How Is Hiv Trasmitted

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Will this kind of touching trasmit HIV from my partner to my body?

Hello Dr Bob, I have just known this forum from my friends, all of them say that this forum is really worth reading and believing in, especially all the answers from Dr Bob. On this occasion of visiting this forum, I want to ask Dr Bob about my...

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Hello,So let me get this straight: You have no idea if your boyfriend is HIV infected or not, but you are "very anxious" because you're worried that his pre-cum might contain HIV and travel from his penis through his tighty whities... Read more »

hiv and hep viruses

Is it true that hep viruses (A, B or C?) are more easily transmitted than the hiv virus?... Read more »

Response from Maribel Rodriguez-Torres, M.D. »

Haircut & HIV

Can HIV be trasmitted by a cut during hair cutting in barber saloon?... Read more »

Response from Judith Feinberg, M.D. »

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¿Qué Sabe sobre el VIH un Ochentón?

Pedro Posada, 83 años de edad. Foto por Omar Baños. La creencia común es que las personas de la tercera edad no tienen prácticas sexuales, no saben mucho sobre VIH/SIDA y prefieren no hablar del tema. Yo mismo no hablo muy a menudo con mis... Read more »

Transmisión del VIH

Contenido Cómo se Propaga el VIH Métodos de Transmisión Reutilización y Uso Compartido de Agujas Sexo No Seguro/Sin Protección ¿Qué Actividades Sexuales Comunes Tienen Más Probabilidad de Facilitar laTransmisión del VIH Cuando... Read more »

Medidas para la Prevención de Algunas Infecciones Cuando se Es VIH-Positivo

En el año 1995 los servicios de salud de los Estados Unidos (USPHS) y la Sociedad Americana de Enfermedades Infecciosas (IDSA) desarrollaron directrices para la prevención y tratamiento de enfermedades oportunistas (OIs) e infecciosas en personas... Read more »

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como no se trasmite

Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply

quiero saber como no se trasmite si hay alguna pagina que me diga todo y no me refiero a lo sexual sino a si uso el bao platos etc quiero saber todo
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Kissing a HIV- person

Posted by gordon, 9 Replies

Unless I am mistaken if you kiss a person mouth to mouth and one of you is have HIV+ and the HIV+ person has a small cut in the gums or in the mouth area. The suliva with a small potion of blood will be trasmitted, hence making the other person... Read more »

Oral sex does = HIV

Posted by Anonymous, 2 Replies

OK, I have been reading ALOT of these posts, and the general consenus is that you CAN'T (or at least its next to impossible), contract HIV through oral sex. Well, I have a problem with this. Let me start out by saying I am praying every single day... Read more »

need some help

Posted by latino3

I apologies for some of the owrs that I will use. About 3 weeks ago I had sex with a person that I meet, and we had a vaginal. Now she was having her period at the time anyway we use condom during the act. I do have my girlfriend and about a... Read more »

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