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Hiv transmission through contact of vaginal fluid with an open wound?

Posted by neibet, 1 Reply

What is the risk of HIV transmission through the exposure of an open wound to vaginal secretions.
Assuming i am having a back massage and i have an open injury on my back and the masseuse was sitting naked in my back with her vagina in direct... Read more »

how much hiv in vaginal fluids

Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply

Answer: A small amount or none. The small amount can/could be risky. There is really no documentation on transmission from female to male. There IS documentation on a few men who have had post-coital female blood infect them via intercourse. I... Read more »

Vaginal Fluid on Nipple

Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply

Please help me. I recently received a lap dance from a stripper who had touched vagina and then her breast. Within a minute or two I briefly licked her nipple. I am scared to death that I might have contracted HIV this way. Actually, if I did, I... Read more »

vaginal fluids/menstral cycle

Posted by Anonymous, 3 Replies

A girlfriend of mine cheated on me, but did not have sex with her, she told me that they only kissed, well she also went swimming with this other girl and they switched bathing suits bottoms, she was telling me she was concerned because in less than... Read more »

Infectious fluids

Posted by Anonymous, 2 Replies

#1 Blood
#2 Semen
#3 Saliva
#4 Sweat

Its all documented go find it for yourselves.

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vaginal fluid transmission hiv pos girlfriend

Hello i need to try to clear this issue up once and for all. my girlfriend is hiv + with a viral load of 200,000 and a cd4 count of 750 per last results feb 18 2012.i am hiv neg.....[a male in case your wondering] oral sex is very important to both...

Response from Shannon Southall

Rocky Mountain CARES

Hi,There are two topics that I want to address with you. First, yes there are documented cases of oral transmission of female to male, but breath! The situations were perfect for transmission, cuts and openings on both mouth and the genital areas so... Read more »

Vaginal Fluids Transmission

Hi:What is the likelihood of HIV transmission if a woman masterbated herself, getting an unknown amount of fluid on her hand. She then used that same hand to rub her breasts, and the man in question sucked her breasts, and was masterbated by the...

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

Columbia University's Health & Related Services

You pretty much answered your own question. HIV is only known to be sexually transmitted during anal, vaginal, and oral sex, and other forms of sexual contact only pose a theoretical risk.RMK... Read more »

No documented Vaginal Fluid transmissions?

Dr. Sowadsky, I've read that sweat, tears and saliva also contain some tracesof HIV in an infected person. If one were to obtain these and then inject them directly to the bloodstream,can one get infected? I ask this because I was recently...

Response from Rick Sowadsky, M.P.H.

Nevada State Health Division AIDS Program

Hi. Thank you for your question. Saliva, tears, sweat and urine do contain the HIV virus, but in such smallconcentrations that we have not seen any cases of HIV transmission linked toany of these body fluids. If however there were visible blood in... Read more »

Possible Fluid Transmission

I was with a prostitute and used a condom the entire time, however after a while she removed the condom and used her hand on me. Her fingernails scratched me and caused VERY red painful marks. This was the same hand that had been touching the used...

Response from Lisa Hightow-Weidman, M.D., M.P.H.

University of North Carolina

Hello thereNo I would still say this this incident does not pose a significant risk for getting HIV. It takes a sufficient inoculum (amount of virus) to be placed into a receptive environment (INSIDE the anus or vagina or the blood stream- which... Read more »

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