What Drugs Are Used To To Prevent Mother-to-child Transmission Of Hiv

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HIV Transmission

Table of Contents How HIV Spreads Methods of Transmission Rare Types of Transmission Avoiding Transmission How HIV Spreads Many people still do not understand how HIV is passed, or transmitted, fromone person to another. Knowing the basics helps you avoid getting the virus ifyou are HIV-negative, and avoid giving it to someone else if you are livingwith HIV (HIV+). HIV is spread through contact with the following body fluids: ...

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Safer Drugs for Prevention of mother to child transmission

My Girlfriend and I are Hiv positive with her CD4 at 480 and 720 for me. We do not at the moment take any ARVS but she is 17 weeks pregnant. She was told at the PMCTC clinic that she will start treatment at 28 weeks with COMBIVIR AND NEVIRAPINE. I...

Response from Keith Henry, M.D.

University of Minnesota, School of Medicine

Combivir + Nevirapine has had lots of use in pregnancy but there are safety concerns if the CD4 count > 250 for women. In our clinic we often have used Kaletra (or other boosted protease inhibitor) + Truvada which can be a challenge to tolerate... Read more »

Mother to child transmission

Recent CD4 count of the woman is 820, viral load is 1897. She is 35 years old and not on ART. What should be the best option for planning a pregnancy. Husband is on ART for the past 8 months. What will be the suitable drug combination for preventing...

Response from Keith Henry, M.D.

University of Minnesota, School of Medicine

Starting HIV meds prior to conception (using non-efavirenz regimen) would minimize changes to acquire additional HIV strains from husband (Rx chosen with husband's treatment history in mind) so that approach has that advantage and would also... Read more »

Followup on mother to child HIV antibody transmission

I guess I wasn't clear in my first post. If a mother passes HIV antibodies only to her child, then the child is not at risk for infection. But the child will be labled HIV positive. As a result there will be treatments with very powerful drugs...

Response from Brooks Jackson, M.D.

Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine

Infants of HIV+ mothers will typically test positive for HIV antibody until approximately 9 months of age and even up to 18 months of age because of maternal transfer of HIV antibody across the placenta. Therefore, to determine whether infants are... Read more »

Mother-to-Child Transmission

I have read a bit about the transmission of HIV from the mother to the unborn fetus. My question is, even though there is no intermixing of the maternal and fetal blood in the placenta, is HIV incapable of traversing the placental barrier between...

Response from Katherine Luzuriaga, M.D.

University of Massachusetts, Medical School

While we know that HIV transmission can occur during gestation, delivery, or after birth through brest feeding, the precise mechanisms of viral transfer are unknown. However, risk of infection increases as the placenta ages or with conditions (e.g.,... Read more »

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hiv+ Moms w/child

Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply

Hello,
What medication has the dr put you on? How do you feel? Do you take your medication regularly? How much risk is there in having a baby?
I like to thank you all for your replys in advance!!

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If someone has never received a blood transfusion, completely abstains from sexual contact and does not inject drugs, is this a 100% guarantee that he will never become HIV? Or can other behaviors lead to infection

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