What Is The Chance Of Getting Herpes From Drinking From The Same Cup

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Chances of getting genital herpes from cunningiligus, analingus and fingering

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Hello,Having unprotected sex with anyone puts you at risk, no matter if it is with a prostitute or someone you know. From what you have described my best recommendation to you is that you get in to see your doctor for a full STI (Sexually... Read more »

Please Help-Transmission by sharing drinking water cup

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chance of getting aids almost zero?

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U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Starpharma Gets U.S. Grant for HIV and Genital Herpes Trial

Australia's Starpharma Holdings Ltd. said Tuesday it has received U.S. grant money to continue testing its HIV and genital herpes prevention drug. The funding from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and the National Institute... Read more »

Herpes Study at the University of Washington

Have you heard about The Link Study? This is a new study being conducted by the University of Washington and the HIV Prevention Trials Unit. These are the people who did past studies such as: Project Explore, Vaxgen, Vision, Be a Hero, and more. We... Read more »

New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene

Survey Finds Genital Herpes Is Common Among New Yorkers

New York City -- The Health Department reported today that more than a fourth of adult New Yorkers are infected with Herpes Simplex Virus-2, the virus that causes genital herpes. HSV-2 is a lifelong sexually-transmitted infection that can cause... Read more »

Drugs, Drink'n and Smok'n Part I

This is a two-part series on drugs. This month I'm writing about ecstasy, crystal-meth and cannabis and their side effects. When you take meds of any kind or mix any of the drugs listed, you increase your chances of something going wrong. It's not... Read more »

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Chances of getting HIV when you have dermatitis

Posted by Antre, 1 Reply

Hi. I would like to ask about the chances of getting HIV when you have dermatitis and touch body fluids. Moreover what are the chances if these body fluids where out of the body for some minutes?

One friend of mine wanted to have sex at a brothel and... Read more »

Chances of getting HIV

Posted by cookie, 3 Replies

Hi,

One day at school, i found a drop of blood on my skin and i don't know who it was. I want to ask the cances of me getting HIV and how much blood is needed to transmit HIV?

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whats my chance of getting AIDS by giving oral sex

Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply

About 3 weeks ago I gave oral sex to a sex worker in China. It lasted for about 1-2 minutes and I didn't feel any cuts in my mouth. What would be the possibility of me contracting AIDS this way assuming if she was HIV positive?

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my chances of getting HIV...

Posted by Anonymous, 3 Replies

ok, heres the situation: back in october I met a guy online for sex. He came over to my house, supplied me with some condoms cause I didn't have any and had me top him. I used the condom and had sex with him but didn't ejaculate in the condom. A few... Read more »

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