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Odds Of Infection Touching Spit
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uneducated question scared (SPIT)hi Dr Bob.What you do for the people is amazing! My question is weird and i couldnt find anything similar in the archives.Ok, I had a 3 year old kid at work hiv status unknown. I was messing with the kid to make the kid laugh and he spit in my...
Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.
The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation
Hi Dan,The three-year-old actually gobbed you in the face with a hacked-up loogie??? Hmmm . . . apparently he wasn't impressed with your efforts to make him laugh.You can relax, Danny Boy. The HIV-transmission risk from spit is nonexistent,...
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spitting on penis (SALIVA, 2009)dear doc,i have read your site and you are doing a great job by helping out people in need and i... Read more »HIV in spit?I was at work today and a customer was very heated that I wouldn't allow him to use a credit... Read more »
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When Will They Learn? Spit Does Not Transmit!An HIV-positive man in Ohio spits to clear mace from his mouth during an arrest, is convicted of assault with a "deadly weapon," and is sentenced to a 3 to 15 year prison term. Another man with HIV allegedly spits during a heated traffic altercation... Read more »
Spit and Other "Deadly Weapons"In May of this year, a 42-year-old HIV positive man in Texas who spat at a police officer during an arrest received a cumulative sentence of 35 years by a Dallas court after a jury was convinced that the man had used his saliva as a "deadly weapon."... Read more »
Groups at Odds Over Disbursement of Global Fund Aid in KenyaPlusNews /IRIN examines an ongoing disagreement between the Kenya Consortium to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria -- a group of nongovernmental organizations -- and CARE International about the speed at which CARE is disbursing its funds from... Read more »
Odds and Ends From CROI 2005: CD4+ Testing, Enfuvirtide Site Reactions, Erectile Dysfunction and CancersIntroduction PointCare: A CD4+ Cell Test for Resource-Limited Settings Severe Enfuvirtide Injection Site Reactions Tied to Lack of Subcutaneous Fat Erectile Dysfunction Underdiagnosed Among HIV-Infected Men Good News, Bad Situation: HAART... Read more »
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Odds of Infection
Posted by Anonymous, 2 Replies
Receptve anal sex 1-120Insertive anal sex 1-1666 Receptive Oral sex 1-2500 Insertive oral sex 1-5000 Insertive Vaginal sex 1-1000 Receptive Vaginal sex 1-500 Needle stick 1-350 Read more » Odds of Infection
Posted by Anonymous, 4 Replies
What are the odds/chances of being infected with HIV from a one-time oral sex encounter? I am a male who received oral sex from another male whose status I did not know. That is my ONLY risk. It was something that I was curious about, but after...
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what are my odds of being infected???
Posted by eric100, 1 Reply
i had anal sex with another male with a condom when he withdrew the condom stayed inside of me he did not ejaculate what is my risk of hiv. infection? i asked of his status and he assured me he was clean but one never knows and now i can't sleep or...
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Spit dangerous?
Posted by Anonymous, 3 Replies
I feel this is a stupid question, but a healthcare worker at a local hiv clinic scared me. I have a friend who is hiv+ and recently he spit in my face (accidentily) and it got into my eyes. He's not on any meds. The healthcare worker said that I...
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