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How Long Does Hiv Survive In A Sealed Container
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How long does HIV survive in the air?Hi doc,This may sound a little funny. My friend bought me a "fleshlight" sort of sex toy from Dubai. I wasn't planning on using it but I became curious and tried it yesterday. I became concerned because I remembered that the box...
Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.
The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation
Hello Man from Philippines,Your HIV-acquisition risk from using a "fleshlight" sex toy that had "stayed in (your) cabinet for 1 week before use" and on which you applied alcohol before use would be completely nonexistent. I see...
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Scientific Question about survivalIf an incredibly concentrated amount of the virus (as in unnaturally concentrated / far more than... Read more »Sewer water could contain hiv?Hi, Im from Argentina so excuse me for my bad english, the other day I was on a familiar hotel... Read more »
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Well-Armed Immune Cells Help Long-Term Non-Progressors Contain HIVTo help develop an effective HIV vaccine, researchers are trying to better understand how the immune systems of a small minority of HIV-infected people known as long-term non-progressors (LTNPs) contain the virus naturally. CD8+ T cells, which kill... Read more »
Herbal Therapies Used by People Living With HIV: GoldensealGoldenseal ( Hydrastis canadensis ) is made from the roots of a plant native to North America. The yellow root of this plant has been used by Aboriginal Peoples for centuries, both as a clothing dye and as a medicinal plant to treat infections of... Read more »
Kidney Transplant Survival Can Be Long-Term for People With HIVA Johns Hopkins study finds that HIV-positive kidney transplant recipients could have the same one-year survival rates for themselves and their donor organs as those without HIV, provided certain risk factors for transplant failure are recognized... Read more »
Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System Must Cover Transplant for HIV-Positive WomanAn administrative law judge has ruled that an HIV-positive Phoenix woman cannot be denied a state Medicaid-funded liver transplant on the basis of her health status. Last November, Brenda Gwin was diagnosed with end-stage liver disease caused by... Read more »
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How long does HIV survive outside the body?
Posted by xtreme, 1 Reply
Hi, I just wanted to know how long HIV survives outside body and how long it would live on lets say a razor?? I get confused about what the CDC says..some say hours some say minutes...would it be more than a day? Thanks Read more » Hiv survival on organic surfaces (e.g. skin, hair)
Posted by Antre, 2 Replies
Hallo. I have read a lot of articles before asking this question but I still have a question (maybe due to the fact that I do not have medical knowledge). We know that HIV does not survive for very long outside the body. Actually as soon as the body...
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Emotional Toll of Long-Term Survival
Posted by Anonymous
I would like people who have survived with HIV for a long time to give me some help. I'm stuck emotionally and spiritually. I've had HIV for 23 years and AIDS for 10, along with a stroke, cancer, and epilepsy. I'm physically doing quite well despite...
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Emotional Toll of Long-Term Survival
Posted by Anonymous
I would like people who have survived with HIV for a long time to give me some help. I'm stuck emotionally and spiritually. I've had HIV for 23 years and AIDS for 10, along with a stroke, cancer, and epilepsy. I'm physically doing quite well despite...
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