Is There A Less Change Of Getting Hiv From Women

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Depression, Women and HIV

Table of Contents Women and Depression Depression in Women Living With HIV Depression and Older Women Living With HIV Depression Can Cause Serious Problems What Is Depression? Treatment Options Get Checked and Treated for Depression Women and Depression Studies have shown that, in the general population, women are two times morelikely to be depressed than men. While it is not clear why women suffer fromdepression so much...

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INDETERMINATE HIV RESULT( updated EXTRA information with less grammar errors)? (BURD TURDS AS HIV SIGN FROM HEAVEN, 2010)

Hi Dr Bob,Thank you for being here and I pray to GOD you stay handsome and healthy forever. Hope you remember me the bird shit guy who got 'it' from heaven. I have made 4 donations to date and have received an extra dose good karma from...

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Hi Burd-Turd-Guy,Medically speaking, no, no further HIV testing is warranted. An invalid/indeterminate result followed by a negative finger-prick rapid test the same day would conclusively indicate a negative HIV test result. If my reassurance is... Read more »

pennis is not getting hard,less excitement

hi i am chintu patel i have a strange problem. my problem is my pennis is not getting hard enough to have a sex i dont know why. i didnt have sex from last 3 years and before 3 years i was having no problem and i was fine i also had an appendix...

Response from Andrew T. Pavia, M.D.

University of Utah, School of Medicine

Dear Chintu,You don't provide any information about your HIV disease or what drugs you are on, so it is hard to know how your sexual problems may relate to HIV. A fairly common problem among men with HIV is low testosterone levels. Low... Read more »

are men getting hiv from women in america?

hi dr. frascinoare men really getting infected with hiv from having sex with women in this country? i have still never met a poz guy who wasn't either a druggie or had an obvious femininity suggesting homosexual history. and i work with poz...

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Hello,"An obvious femininity suggesting homosexual history???" and you say you're a nurse? Oh my, my, my . . . . Let me guess. You must come from one of those square states in the Middle Western part of the USA, right? And you work... Read more »

less potent less toxic combinations

It seems drugs today are judged and marketed by how often they suppress viral load to undetctable levels. Is there any research with less potent but less toxic regimes which lower viral load less --maybe to the level seen in long term...

Response from Keith Henry, M.D.

University of Minnesota, School of Medicine

Individual drugs as well as combinations are increasinly being evaluated on the basis of tolerability was well as anti-HIV effectiveness. A potent drug that is not well tolerated doesn't tend to do well against its competition. Over the first... Read more »

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Incidence of women getting HIV

Posted by Anonymous

December 3, 2002

National News
Report: Women's HIV Risk From Heterosexual Sex Rises in Massachusetts
Boston Herald
12.02.02; Michael Lasalandra

Heterosexual sex has passed intravenous drug use as the primary way women in Massachusetts are being infected... Read more »

Just tested Postive and less than 9 months left on school to become Nurse Practioner

Posted by lostnstl314, 2 Replies

I just found out yesterday that i am positive for hiv. I have never been sick and also have used condoms with previous partners. I am lost for a answer, but honestly cant dwell on why but to move forward. I donated blood and found out that way. I... Read more »

road less traveled... REALLY bumpy start DELETED

Posted by pawsguy, 1 Reply

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Recently tested postive...less than 30 days ago

Posted by Tommy_C, 6 Replies

At 50 years old, this was not what I was expecting when I started to not feel that great for the last couple of months, that I would now be HIV+. I didn't understand why poeple would ever post on a forum, but after a couple of weeks I am certainly... Read more »

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