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Is Hiv Transmission Linked To Nail Salons
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NAIL SALON FAN! i love you pls answerHi Dr. Bob,You are such an amazing human being! Really, your website is where i come too if i ever have any q's re transmission and i always find an answer HOWEVER, this Q was nowhere in the archives so i am trying my luck and hopefully will be...
Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.
The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation
Hello,HIV transmission from a drying fan in a nail salon blowing in your face? Dearie, please be reasonable. Even the other kind of blow-job carries only a minimal risk at best for HIV transmission! Your risk is in reality completely nonexistent....
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Please answer! Fear of exposure at nail salonI was recently at a nail salon to get a pedicure. The nail technician used the nail tools that were... Read more »Nail scratching ((HIV infection)) (HIV TRANSMISSION FROM FINGERNAIL SCRATCH, 2011)Hi Dr. Robert,I had sex with a lady that I don't know. I used a cndom, but my concern that she... Read more »
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Toronto Health Experts Question Link Between Crystal Meth Use, HIV TransmissionHIV/AIDS agencies and health officials in Toronto say they are not certain there is a link between crystal methamphetamine use and HIV transmission, drawing criticism from their U.S. counterparts who say there is evidence that the drug makes people... Read more »
HIV-1 Subtype Linked to Transmission in ArgentinaThere appear to be two HIV-1 epidemics in Argentina: one in heterosexuals and IV drug users and another in gay men, scientists announced in Havana on April 9 at the Second Forum on HIV/AIDS/STD in Latin America and the Caribbean. Biologist Mara de... Read more »
November Issue of AIDS and Behavor Finds "Powerful Link" Between Housing and HIV TransmissionNew York, N.Y. -- A November special issue of the international scientific journal AIDS and Behavior (Volume 11, Supplement 2, November 2007) includes groundbreaking research from the Centers from Disease Control (CDC) and others showing a... Read more »
Baltimore Sun Series Examines Link Between Commercial Sex Work, HIV Transmission in BaltimoreThe Baltimore Sun this week published a two-part series examining the link between commercial sex work and HIV transmission in Baltimore. Summaries of the articles appear below: "An Epidemic's Unseen Cause: Women Trade Sex for Drugs, With AIDS... Read more »
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Risk of HIV infection from nail salon?
Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply
Hi,I've frequented the same nail salon from summer of 2002 until winter of 2005. It's somewhat clean, with the pedicure tubs being washed after each use, but they don't regularly sterilize the clippers or electrical buffer/filer cylinders after each... Read more » HIV from being Tweezed at a salon?
Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply
Last week, I had my eyebrows waxed and tweezed at a salon. Im not sure if the woman used a sterile tweezer on me or if I bled, I think I might have bled because I have sensitive skin. I remember that she called me in right after another woman...
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HIV at the salon?
Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply
I might sound a little paranoid now, but I am pretty worried. My dad went to get a hair cut recently and the barber was using a razor and accidently cut my dad. I am afraid that the barber used the same razor on a lot other people. Is it possible...
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link CDC transmission risk table
Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply
does anyone have a link to the CDC website's transmission risk table, that displayed the likelihood of contracting HIV based on the exposure type? (it had data like 5 in every 10,000 exposures, etc)I've searching that site and the internet for the... Read more »
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