Statistics Of Catching Hiv From A One Night Stand

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one night stand in West Africa...

Recently, I had sex with a West African man. He didn't ejaculate and says he is HIV negative. It only happened once, as I quickly came to my senses. Only 8 weeks later I took HIV 1 and HIV 2 tests. The results of the HIV-1 test was negative...

Response from Ryan M. Kull, C.S.W

Columbia University's Health & Related Services

A great internet resource for worldwide HIV statistics is the UNAIDS website (http://www.unaids.org/hivaidsinfo/index.html). There you can look at recent statistics on the prevalence of HIV and AIDS in different countries around the world.For more... Read more »

I'm really scared I might have HIV after a one night stand please help me.

Well after separating from my BF out of anger I decided to cheat on him. I meet this guy at the... Read more »

Response from Shannon Southall »

I was one of your one night stands from back in the days

JK Doc. Just hoping to grab your attention in the sea of emails you must receive. I'm really... Read more »

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all i expected was a one night stand

Posted by Anonymous, 2 Replies

All i expected was a one night stand.It wasnt going to even be THAT much.but i fell in
love and moved in and things were great.Then our monogamous relationship began to
crumble when i repeatedly caught him with other... Read more »

Worried After One Night Stand

Posted by adviceformeplz, 1 Reply

I am a female, 26 years old. On Friday night I had drunken unprotected sex with a man (stupid mistake). He is an acquaintance, not a perfect stranger ... white male who is currently in the Army but not deployed. We had vaginal sex, and there may... Read more »

Risk of Catching HIV in Single Sex Act Low

Posted by Anon_E_Moose, 1 Reply

By DANIEL Q. HANEY, AP Medical Editor

CHICAGO (AP) - A study of heterosexual couples in Africa
concludes that the chance of catching the AIDS (news - web sites) virus from a single
sexual encounter with an infected person is one in 588.

This risk is...

Can I catch HIV infection this way?

Posted by Anonymous, 4 Replies

I am only 19 and I don't quite understand why I have to deal with this.
Perhaps some will laugh at me for my ignorance and deem this post as a hoax, but I really am frightened over this issue and am losing sleep over this. Please, someone try to help... Read more »

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