Is Hiv An Airborne Disease

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Introduction Opportunistic Infections and HIV Disease Preventing Infections in the First Place Treating Infections as They Occur Preventive Treatment for OIs Maintenance Therapy A Final Word on Strategies for Managing Opportunistic Infections List of AIDS-Defining OIs from the Centers for Disease Control Introduction HIV ( human immunodeficiency virus ) infects the cells of your body's immune system. It then impairs how...

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Is HIV airborne and how long it takes to detect?

Dr. Feinberg,I worked in a HIV clinic two years back as a social worker. I used to help in counsel of HIV patients and never had any direct contact. I have not worried about getting infected and am healthy. Can I get infected by talking to HIV...

Response from Judith Feinberg, M.D.

University of Cincinnati, College of Medicine

HIV is not airborne. You have no reason to worry.... Read more »

HIV WILL BE AIRBORNE LIKE FLU

i just read that hiv is a genetically engineered supervirus by the US Government and that some TOP SCIENTISTS predict that within 5 to 20 years the virus will be an "airborne" virus. i'm not sure what that means, but my best guess is...

Response from Mark Holodniy, M.D., F.A.C.P., C.I.C.

Stanford University, School of Medicine

I haven't heard anything about this X-file. Currently, HIV would not infect people by aerosol.MH... Read more »

airborn???

I was talking to a teacher at a college the other day about hiv/aids. He was talking about the mutations and how hard it is to treat OI and stuff. He then talked about a fear that he says could happen. He says that aids changes so much and can...

Response from Judith Feinberg, M.D.

University of Cincinnati, College of Medicine

HIV is not airborne and is unlikely to become so. Its biology is oriented toward infecting a certain type of white blood cell. being inhaled into the lungs isn't a very efficient way of encountering T helper lymphocytes. This concern is the... Read more »

aids airborne

I would like to know how long the aids/hiv,will stay alive outside ones body....

Response from Ryan M. Kull, C.S.W

Columbia University's Health & Related Services

Please refer to the response to How long does HIV survive outside of the body. It is generally believed that the virus probably does not live more than a few minutes outside of the body.RMK... Read more »

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Airborne HIV YIKES

Posted by chrisbadmushroom, 4 Replies

I just keep reflecting back to 7th grade science and remember my teacher explaining viruses and one thing keep pooping up in my little brain my science teacher said "viruses mutate on average every 15/20 years and eventually will go airborne " does... Read more »

4 stages to HIV disease

Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply

AMFAR AIDS HANDBOOK (Chapter 4, Page 53 )

There are four stages to HIV disease

1) Acute Infection Stage (500-1200 CD4s)- begins immediately after hiv enters the body and starts multiplying in infected cells. Acute infection ends about 2-6 weeks... Read more »

HIV a DISEASE or a CONDITION

Posted by Survivor, 4 Replies

SO WHAT IS IT???

This is a very intersting question is it not...? Pharma says it's a Condition, others +ve and -ve say its a disease and or condtion..

WHATS THE BLOODY ANSWER!?!?!?!

"Oh Eric, I am so sorry for you, thats a horrible disease." Read more »

Poz magazine sanctions that HIV is a gay disease

Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply

Peter Staley formerly of AIDSMEDS (now owned by Poz Magazine) agrees with the new LA Public Service Announcements that stress HIV is a gay disease.

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