How Do You Know You Have Not Been Infected With Hiv

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Follow-up: Easy to know HIV infection from symptoms if you know whats going on & what to look for!

Hi.Dr.Bob;Hope you are doing good.Just a quick comment, i have since infection 12 weeks ago, actually, physically felt rapid viral replication in my blood (via pathogenic irriation, whether or not you believe in it), followed by infection spreading...

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Hello K,You have a very vivid and overactive imagination. Have you considered a career as a science fiction writer?Dr. BobFollow up: Not Psycosomatic, Just trying to save my life. I somehow had accidental exposure for sure.. Nov 2, 2010Hi... Read more »

IS there an advantage of knowing early HIV infections?

I am sure without testing that i am HIV. Doctor told me two wait at least 2 months before HIV can... Read more »

Response from Gerald Pierone, M.D. »

benefits of knowing (pick me) (WHAT YOU DONT KNOW CAN KILL YOU, 2009) ( IS IT BETTER TO GET HIV TESTED OR NOT TO KNOW, 2009)

In short I am afraid of perhaps being hiv positive. I was in a relationship for two years with... Read more »

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What Adults With HIV Infection Should Know About the Novel H1N1 Flu (Formerly Called Swine Flu)

Are people with HIV/AIDS at greater risk than other people of infection with the 2009 H1N1 flu? What can people with HIV/AIDS do to protect themselves from the 2009 H1N1 flu? What are the symptoms of 2009 H1N1 influenza? What should... Read more »

Jamaica: Most HIV/AIDS Carriers Don't Know They Are Infected

Highlighting the need for increased voluntary HIV testing, the Ministry of Health (MOH) says two-thirds of the estimated 27,000 Jamaicans living with HIV/AIDS are unaware they are infected. A recent testing event sponsored by MOH and Scotiabank... Read more »

Half of Montreal HIV Transmissions by People Who Don't Know They're Infected

At a recent AIDS forum held in Montreal, a presentation showed HIV transmission during early infection is one of the epidemic's prime drivers in the city. Half of new HIV transmissions occur at a time when the transmitting patient is so recently... Read more »

Table 2. Estimated Percentage of Injecting Drug Users at Risk for Acquiring Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Infection (n = 9,565) Who Engaged in Behaviors Associated With HIV Infection, by Selected Characteristics -- National HIV Behavioral Surveillance System, United States, 2009

Table 2. Estimated Percentage* of Injecting Drug Users at Risk for Acquiring Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Infection (n = 9,565) † Who Engaged in Behaviors § Associated With HIV Infection, by Selected Characteristics -- National HIV... Read more »

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EVERYTHING YOU WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT HIV INFECTION

Posted by Anonymous, 2 Replies

http://www.hopkins-aids.edu/publications/book/03MMHIV1to3.pdf

or

Just go to http://www.hopkins-aids.edu/
click on the "publications" section.
In the drop down box, scroll to "Medical Mgmt of HIV Infection". Read more »

Is it illegal to infect somebody knowingly?

Posted by Anonymous, 2 Replies

if somebody lies to you about their HIV status and then goes on having sex with you and then you end up getting HIV, is that illegal?

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How To Know if I am Infected ?

Posted by Anonymous

How is it that people can go years without testing and not know they have HIV ? There has to be symptoms to this Deadly Virus, I just dont understand how people do not know they have it unless they test.

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U know it (Am I infected?)

Posted by Anonymous, 4 Replies

I know a definite answer can only be obtained after doing the test. I am in a month window now and I am going to get tested. I had sex with a hooker and I used condoms but she performed oral sex on me and i fingered her for like a minute. I do not... Read more »

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