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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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Question #1: Can HIV be passed by kissing someone who has given oral sex to a third person?Question #2: Kissing and licking a small cut or scrape?Question #3: Protected Sex with a woman

Question #1: In a threesome with a couple, I kissed a guy who had just finished giving oral sex to his boyfriend for a couple of minutes. Although, the third guy was no where near cumming, he may have had some pre-cum. I have no idea. I also have no...

Response from Rick Sowadsky, M.P.H.

Nevada State Health Division AIDS Program

In all of these instances, although technically there could have been a chance for HIV transmission to occur, realistically, the chances of infection (under the circumstances mentioned) were very small. In none of these cases was there KNOWN direct... Read more »

Re-Given Pep Please Help!!!!

I actually was very insisting that they give me the medication and the infectious diseases specialist monitors my liver and while blood cells etc. The penetration was only for 2 seconds I'm having a hard time wondering if the penis can go all...

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Hello,I most likely would not have recommended PEP for this level of potential HIV risk.Regarding the Berlin patient "cure" and why we don't have a routine cure for HIV/AIDS, see below.Dr. BobGiven PEP Need Help!!!!!!Nov 8, 2009Hello... Read more »

Tenofovir as first drug?

Hi doctor.Thank you for your help. I read so much on the body about tenofovir from this recent conference. I am talking to my doctor about starting my first drugs.It sounds like tenofovir is a good option, but is this still very new and should I...

Response from David Wohl, M.D.

University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill

The choice of what to start, as you can see by reading through some of the questions and responses on this site, is dictated by such factors as viral load, CD4 cell count, requirements for convenience, tolerance for particular side effects,... Read more »

Likelihood of converting from HIV- to HIV+ given my partner's HIV + status

I am HIV-, but currently living with my lover who is HIV+. We always have sex with condoms, but he is always the top. What are the possibilities that I'll contract the virus if we continue to practice safe sex? Are there any studies...

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

Columbia University's Health & Related Services

Try reading through my response to Condom Failure. That response summarizes some studies about the effectiveness of condoms among mixed-status/serodiscordant couples. The bottom line is that when condoms are used correctly, every time, and there... Read more »

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Neighbor has been given her "time remaining"...

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Do I have HIV and could I have given it to my boyfriend?

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