If You Have Unprotected Sex How Soon Can You Check For Hiv

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paranoid unprotected sex, checked white blood cells normal

dear docon 7/4/03 i had unprotected sex but he did not ejaculate in me. i then became very paranoid and worried b/c i did not know him well. about a month later i was rushed to the ER due to food poisining, and i had my white blood cell count...

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Hi,Please note questions like this need to be sent to me at the Safe Sex/HIV Prevention Forum. This forum is dedicated to those who are confirmed to be HIV positive and having difficulty with fatigue and anemia. So I'll only answer... Read more »

Unprotected sex between HIV poz partners (UNPROTECTED SEX BETWEEN TWO HIV POZ PARTNERS, 2011)

I am starting my HIV medication very soon, like in a month or less. My partner has not started yet... Read more »

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Risks of unprotected anal sex (HIV TRANSMISSION BETWEEN TWO HIV NEGATIVES, 2009)

With a negative testing couple, are there any risks of unprotected anal sex? For example, the semen... Read more »

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HIV-Related Conspiracy Beliefs and Its Relationships With HIV Testing and Unprotected Sex Among Men Who Have Sex With Men in Tshwane (Pretoria), South Africa

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Unprotected Sex, Underestimated Risk, Undiagnosed HIV and Sexually Transmitted Diseases Among Men Who Have Sex With Men Accessing Testing Services in a New England Bathhouse

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Indian Sex Workers Rewarded for HIV Checks

Under a program to raise HIV/AIDS awareness, prostitutes in southern India are receiving discount shopping cards as a reward for having regular check-ups at a sexual health clinic. Shopkeepers and restaurant owners in Mysore were initially reluctant... Read more »

More Than One-Third of HIV-Positive MSM in UK Having Unprotected Sex, Study Says

More than one-third of HIV-positive men who have sex with men in the United Kingdom continue to have unprotected sex, according to a study published on Tuesday in the journal Sexually Transmitted Infections , AFP/ Yahoo! News reports. For the... Read more »

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unprotected oral sex

Posted by Anonymous, 3 Replies

i have been worrying for about a year now that i may have contracted HIV through a couple of unprotected oral sex encounters with my ex boyfriend, he wasn't very nice to me and tried to make me have sex with him without a condom. I refused. However,... Read more »

Unprotected Sex

Posted by Anonymous, 4 Replies

Okay, here's a loaded subject. My partner has HIV & I don't. We use a condom during sex MOST of the time. Sometimes though, we both just want to forget he has HIV. We want the intimacy and closeness we had pre-diagnosis. It's during these... Read more »

i had unprotected sex

Posted by Anonymous, 2 Replies

ok i had unprotected sex with two girls on sept 10 and 17th. i developed thrush around late october, i took a 2month test and it was negative, then i took a 3month test, negative also. but i still have thrush and it has been around 6months now. im... Read more »

Oral Sex Sanity Check

Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply

I received unprotected oral sex from someone with unknown status. Two days after the event, I got a faint tickle in my throat (not normal) that has not gone away in two weeks. Now, 2.5 weeks after the event, I am having GI issues and have a wicked... Read more »

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