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What Are The Odds Of Getting AIDS From Open Wound
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Dr. Bob, very worried. Saliva came in touch with open wound,Dr. Bob, An escort was licking my face, later i realised that i had a cut on my face. She could be HIV positive, if she is HIV positive and since her saliva comes into contact with my blood, am i at risk of getting HIV?Let me know. Thanks. I...
Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.
The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation
Hi,Nope. Saliva does not transmit HIV. (See below. I'll reprint some basic information about HIV transmission.)Thanks for your tax-deductible donation to The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation (www.concertedeffort.org).Stay well.Dr. BobDr....
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Open WoundDear DocI posted this question earlier but with an incorrect e-mail address. hence the... Read more »Can you give yourself HIV/AIDS? - by semen contact with a cut or wound of yourself? (CAN YOU GIVE YOURSELF HIV/AIDS)hiya docI was wondering about this cause a couple days ago I was masturbating myself after... Read more »
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Pfizer Gets Patent for New HIV/AIDS Drug in India, Says ReportAccording to a report on the Web site of the Business Standard, the Bombay Patent Office has granted Pfizer a patent on its new AIDS drug Selzentry (maraviroc). Quoting a spokesperson of Pfizer India, the newspaper said the patent had been issued,... Read more »
Getting Help at the First Career Center at AIDS Project Los AngelesThe first Career Center at AIDS Project Los Angeles opened in March, when the Work Services Program relocated to new offices on the first floor of the Vine Street building. The Career Center is located in Room 110 (the old computer lab) and is open... Read more »
An Open Letter From Phill Wilson, CEO, Black AIDS Institute on the Election of President-Elect Barack Obama and the Potential to Strengthen the National AIDS ResponseToday is World AIDS day and I'm thinking about President-elect Barack Obama. As a 52-year-old Black gay man with HIV, I have many reasons to welcome the inauguration of Barack Obama. A big one is that an Obama administration has enormous potential... Read more »
AIDS 2010 Opens: Leaders Weigh in on Global HIV/AIDS Funding; Clinton, Gates on EfficiencyThe six-day International AIDS Conference-AIDS 2010 kicked off Sunday in Vienna, Austria "amid resurgent fears that advances in the 29-year war against the disease were threatened by a slump in funding," Agence France-Presse reports. Though the... Read more »
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Toilet Safety/Open Wounds
Posted by Anonymous, 2 Replies
My son is coming to see us. He has HIV and Chrohns disease and has blood in his stool, my wife has bleeding hemroids and I have had a boil near my butt lanced and is opened to drain. Since we all have something bleeding going on what precautions...
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What's the definition of open wound for HIV
Posted by sweetangel, 1 Reply
What's the definition of open wound when it comes to HIV transmission. Does it have to be bleeding? Or how recent to be considered open?I had sex with my HIV + partner yesterday, He came on my chest but little did I realize that that previous night... Read more » OPEN WOUND
Posted by anxious92, 3 Replies
1.yesterday, i noticed that i had two little dots that were only like 5 times the size of this . each. and i saw there was a sliver of blood the length of this l and half as wide as this o; now what concerns me is that 16 hours after this, i...
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saliva and old wounds
Posted by Anonymous, 2 Replies
hey i need someones opinion...If an Hiv+ persons saliva get in contact with 20hours old superficial skin wound, is there a risk?
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