Is There A Way Of Protection To Preventing AIDS

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Preventing Other Infections

In HIV, your CD4 count is key. It's the most important measure of your immune system's health. When it's high, you're in good shape. But when it's low, you're at risk for developing a number of potentially dangerous illnesses. These illnesses are generally known as "opportunistic infections," or OIs for short. Are You At Risk? The danger zone for your CD4 count is around 200. If your CD4 count goes below this level (or your CD4 percentage...

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prevention / protection after rape

If a girl is raped, she is often given ARV's asap after incident presumably to prevent the HIV infection . Similarly when a health worker suffers a needle prick incident from a patient who is HIV+, even before blood test results are in, the...

Response from Benjamin Young, M.D., Ph.D.

Rocky Mountain CARES

Hello and thanks for posting.You're speaking about post-exposure prophylaxis (or PEP). PEP has been shown to be very effective if initiated soon after exposure and is thought to work by preventing HIV from productively infecting human cells.BY... Read more »

Safe ways of having unprotected sex preventing transmission

Hi Dr. Frascino, I have a question for you. Is it true that having unprotected sex in the shower (hot water running) and using soap helps decrease the risk of transmitting HIV. I am the top in our relationship and want to know if HIV is hard to...

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Hi,Well, shower sex can be hot, but without a condom, it is not safe. In fact, unprotected sex in the shower is no less risky than unprotected sex in other locations bedroom, dining room table, backseat of your car, airplane bathrooms at 33,000... Read more »

Protecting other family members

Dear experts,I live with my family. I want to know what are the non-sexual ways that I may transmit HIV to my family members?What precautions should I take?...

Response from Katherine Luzuriaga, M.D.

University of Massachusetts, Medical School

HIV is not transmitted through routine family activities (hugging, kissing, sharing food or eating utensils, etc), so you do not need to curtail most activities. Since it can occasionally be spread through skin or mucous membrane contact with... Read more »

Protection for Women?

I work for an AIDS/HIV Organization in Europe and I'm worried about theincreasing number of HIV infected heterossexual women in my country. Most ofthem are not IDU, which means that they are just having unprotected sex. Mineis a very...

Response from Rick Sowadsky, M.P.H.

Nevada State Health Division AIDS Program

Hi. Thank you for your post. I wish I had an easy answer for you, butissues like this don't have simple answers. When we're talking aboutprotection against HIV and other Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STD's), malelatex condoms are... Read more »

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is aids way worse than hiv

Posted by Anonymous, 3 Replies

everything i read or at least the best news relates to hiv it says nothing about AIDS. Read more »

Way too scared now to test....AIDS leading cause

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of death in San Francisco. The article is posted right on the main page of The Body. Read more »

Do condoms protect against HIV?

Posted by Anonymous, 2 Replies

Hi, are condoms extremly effective against HIV? I'm just wondering if anyone konws anyone, or contracted HIV while performing safe sex? I'm sure the virus has to have been transmitted whle condoms were used in the past a few times or so by some... Read more »

Does withdraw provide any protection?

Posted by Anonymous, 4 Replies

I am a female and had unprotected sex with someone. I know him quite well, and his last test did show he was HIV negative.....that was in Feb/March.

When we did have sex, he pulled out. Odds are he's negative anyway, but if he was to be positive,... Read more »

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