Route For Hepatitis Vaccination

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Vaccinations and HIV

What Are Vaccinations? Vaccinations, or immunizations, are treatments that build up your body's defenses against certain infections. For example, many people get flu shots each fall. It can take a few weeks for your immune system to respond after a vaccination. Most vaccines are used to prevent infections. However, others help your body fight an infection that you already have. These are called "therapeutic vaccines." See Fact Sheet 480 for...

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Hepatitis Vaccine: An Important Part of AIDS Treatment Strategy?

Hi, I'm a 43 year old male with AIDS. Currently CD4 count is in the low 300's (was once as low as 24) and viral load is undetectable. I did have the Hepatitis B shots back in the mid-1980's. Recently, when liver function tests were...

Response from Andrew T. Pavia, M.D.

University of Utah, School of Medicine

Good questions. Hepatitis A vaccine is useful for travelers, gay men, drug users and persons with liver disease (and possibly parents with small children). For this reason, it makes sense for most people with HIV and is routinely recommended.... Read more »

Routes of entry

Hi Doc, could you please inform me of different routes of entry for hepatitis c/ hiv? I have messaged you about blood coming into contact with cuts and such and you said it is a very low risk. Does a big amount of infected blood have to get directly...

Response from Barbara McGovern, M.D.

Tufts University School of Medicine

HCV is mainly transmitted via injection drug use as is HIV. However, HCV is more readily transmitted through shared injection drug use than HIV. HCV transmission through sex occurs but less commonly than HIV. HCV transmission through sex has been... Read more »

simple question of transmission route

Hello, I was diagnosed with HEP c this year. I have never done IV drug use, nor blood play, so How did I get infected? Could I have acquired it by bottoming from a Top who had an elevated Virus? Would anal condyloma caused receptivity?I hear...

Response from Barbara McGovern, M.D.

Tufts University School of Medicine

There are more and more reports over the past decade of men who have sex with men getting acute HCV infection. The risk factors for acquiring disease appear to be sex with trauma and an increased risk with the presence of other STDs. If you think... Read more »

routes of hep c exposure

Dear Dr. I am an OCD sufferer and have obsessional fears about contracting hep c. I worry about cashiers having scratches on their hands and arms and maybe getting blood on my items and then transferring to me - I sometimes have chapped and cracked...

Response from Barbara McGovern, M.D.

Tufts University School of Medicine

I am glad that you are working with your therapist regarding these issues.To help you put a medical perspective on it....If HCV was as easy to acquire as you fear, then basically everyone in the US would be infected...With that said, only 1.8% are... Read more »

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Hepatitis B and C

Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply

Searching for some info here I became aware about the possibility of being infected with other things apart from HIV. I have some questions that are not well answered here or in another sites.

What are the possibilities of being infected with... Read more »

acne as transmission route

Posted by Anonymous

About 8 weeks ago I engaged in protected sex/protected oral/protected hand job. Yes I know I sound like the poster boy for safe sex, but the one problem was I had a few pimples on the very base of the penis. During the period of typical ARS I felt... Read more »

Re jamie hep vaccine

Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply

Hi Jamie, if you were vaccinated in school,im sure it was for hep B , I knoww is one for hep A but in school it would have been hep B ,so i wouldn't worry about that, As for me I never was vaccinated , So my stress level is still up there. Hope your... Read more »

HBV Vaccine What can I expect?

Posted by ConcernBlkMan, 2 Replies

First timer here! Just wanted to know what can I expect when taking the HBV Vaccine. I'm about to start next month. I would like to hear, what can I expect? Are there any side effect and how was your T-cell response to this vaccine? Any info you... Read more »

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