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Is Picking Your Nose Safe
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Picked my nose after touching semenI recently came into contact with semen of unknown HIV status at a sauna - the semen was on a seat and I touched it with my fingers as I left the room I was in - I wiped my hands to rid of the semen and being an idiot I picked my nose (probably...
Response from Shannon Southall
Rocky Mountain CARES
HiYou are fine. The chances of getting HIV this way, none. The virus dies within minutes of leaving the body and if it had been sitting there that long, you touched it, wiped it off and picked your nose, all that time in between and the wiping of...
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HIV / Picking your nose?Hi bob, a few quick question. Met with a sex worker and she gave me a long protected blow job (I... Read more »Another nose pickerSo I know that you are sick of the nose picking questions but I have yet another one for you. For... Read more »
Articles
For HIV-Positive Latinas in the Bay Area, Picking Up Where Systems Leave OffThe state of California has the largest Latino population in the U.S., and is second only to New York in terms of the number of its AIDS cases according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's most recent count . While San Francisco... Read more »
H1N1 and HIV: Tips to Keep You Safe and HealthySummary In March 2009 a new flu virus called H1N1 (also called swine flu) emerged in Mexico and quickly spread around the world. Now, as winter approaches, a time when flu infections are common, health authorities expect that H1N1 infections will... Read more »
Pick a Card, Pick a PlanPhoto: PA IMAGERY With the ongoing economic crisis, plus the large number of people who are unemployed, and the mounting costs associated with health care, patient assistance and drug co-pay programs may be a way to offer much-needed assistance to... Read more »
Australia: Keep It Safe on Valentine's DayA state health expert is urging those who celebrate love's holiday to practice safe sex to help rein in STDs. "When you're planning the perfect Valentine's Day, don't forget to pick up condoms when you're shopping for flowers or chocolate," said Dr.... Read more »
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Can HIV be transmitted through nose-mucousmembrane
Posted by madeinkorea, 1 Reply
Hi All,Can HIV be transmitted through nose mucous membranes? My exposure was, accidental nose picking with unknown person's blood in my fingers? Only after the nose picking incident I realized that the person I had handshake was bleeding and I was... Read more » Blood in the Nose
Posted by Anonymous, 2 Replies
Hi all! Please help - I have dry blood inside my nose, stuck to the sides. It's not that close to the openings of the nostrils but rather deeper. Has anyone had the same problem before? The blood IS NOT coming out of my nose, but when I scrape off...
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Fingering & HIV infection(Via Nose)
Posted by chrisenquist, 3 Replies
Hi, 1. Can a person(let's say subject A-male) get infected by accidently inserting vaginal fluids(from an infected person, let's say subject B) into nose? Assuming, subject A did fingering activity on subject B who works at a night club, but after... Read more » VEINS AROUND NOSE
Posted by Anonymous, 3 Replies
DOES ANYONE KNOW OR HAVE AN EXPERIENCE WITH SPIDER VEINS AROUND THE NOSE AS A SYMPTOM OF HIV??
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