What Behaviors Lead To Getting Hiv

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Reducing the Risk of Getting HIV From Injection Drug Use

What Is the Risk? How Can Transmission Be Prevented? Injection Drugs & Hepatitis Needle Exchange Programs Drugs, Sex and HIV Transmission What Is the Risk? It is well documented that people who share syringes are at risk of being infected with HIV. Sharing syringes allows a direct exchange of blood from one person's body into the bloodstream of another and is one of the most efficient ways to spread blood-borne...

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Risk of Getting HIV from HIV- Partner (SUPERINFECTION)

What is the risk of getting infected with HIV through anal intercourse (insertive) without using protection, while both partner are known to be HIV-? ...

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Hello,Once again a QTND (Question That Never Dies) and ATNC (Answer That Never Changes). See below. Your answer was waiting for you (multiple times over) in the archives.Dr. BobSerosorting vs SuperinfectionJul 23, 2006 Hi Rob, first of all i really... Read more »

Hiv+ behavior

Hello Doc. I found out I'm positive last week. Well, I'm strait, I'm healthy, I'm educated, but I messed up once, with alcool and no condom, and the result is forever. The questions are: considering that I still have the acute...

Response from Gerald Pierone, M.D.

AIDS Research and Treatment Center of the Treasure Coast

Hello and sorry to hear about your recent diagnosis. There are general health benefits from regular exercise, a good balanced diet, and alcohol use in moderation. You should keep up with your friends and lead a normal lifestyle as is possible.... Read more »

re: hiv+behavior

Come on Dr. Pierone, this guy claims to have contracted HIV from one instance of heterosex? Why is everyone too impotent (yes I'm calling you impotent) to come out and say there is no way this man is telling the truth about his mode of...

Response from Gerald Pierone, M.D.

AIDS Research and Treatment Center of the Treasure Coast

Bi-directional transmission of HIV infection between men and women has been established based on a mountain of observational data. Heterosexual men are at risk for acquiring STDs and HIV in both the developed and developing world. I would be happy... Read more »

Motivation for behavior change

Hi. I am a nursing student attempting to counsil teenagers on HIV/AIDS prevention. Any suggestions to help motivate them to change risky behaviors?...

Response from Rick Sowadsky, M.P.H.

Nevada State Health Division AIDS Program

My experience has been that just telling teenagers to protect themselvesagainst HIV/AIDS doesn't work well. This is because the average period oftime from infection to AIDS related symptoms is 10 years. Teenagers cannotperceive life 10 years... Read more »

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Getting an understanding of HIV

Posted by Mssimone, 2 Replies

Well like I said before I was just diagnoised.

Im trying to get an understanding of the whole hiv/aids.

The question that im going to ask might make you mad but its a question that I just sit and think about wondering if someone else is thinking it... Read more »

Barebacking may lead to re-infection

Posted by Anonymous, 2 Replies

Super-infection may slow development of AIDS vaccine
Barebacking may lead to re-infection, multiple strains of disease, researchers discover

ATLANTA -- The ability of HIV to develop multiple strains has ignited concerns among some AIDS researchers... Read more »