Hiv Through Cuts

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HIV from cutting foot on needles and broken glass beach?

About 2-3 months ago I cut my foot quite badly on some glass at the beach, at first I did not worry and cleaned it up however walking back to the area where I cut my foot I noticed many open and used needles...since then I have had unexplained...

Response from Shannon Southall

Rocky Mountain CARES

HIGetting HIV this way is very rare! HIV dies once it is outside of the body and is unable to infect anyone. However there other bacterias and virus's that you may be able to pick up. I would recommend you see your health care provider to... Read more »

Hiv through a cut at base of penis

Hi Richard. I am hoping you can help me with a very worrying question or 2. While in asia I went... Read more »

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Risk of HIV from scissors cut used by an HIV positive

Hi Dr. Wohl,I am from the Philippines and I lived with an HIV positive housemate. I recently got... Read more »

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U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

California: San Francisco Urged to Backfill HIV Cut

San Francisco officials are being urged to backfill millions of dollars in federal funding cuts to HIV and AIDS services. Due to planned reductions in the city's share of Ryan White HIV/AIDS Treatment Modernization Act funding, the city will... Read more »

Jobs for Preventing HIV Get Cut Throughout Georgia

The Georgia Department of Public Health (GDPH) is cutting 26 HIV prevention positions statewide after losing federal funding for their salaries. A revised CDC strategy introduced last year targets HIV prevention resources toward areas where needs... Read more »

New York: Council OKs HIV Cuts

On June 29, the New York City Council voted 49-1 to pass a $59.1 billion budget for fiscal 2009 that included tighter funding for HIV services, while city STD funding increased slightly. "We are happy that we were able to at least make a partial... Read more »

Connecticut HIV/AIDS Advocates Protest Proposed Cut in State HIV/AIDS Funding

The Connecticut AIDS Resource Coalition on Friday held a press conference to protest a proposed $2.7 million cut to state programs that provide HIV/AIDS services, the New Haven Register reports. Gov. M. Jodi Rell's (R) budget proposal for... Read more »

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Hiv from a cut (handshake)

Posted by randallcunn12, 1 Reply

The other day I was having a yard sale. While I was showing a lady and item our hands touched. When I looked at her finger I noticed she had a band aid on . Assuming there was blood on the band aid or if it moved and exposed her cut would there be a... 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 »

small cut could get HIV?

Posted by ririn, 1 Reply

Hi... i was having a small cut yesterday.. this morning my friend was having nosebleeding and i helped her wipe the blood with tissue paper. If there is chance that my friend is HIV positive, and if my small cut happened to be in contact with the... Read more »

HIV RNA TESTING CUTS THE WINDOW PERIOD WITH ELISA

Posted by nomoreworry4me

http://www.metrokc.gov/health/apu/rna-testing/RNA-facts.pdf Read more »

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