from her vagina fluids if they did reach my cut, which I am sure it did happen? What... Read more »

So is hiv from surface cut to cut more theoretical than what really happens?

Posted by AZT, 1 Reply

I've also found a doc who thinks that hiv is possible from deep tissuse wounds and not surface wounds?

http://www.medhelp.org/posts/HIV-Prevention/Open-cut---blood-transmission-/show/1173000
http://www.medhelp.org/posts/HIV-Prevention/Hiv-RIsk-from-Cut... Read more »

BIG MISTAKE, Is time a factor???

Posted by matty, 1 Reply

Tell me Please! This HIV virus, is it really that vicious and fast that by having your penis inserted in an infected vagina for only a couple of Minutes (max). That, that virus can make its way through the urethra opening and infect that person?... Read more »

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