Open Wound Should I Get Tested

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Gay-bashing and open wounds

Dear Dr. Bob.Greetings, best wishes,and hope this doesn't take too much of your time.I am a mature college student, recently started, after a long time working my way towards it. Last week, I came across a "gay-bashing" (is that...

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Hello,Yes, "gay-bashing" is a term that is still used and a hate crime that occurs far too often! Thanks for intervening. Your risk of acquiring HIV from this heroic episode is extremely low essentially negligible. You would have to have... Read more »

Opened wound

Today I was at a discount crafts/housewares store with my husband and two small children. The... Read more »

Response from Barbara McGovern, M.D. »

How do you define an open wound?

Dear Doc,I have donated to your association a few times. I believe that more efforts should be done... Read more »

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U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Zimbabwe Opens First AIDS Testing Center in Rural Setting

Zimbabwe has opened an HIV/AIDS voluntary testing and counseling center at St. Theresa Mission Hospital in Chirumhanzu District in Midlands Province, according to the state-run newspaper the Herald. Ruvheneko Voluntary Counseling and Testing Center... Read more »

California: New HIV Test Center Opens

The "Lead the Way" campaign's new storefront center at University Avenue and Park Boulevard is targeting residents of Hillcrest, South Park, University Heights, and Mission Hills with its offer of free, rapid-result HIV testing. The center, a pilot... Read more »

New York: HIV Testing Center Opens in Chelsea

Though it has been operating for two months, Gay Men's Health Crisis' (GMHC) HIV testing center in Chelsea marked its grand opening on Sept. 27. "Our presence here is no accident -- HIV rates in Chelsea have long been disproportionately high,"... Read more »

New York: Open Wide: Dentists Now Offer Quick HIV Tests

A private dentist in New York City has added a $15 rapid-result HIV test to the routine services offered at the practice. "The topic of HIV can be uncomfortable for some, so we decided we would talk about it with patients in a matter-of-fact way,... Read more »

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What's the definition of open wound for HIV

Posted by sweetangel, 1 Reply

What's the definition of open wound when it comes to HIV transmission. Does it have to be bleeding? Or how recent to be considered open?

I had sex with my HIV + partner yesterday, He came on my chest but little did I realize that that previous night... Read more »

OPEN WOUND

Posted by anxious92, 3 Replies

1.yesterday, i noticed that i had two little dots that were only like 5 times the size of this . each. and i saw there was a sliver of blood the length of this l and half as wide as this o; now what concerns me is that 16 hours after this, i... Read more »

Toilet Safety/Open Wounds

Posted by Anonymous, 2 Replies

My son is coming to see us. He has HIV and Chrohns disease and has blood in his stool, my wife has bleeding hemroids and I have had a boil near my butt lanced and is opened to drain. Since we all have something bleeding going on what precautions... Read more »

Am I infected - puncture wound on finger.

Posted by Firetech, 2 Replies

3 1/2 weeks ago I went to a massage parlor for a hand job. The oriental girl masturbating me was crawling all over me. I fingered her vaginal opening which was drenched. I had a week old punture wound on the end of my finger. Scared as hell I... Read more »

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