Touching Poop And HIV Transmission Risk

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extremely worrieddesperate for advicedontation info (PIMPLES AND HIV TRANSMISSION RISK, 2011)

Hello Doctor, I really appreciate the good work and really prepared to donate..a minimum of 50 dollars...I went to a strip club last weekend. The girl was wearing a small and thin pantie. while dancing she was touching her finger all along through...

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Hello,Relax Max! Your HIV-acquisition risk is nonexistent. See below. If HIV were transmitted that easily, it would have wiped out the planet long ago!Thanks for your support of The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation (www.concertedeffort.org).... Read more »

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Risk of transmission?

Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply

I was at this bar, decent place but the bathroom was very dirty, I am female, I went to pee and of course I didn't seat on the toilet, I pulled down my jeans almost to my knees, I don't know if they touched the floor but the floor was dirty, I swear... Read more »

HIV Transmission Risk

Posted by Anonymous, 2 Replies

I need to ascess my risk for HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases. 6 days ago, I met up with this man that I had chatted to online and we had unprotected sex.
There was a lot of open mouth kissing and fondling. He proceeded to masturbate... Read more »

Skin Abrasion on Penis / HIV Transmission Risk

Posted by Anonymous, 2 Replies

Hello.
I just felt compelled to share an experience regarding potential HIV expousure through a tiny skin abrasion on the penis. In a trip abroad last year, I topped for a man of unknown status. I wore a condom, but after ejaculation I noticed that... Read more »

Possible HIV transmission/infection ???

Posted by Anonymous, 4 Replies

Hello,

Hope someone can enlighten me on this encounter I had.

I've come across a stranger in the men's public toilet on 21 Apr 99, he was 'sort of' stroking his private parts when I went in.

I occupied the adjacent urinal and was just about to ease... Read more »

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