Seroconverting After Using Sex Toys

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Are New Sex Toys, Anal Lube, and Toy Cleaners Safe? (SEX TOYS, 2009)

Hi Doctor,Great website! I will be making a donation. Ive learned a lot about HIV. I found some answers in the archive but was not really specific to my problem. Youre probably tired of answering questions like these. Anyway, I hope you can help....

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Hi,Glad you found the information here enlightening and helpful. I find it unfortunately that you "have never had sexual contact with anybody" and yet are still worried about STDs, including HIV! Your fears about contracting HIV from your... Read more »

Cleaning Toys (SEX TOYS)

I know that we shouldn;t share toys when playing, but can someone else use my toys if I've... Read more »

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Used a Friends Toy (SEX TOYS, 2011)

I looked through the forum but I suppose I'm nervous and wanted to be sure. I was... Read more »

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HIV and Safer Sex

Table of Contents What Safer Sex Is What Safer Sex Is Not Practicing Safer Sex No-Risk Safer Sex Activities Other Safer Sex Tips Thinking it Through What Safer Sex Is Most people know that serious, even life-threatening,... Read more »

U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

China Launches Campaign to Break Sex Taboos

Its organizers hope a new sex education campaign, "The sunshine project to care for gender health," will help break the taboos that make sexual matters "painful topics" for many Chinese. The Health Ministry reports that while gonorrhea cases were... Read more »

More on Oral Sex and the Risk of HIV Transmission

In the following article and an article by Janice Price , we will entertain two different views on oral sex transmission of the HIV virus. Detailed interviews of a cohort of gay men with acute infection provide further evidence that oral sex can be... Read more »

Comparison of Two HIV Postexposure Prophylaxis Regimens Among Men Who Have Sex With Men in Amsterdam: Adverse Effects Do Not Influence Compliance

The current study's authors compared two HIV postexposure prophylaxis (PEP) regimens for safety, outcome, and follow-up among men who have sex with men (MSM) in Amsterdam. From 2000, all MSM beginning HIV PEP have been followed in one location.... Read more »

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Sex w/ someone who has not seroconverted yet

Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply

Does anyone know anything about the contagion risk of having a high risk encounter with someone who might have contracted HIV very recently (within 1-2months) and has not yet started producing anti-bodies (and might test ELISA negative)? Is it as... Read more »

SEROCONVERTED

Posted by Anonymous, 3 Replies

I recently was infected over the 4th weekend. I had 2 one night stands - both girls pursued me and I had unprotected sex. I just know the 1st girl was the one who murdered me (well murder/suicide is the more accurate depiction). She looked sick in... Read more »

How did I seroconvert?

Posted by Anonymous, 2 Replies

I was negative with a positive partner. After a year of ALWAYS having safe sex I now find myself positive. It was shocking, because I know that before this relationship I had safe sex with many positive men and was always OK. Some of the possible... Read more »

would i have seroconverted by now?

Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply

I hope you guys can help me with this. 2 weeks after sex i got swollen nodes, very fatigued and sore throat. this all lasted util 4and a half weeks. I took a test at 4 weeks and it came out negative. Now its been six weeks and all my symptoms are... Read more »

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