If You Contracted A Std What Are Your Chances Of Having Hiv

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nonoxynol-9 increased the chance of getting STD ?

Hello Dr. Bob !I have a question : Does nonoxynol-9 condoms allow transmission of viruses ??? How can i know if a sexworker use a condom witout N-9 or with it ?Sexworker could also use lambskin condoms... How can i protect myself, cause i can not...

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Hello,Nonoxynol-9 can cause inflammation of mucous membranes, which can in turn facilitate HIV infection. (See below.)You can protect yourself by supplying your own latex or polyurethane condom. If your sex worker supplies the condom, it's... Read more »

Chances of contracting HIV

I recently exposed to a risk of contracting HIV. On the 22nd of Dec 2012 involved a protected sex... Read more »

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Chances of having contracted HIV

Dear doctor, I had protected sex with a street prostitite 7 weeks ago and the condom broke, I only... Read more »

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Chances of contracting

Posted by giambi25, 1 Reply

If you sleep with somebody(unprotected vaginal) who is hiv+ what are the chance of becoming pos? Also what does oral thrush look like?

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Chances of Cotraction

Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply

I wrote this post below too but I dont know if anyones going to see it but Ive been wondering what the chances of contracting the virus if youve only had sex with the person once? i am a male also and and my partner was a female?I also did contract... Read more »

what are the chances...

Posted by Anonymous, 3 Replies

What are the chances of contracting HIV from

A. unprotected oral sex with no ejaculation
B. brief (less than 5 minutes) of unprotected intercourse with pull-out (definitely no sperm near or in my body)

I've been having some ARS symptoms like prolonged... Read more »

hiv and other std stuff

Posted by Anonymous, 2 Replies

Hi all. Im a 37 yr old gay male from Argentina. I was diagnosed as hiv+ almost a year ago. Fortunately my clinical status is fine and I dont need treatment yet. As soon as I was diagnosed, my doctor indicated a series of lab routines, and VDRL... Read more »

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