Non Sexual Transmission Fresh Cut No Blood

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Non sexual transmission by blood

Hello Dr. Frascino, hope you are well, 1st i'd like to point out that post you replied to regards your infection was very touching your a man of high morals & obviously highly respected all over the world, so hopefully if you have time in...

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Hi,As your post points out, HIV testing is always available, but your HIV risk is so remote as to be in the essentially nonexistent category. Neither worry nor HIV testing is warranted. If HIV were that easily transmitted, it would have wiped out... Read more »

How 'fresh' does a 'fresh cut' have to be?

Hi Dr. Bob,Well, I'll try to keep this brief. I was fisting this guy who has been positive... Read more »

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Fresh blood on non intact skin

I am an anxious health care student. I was inserting an IV cannula for a patient who has not been... Read more »

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Canadian AIDS Treatment Information Exchange

Sexual Transmission of Hepatitis C: Are HIV-Positive Gay and Bisexual Men at Risk?

Table of Contents Introduction What Is Hepatitis C? How Does Someone Get Hepatitis C? How Many People Have Hepatitis C in Canada? What Is the Evidence That HCV Can Be Transmitted Sexually? How Might HIV-Positive MSM Be Getting HCV? Is HCV... Read more »

U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Southern Africa: AIDS Scientists Call for Month of Sex Abstinence -- Campaign "Could Cut New Transmissions by 45 Percent"

A month-long period of sexual abstinence could be a viable cultural approach to stopping new HIV infections, two epidemiologists suggest. During that month, new HIV transmissions could be cut by up to 45 percent in countries such as Swaziland, South... Read more »

ART Associated With Reduced Risk of HIV Transmission to Sexual Partners, Study Shows

Research published in the Lancet online Thursday "provides the strongest evidence to date" that antiretroviral therapy (ART) might also be used to prevent transmission of HIV, Agence France-Presse reports. The observational study found that... Read more »

Effect of Antiretroviral Therapy on Risk of Sexual Transmission of HIV Infection and Superinfection

Background The past decade has seen substantial advances in the development of antiretroviral therapy (ART) -- medications used in combination to reduce the replication of HIV virus and treat HIV-infected persons. Because of these medications, many... Read more »

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What is a fresh cut and has any case been reported

Posted by biznoch, 2 Replies

Hello from what i gather fingering is a low risk activity unless u had an open cut. my issue is what exactly would define a open cut? I had a paper cut that was thin but not fully healed and if u pulled at it u could see redness and light blood. the... Read more »

So is hiv from surface cut to cut more theoretical than what really happens?

Posted by AZT, 1 Reply

I've also found a doc who thinks that hiv is possible from deep tissuse wounds and not surface wounds?

http://www.medhelp.org/posts/HIV-Prevention/Open-cut---blood-transmission-/show/1173000
http://www.medhelp.org/posts/HIV-Prevention/Hiv-RIsk-from-Cut... Read more »

Hiv from unsanitary lotion in non sexual massage

Posted by jackieole, 2 Replies

Hello. Can you catch Hiv from a non sexual massage. I went into a fairly nice spa and had a half hour massage. I noticed the lady (who was very nice) was using a jar of cream.. not a pumop bottle. I have had anxiety issues in the past and i noticed... Read more »

Precum on fresh scratch

Posted by radger, 1 Reply

Hi, I have asked this question elsewhere but was wondering if anyone else has anything to say about it. I am really really worried :-/

LONG STORY SHORT: Fresh precum from head directly onto fresh scratch between my anus and testicles. risk?

the Whole... Read more »

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