What Are The Odds Of Getting A Std

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Dr. Bob,I always practice safe sex and about 1 year ago, while having anal sex,(I was receptive this time) the condom broke. The other guy was negative, but he gave me syphilis. It was not until a scheduled Dr's appt that I found out, and it...

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Hi,Yes, it is possible. Any concurrent infection can raise the HIV viral load. As the viral load goes up, T-cells can come down. The good news is that your syphilis infection has now been diagnosed and adequately treated. Your HIV viral load is... Read more »

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Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply

If no visible STDs are present after a period of time after possible infection does that mean HIV although possible, is unlikely?

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What are the odds?

Posted by Anonymous, 2 Replies

I had unprotected sex with a female and got the horrible virus Herpes from her, she swore she didn't know she had it. A culture test revealed the virus, I have gotten over that fact and have not had a re-occurance since 3 months. She got tested for... Read more »

what are my odds of being infected???

Posted by eric100, 1 Reply

i had anal sex with another male with a condom when he withdrew the condom stayed inside of me he did not ejaculate what is my risk of hiv. infection? i asked of his status and he assured me he was clean but one never knows and now i can't sleep or... Read more »

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Posted by Helpme78, 2 Replies

I had a relationship with a woman a little over a month ago and we started having protected sex but then moved to unprotected vaginal sex. Then we broke up and I heard from a lot of people she is very sexually active and that I need a full std test.... Read more »

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