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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 »

Passing on HIV via Saliva

Posted by SaltyWater, 2 Replies

Now I know you can't catch HIV by kissing, but imagine this scenario

You know someone is HIv and your cool with it. You know you cant catch it by french kissing, but suppose the negative person had core / cold core on the edge of his mouth, if the... Read more »

Is this ars Symptom? did i pass the seroconversion

Posted by merci225, 3 Replies

I had sex with a girl. We kept contact, and couple of days, she contacted me saying that she was HIV + and that i had to test.

We were not under the unflence of any drugs. She gave me fellation and our genitals were rubing. I had body fluids on my... Read more »

Can he pass the virus?

Posted by Anonymous, 3 Replies

My friend is poz currently on meds,he has undetectable viral load. How possible is it that he can pass the virus if he has unprotected sex?. Please advise. Read more »

The passing of a beautiful soul

Posted by wtbailey, 5 Replies

I just wanted to share with you all an experience that has changed my life.

A couple of weeks ago, an ex who I am still good friends with calls me to tell me his ex-partner of 11 years has become very ill. They had not been in contact for a couple of... Read more »

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Dr.Aberg, it is unlawful to knownly pass HIV to another person in UK

Dr. Aberg: The British Courts just passed in to law the wilful of HIV to others without their consent or knowledge. By the way, I tested HIV negative at 29 weeks. Is that enough testing, dispite my having sore ( not swollen) nodes?Thanks,Patrick...

Response from Judith A. Aberg, M.D.

Washington University, St. Louis School of Medicine

Patrick,Thanks so much for the follow up. Yes, you have had enough testing. I don't know why you still have tender lymph nodes. I am assuming your doctor looked for other reasons such as dental abscesses, sinus infections, upper respiratory... Read more »

Can an HIV+ person have children without passing the virus to the kids

Dr. I would appreciate if you can provide some knowledge about HIV/AIDS. Can an HIV+ person have children without passing the virus to the kids? Method such as sperm washing or whatever. ...

Response from Bruce Dezube, M.D.

Harvard Medical School

The question about whether an HIV+ man can have children without passing the virus to the kids is a very important one. The forum which deals with this is "Mixed-HIV status couples". Dr. Robert Remien has many words of wisdom about this... Read more »

Question #1: Can HIV be passed by kissing someone who has given oral sex to a third person?Question #2: Kissing and licking a small cut or scrape?Question #3: Protected Sex with a woman

Question #1: In a threesome with a couple, I kissed a guy who had just finished giving oral sex to his boyfriend for a couple of minutes. Although, the third guy was no where near cumming, he may have had some pre-cum. I have no idea. I also have no...

Response from Rick Sowadsky, M.P.H.

Nevada State Health Division AIDS Program

In all of these instances, although technically there could have been a chance for HIV transmission to occur, realistically, the chances of infection (under the circumstances mentioned) were very small. In none of these cases was there KNOWN direct... Read more »

rub a hiv woman wit my pans on then pass her han to he vajina and masturbate it I was in risk

Hi Dr.Robert you are the tipe of person who become a missinary cause you give your time for heip others people;thanks god there still somes angels on earth; well DR Robert Iam a fire fighter I have 25 years working night time day time shif in puerto...

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Hi Firefighter fro Puerto Rico,Your HIV-acquisition risk is nonexistent. Your symptoms are not suggestive of HIV acute retroviral syndrome (ARS). I see absolutely no cause for concern. Why are you afraid to take an HIV test? You're a... Read more »

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