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What Increases Hiv Transmission During Labor
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Women Entering Labor Should Be Given Rapid HIV Test to Determine Treatment to Prevent Vertical HIV Transmission, Study SaysWomen entering labor whose HIV status is unknown should be given a rapid HIV test to determine whether treatment is necessary to reduce the likelihood of mother-to-child transmission, according to a study to be published in the July 14 issue of the ... Read more »
WHO, International Labor Organization, UNAIDS Release Guidelines to Prevent Transmission of HIV, TB to Health WorkersA new set of guidelines developed by the International Labor Organization, the WHO and UNAIDS "aim to protect health workers" from contracting HIV/AIDS and tuberculosis, VOA News reports (Schlein, 11/25). "The 14 action points provided in the... Read more »
Rapid Point-of-Care Testing for HIV-1 During Labor and Delivery -- Chicago, Illinois, 2002On November 7, 2002, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the OraQuick Rapid HIV-1 Antibody Test (OraSure Technologies, Inc., Bethlehem, Pennsylvania) 1 . Rapid human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) testing during labor and delivery... Read more »
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Possible Transmission to Nurse in Labor and DeliveryI am a nurse in a labor and delivery unit. I was taking care of an HIV positive patient who refused medication during her pregnancy because she did not believe she had HIV (they are from the Congo). In preparation for the section we were able to...
Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.
The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation
Hi,From your description of the events, I would agree with the assessment of the occupational health physician. In situations like this where an exposure is "not likely," certainly PEP is not warranted. HIV testing may or may not be...
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STD and hiv= increased risk hiv transmission?Hi doc. Mark.There is a lot to read about the theorie (fact?) that when somebody has a std with inflammation AND the same person has a hiv-infection, there is much more hiv present in the genital-fluids.1. Correct?2. How much hiv-virus (RNA) will...
Response from Mark Holodniy, M.D., F.A.C.P., C.I.C.
Stanford University, School of Medicine
Genital fluids have infectious HIV in them, and in general have somewhat lower levels in them then blood. However, if there is significant inflammation associated with an STD, the amount of HIV can increase dramatically, both as free virus and cell...
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prostaglandin induction and Hiv risk transmissionDoes induction of labor with Pitocin and/or having sex with the baby's father to induce delivery affect the HIV status of the newborn?...
Response from Brooks Jackson, M.D.
Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine
I am not aware of any data that indicate that either factor increases the risk of perinatal transmission.BJ...
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HIV Risk From Oral Sex and Can RX's Increase Risk? (TRANSMISSION VIA ORAL SEX 2009)What is the true risk from oral sex? After looking at many other forums....some sources say there is low risk, some say no risk, some say that while HIV could transmit in theory, there has never been a recorded case of infection from only receiving...
Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.
The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation
Hello,What is the true risk from oral sex? This is a somewhat difficult question to respond to, as there can be confounding variables. See below for some recent information from the archives. (By the way, we have an entire chapter in the archives...
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rough labor day weekend
Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply
first off i'd like to say how calming this area is since it has more activity than living with HIV does. I'd also like to express how reading here has put me more at ease. Especially how i ithought every sexual contact would lead to hiv. I'm...
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Tremenda labor
Posted by Williepr
De verdad quiero felicitar a esta pagina de internet la excelente labor que efectua en favor de las personas perdidas con el tema del HIV y los infectados. Yo tuve mi periodo depresivo obsesionado con que tenia HIV y me hice 7 pruebas Elisas en un... Read more » Question on the methodology of transmission
Posted by Anonymous
Hello and an advance thank you to those who reply!I have a few relatively complicated questions about the transmission of the HIV virus. First, these "odds" that are quoted, are these concerning the chance of seroconversion assuming that HIV has... Read more » QUESTION ON TRANSMISSION PLEASE HELP!!!!!!!
Posted by Anonymous
Hello and an advance thank you to those who reply! I have a few relatively complicated questions about the transmission of the HIV virus. First, these "odds" that are quoted, are these concerning Read more »
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