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Sharing A Cigarette Elisa
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Ask the Experts
Hepatitis c sharing a cigarette and marjuana cigaretteHi I recently and regret sharted a cigarette and marjuana pipe with someone who has hepatitis c. I was wondering what if the likelyhood of contracting the virus....
Response from Barbara McGovern, M.D.
Tufts University School of Medicine
I wouldn't consider you at risk.Intranasal cocaine use - with sharing of straws - is considered a possible route of HCV transmission because with recurrent use, cocaine can erode the nasal passages. Thus, the normal protective layer of the...
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Sharing cigarettesDear Dr BobFirst off I would like to say that you are a marvel and this is a fantastic website you... Read more »HIV FROM Cigarette Contamination.. PLEASE HELPDear Dr Bob:I am constant worried 24/7. In early May this year, I was sharing a cigarette with a... Read more »
Articles
Smoking: It Doesn't Make Living with HIV Any EasierRecent research has examined whether cigarette smoking speeds progression to AIDS. Studies have shown that HIV-positive smokers are more likely to develop Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia (PCP) and develop PCP more quickly than non-smokers. These... Read more »
Smoking Cessation Lowers Cardiovascular RiskCigarette smoking is associated with a significantly elevated rate of cardiovascular disease among people with HIV, but the risk begins to drop after quitting and continues to decline over time, according to findings from the large D:A:D (Data... Read more »
Smoking Tobacco and HIVIf you have HIV or AIDS and smoke cigarettes, you put extra stress on your body. Smoking weakens your immune system, making it harder to fight off deadly infections like fungal thrush, oral hairy leukoplakia (caused by the Epstein-Barre virus), as... Read more »
Egypt: Needle Sharing by Drug Users a Dangerous SignDr. Ehab El Kharrat, who has treated Cairo drug users for 16 years, did not know that many of his clients were sharing needles until he recently began discussing HIV awareness with them. Syringes and needles are cheap and available without a... Read more »
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risk from sharing a cigarette
Posted by Anonymous, 2 Replies
this may sound stupid, but what are the risks of getting hiv by taking a drag of a cigarette from someone who is positive? i let someone take a drag off my cigarette and found out later he is positive. Read more » Elisa test after 135 days.
Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply
i took an elisa test after 3 months and it was negative. i took another one after 135 days ( 4 1-2 months) b/c i couldn't wait another 3 months without going INsane !i am still going insane! does anyone here know if a test after this amount of... Read more » What do you think: PCR + ELISA?
Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply
I have 4 weeks since my heterosexual unsafe exposure today and I took two tests: DNA PCR and ELISA. What do you think guys of the reliability of these tests together at this time? I also red that PCR test can give false positive in approx 5% of the...
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ELISA Test is so primitive.
Posted by Anonymous, 5 Replies
Having to wait 3 months to get a conclusive HIV test results is just cruel for so many people who are force to wait, sometimes in highly anxious states to get their results.You would think that in the year 2006 that they could come up with a cost... Read more »
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