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In What Ways Is Hiv Transmitted From Person To Person
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Can HIV be transmitted by an HIV negative person?My partner and I have been together for 20 years. He became infected in the last 5 years. I have been tested, and have always been negative. His doctor suggested that I could be a "carrier" of HIV. I did not know that this was...Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.
The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation
Hi,Can HIV be transmitted by an HIV negative person? Nope. Your partner's doctor is how should I put this politely? wrong! If your partner is HIV positive, he should be under the care of an HIV specialist. You both also must take all...
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can hiv +persons with undetected viral loads transmit virusMy question is one that stems from an incident where my child reopened a sore on her father who... Read more »New way to transmit HIV?Dr Remien,Please, please help. What are the chances of getting HIV after fingering a person's... Read more »
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How is HIV passed from one person to another?
Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply
HIV transmission can occur when blood, semen (cum), pre-seminal fluid (pre-cum), vaginal fluid, or breast milk from an infected person enters the body of an uninfected person. HIV can enter the body through a vein (e.g., injection drug use), the... Read more » 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...
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working with hiv positive person
Posted by work35, 1 Reply
Hello.. I hope this is not an ignorant question but here goes.. two part question.. Part one.. I just found out my co-worker is hiv positive.. he is healthy thank god.. and i really like him but I admit I am VERY uncomfortable at work.. we both chew...
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A Personal Story: Please Read if you are Afraid
Posted by RBK, 5 Replies
This is my first post to this forum, though I have read many of the posts over the last few months. About an hour ago, I received the results of my HIV test. I am NEGATIVE. I feel so incredibly relieved right now. My body literally feels better than...
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