How Does Aids Effect Everyday Life

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Preparing for Life and Death: HIV/AIDS Is a Fact of Everyday Life in South Africa

Cotlands began in 1936 as a home for unmarried mothers. Situated in one of Johannesburg's less salubrious southern suburbs, it has evolved into one of the most effective nonprofit organizations caring for children affected by HIV/AIDS. The dormitory... Read more »

Mixed-HIV Status Couples: Navigating the Challenges of Everyday Life

Two hours north of Manhattan in a rural area of the Hudson Valley, Cindy Reide and her husband Luis Martinez lead a daily existence similar in most ways to those of their neighbors and friends. "We have a happy life. We have checkbook problems. My... Read more »

New York: How HIV Shapes Everyday Life

In the three decades since the first reported AIDS cases, the disease has brought about many changes in communities in New York and across the nation. Condom use had declined since the 1960s introduction of the birth control pill. Then in 1987,... Read more »

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"possibilities in everyday life" of getting HIV

Hello doc. What are the possibilies of a person to catch hiv in his everyday life and activities if a) is not sexual active (only masturbating) b) is not a drug user c) has not ever been in blood transfusion in a hospital. Thank you...

Response from Erik Glenn, M.A.

Chicago Black Gay Mens Caucus

Thanks for your question,There would be <b>no risk</b> in a person's daily life without these things or a significant exposure to blood. HIV simply isn't an easy virus to get, it requires a lot of the right type of fluid... Read more »

infections in the everyday life of an MD

First of all:Thank you...I see that professors sometimes give us (MD students) just the basics of HIV-HBV-HCV transmission & knowledge... but they don't go such deep - and practical like you do !I have some questions that concerns me a bit...

Response from Douglas T. Dieterich, M.D.

New York University, School of Medicine

I think you can relax about all of those remote ideas. Forget it. There really needs to be blood to blood contact for HCV and blood to mucosa contact for HBV, but it has to be a real contact and with infected blood.Wash your hands and enjoy your... Read more »

A reality you and i face everyday (BEING POSITIVE ABOUT BEING POSITIVE)

Dr Bob, From the forum i have found that you are a person who has taken hiv and life in the same stride and lived it to the full! I am proud of you and i am sure so are many of the readers! But i was diagnosed just recently, a week before and...

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Hello,"We" are not alone. Remember there are over 33,000,000 of us currently on this planet cohabitating with this unwanted intruder. Each of us has our own unique story of how HIV screwed up our life's plans.1.How do you make sense... Read more »

saliva (Facts for Life: What you and the people you care about need to know about HIV/AIDS )

can i catch HIV if my partner "sprays" when he talks and his salive gets in my eye? Also can i get HIV from an infected partners saliva on my anus?...

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Hi,Saliva is not considered to be an HIV transmission risk unless it contains visible blood. See below.Dr. BobDr. Bob, very worried. Saliva came in touch with open wound,Nov 14, 2007 Dr. Bob, An escort was licking my face, later i realised that i... Read more »

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HIV/AIDS drugs saved my life!

Posted by bradford

HIV/AIDS drugs saved my life!

From the time I was told I had six months to live by an AIDS specialist in 1985, I learned from other people infected with HIV and included supplements and complementary therapies. These kept me healthy and were... Read more »

AIDS ravaged my life

Posted by Anonymous, 2 Replies

I lost the love of my life on August 9th of this year. We had been together for the last seven years. Like any relationship we had our ups and downs, our biggest down was a little over two years ago when we found out that he had lymphomia (and... Read more »

Safe, Natural & Effective HIV/AIDS Treatment

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We are trying to get HIV Groups & Organizations, Medical and Pharmaceutical Institutions, and Universities and the Medical & Scientific Communities aware, informed and interested in MM-1,... Read more »

"AIDS's Surprising New Target"

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Georgianna Perez begins every day as many mothers do, rousing her son and getting him off to school before setting out on her four-mile walk at the local park. It may seem ambitious, though not so remarkable,... Read more »

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