Is Open Wound Safe

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Open Wound in Really Really Crowded Area

Dear Doctor,Recently i was in a festival in brazil that was very very crowded at night (people were squeezed back to back and it was rowdy at times). I was wearing slippers and halfway through the place, i cut my toe on the streets (presumably...

Response from Shannon Southall

Rocky Mountain CARES

HiIn order to get HIV you would have to have a direct body fluid exchange with someone who has HIV. I would be more concerned about staying on the antibiotics for the treatment of the cut then HIV. Leave the house!Be well and stay safe, Shannon... Read more »

HIV Survival, Fluids On Open Wound!!

Dear Robert,My name is Daniel, and I live in France. I have a question concerning the risk of... Read more »

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D. »

Dr. Bob, very worried. Saliva came in touch with open wound,

Dr. Bob, An escort was licking my face, later i realised that i had a cut on my face. She could... Read more »

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D. »

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U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Canada: Quebec to Open Safe Injection Site

Quebec's health officials will open a supervised-injection site in Montreal, and their plans include establishing similar facilities elsewhere in the province. "There is a team in Montreal looking at the feasibility and acceptability of all this,... Read more »

Safe Haven Opens in Kenya for Young Women Fleeing Circumcision, Forced Marriage

Eve Ensler, author of "Vagina Monologues," the widely produced play about women and their bodies, formally opened the V-Day Safe House for Girls in Kenya on Monday. Most of the 61 girls who arrived at the Safe House came for a short course on the... Read more »

Canada: Safe Injection Site Stays Open, For Now

Citing the need for more research, Health Canada announced Friday it has postponed a final decision on Vancouver's safe injection site. Insite, a pilot project that permits addicts to inject their own drugs under the supervision of a nurse to... Read more »

Canada: Addicts, Operator of British Columbia Safe-Injection Site to Go to Court to Keep Facility Open

On Friday, Vancouver's safe-injection site operator and two of its clients asked British Columbia's Supreme Court to protect the facility, Insite, from closing. On Dec. 31, the pilot project's exemption from federal drug laws will lapse, and federal... Read more »

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What's the definition of open wound for HIV

Posted by sweetangel, 1 Reply

What's the definition of open wound when it comes to HIV transmission. Does it have to be bleeding? Or how recent to be considered open?

I had sex with my HIV + partner yesterday, He came on my chest but little did I realize that that previous night... Read more »

OPEN WOUND

Posted by anxious92, 3 Replies

1.yesterday, i noticed that i had two little dots that were only like 5 times the size of this . each. and i saw there was a sliver of blood the length of this l and half as wide as this o; now what concerns me is that 16 hours after this, i... Read more »

Toilet Safety/Open Wounds

Posted by Anonymous, 2 Replies

My son is coming to see us. He has HIV and Chrohns disease and has blood in his stool, my wife has bleeding hemroids and I have had a boil near my butt lanced and is opened to drain. Since we all have something bleeding going on what precautions... Read more »

wound doesn't know

Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply

After having sex (worn condom) , I discovered some minor wound outside the condom covered area , it is caused by rubbing during sex. Maybe it is very common but not all people would observe this. Now, my question is that whether it is an risk, if... Read more »

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