Passing Hiv Without Knowing It

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U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Unsafe: A Third of United Kingdom's Youngsters Don't Know HIV Can Be Passed Through Unprotected Sex

An increasing number of students in the United Kingdom are unaware that HIV can be transmitted through unprotected sex and by sharing drug needles, according to recent figures from a survey of 140,000 students conducted in 2001. The Schools Health... Read more »

House Passes Syringe Exchange Amendment; Senate Passes Clean Labor/HHS Bill, FDA Reform Still Pending

Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education (Labor/HHS) Appropriations Good News in the Senate: The Senate today passed its Labor/HHS appropriations bill (S. 1061). No changeswere made to HIV/AIDS-related funding proposed by the Labor/HHS... Read more »

Passing the Test: The Challenges and Opportunities of HIV Testing in Black America

Table of Contents From the CEO: Our Right and Our Responsibility Forward: We Can Survive, If We All Know Our Status Executive Summary: Black America and HIV Testing Passing the HIV Test for Black America Black America and HIV Testing ... Read more »

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! I LIVE MY LIFE TO WAKE UP AND CHECK IF YOU FINALLY ANSWERED. PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE LET ME KNOW YOUR OPINION DR. ROBERT J. FRANCINO - I PROMISE TO PASS THIS GOOD DEED TO OTHERS!

Dear Sir, I live my life to wake up and check wether I finally get your answer! Please tell me your opinion.I was and idiot when I decided to visit a prostitute. I did not have sex with her and only watched her masturbate. Then I decided to put a...

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Hello Petrified Stud,You live your life solely to wake up and check to see if I answered your question????? Seriously, Dude, we've got to do something about your fun quotient! Even Napoleon Dynamite would be considered a funster compared to... Read more »

"How soon is HIV contagious?" Possibility of passing HIV to baby through casual contact?

Dear DoctorsWhen you are exposed to HIV, how long does it take to became contagious? Is it immediately? About an hour after a violence where the aggressor even stung me with a syringe, I kissed my baby on the mouth without thinking about it because...

Response from Erik Glenn, M.A.

Chicago Black Gay Mens Caucus

Thanks for your question,It's hard to answer when exactly someone would become contagious. But in the situation you're describing I'm more curious about your risk and how you <i>wouldn't</i> be able to pass it on... Read more »

can HIV be passed through saliva?

I NEED to know if HIV can be passed on through kissing "saliva"? I need to know this because I found out a few days ago that I might have HIV. I wont know for sure for six months and I want to make sure that my boyfriend will not get HIV...

Response from Michael Shernoff, M.S.W.

Psychotherapist and Author

I am not an expert on how HIV is transmitted and therefore am not qualified to answer your question. I suggest you re-ask your question to the Body's expert in this area.Michael Shernoff, MSW... Read more »

passing hiv in household

Can you pass hiv on to others without sexual contact. What if you did not know you had hiv and had semen on your bed and kids slept in bed could they be infected?...

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

Rocky Mountain CARES

Hello,With the exception of sharing of razors, household transmission of HIV has never been documented.I think that the kids will be fine.BY... Read more »

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has anyone here knowingly passed on the virus in a

Posted by Anonymous, 2 Replies

my v/l is undetectable and my health is the best its ever been. my partner and i have had a baby and both she and my partner are negative.has anyone passed on the virus, female to male or otherwise with an undetectable v/l?
i need real people facts... Read more »

Passing on HIV via Saliva

Posted by SaltyWater, 2 Replies

Now I know you can't catch HIV by kissing, but imagine this scenario

You know someone is HIv and your cool with it. You know you cant catch it by french kissing, but suppose the negative person had core / cold core on the edge of his mouth, if the... Read more »

Is this ars Symptom? did i pass the seroconversion

Posted by merci225, 3 Replies

I had sex with a girl. We kept contact, and couple of days, she contacted me saying that she was HIV + and that i had to test.

We were not under the unflence of any drugs. She gave me fellation and our genitals were rubing. I had body fluids on my... Read more »

chance of passing it on

Posted by Anonymous, 2 Replies

i had unprotected sex with someone i don't know about 11 months ago. about two weeks after i had strep throat and tonsilitis for a few weeks. i believe i may have HIV. i have recently began having sex w/ my boyfriend. he knows that i might have HIV... Read more »

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