Why Does A Women Have A Greater Chance Of Getting Hiv When Engaging In Vaginal Intercourse

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UNPROTECTED VAGINAL INTERCOURSE WITH HIV POZ WOMEN

Posted by jaelitt, 7 Replies

On 7/1/2012 i had unprotected vaginal sex with hiv positive women 2 weeks after i started to fill really ill. It started with a sore throat then dehydration,nausea,headache,dry skin,sore neck,loss of appetite and energy,eye irritaion and a few days... Read more »

oral sex and chances of getting disease

Posted by yasar2040, 1 Reply

Hi,

I am a married man, my wife does not like to have oral sex. But I have been really crazy about it.

I had taken a massage service by a lady, out of excitement I paid extra money and asked lady to massage private part. I also touched my tongue to... Read more »

What are my chances of having hiv if i............

Posted by Anonymous, 2 Replies

48 hours ago i had unprotected sexual intercourse with a woman i believe to have hiv. I came to this conclusion yesterday after a conversation i had with her after fooling around (oral sex only) with her. Last night i was thinking about the possible... Read more »

Unprotected Vaginal Intercourse with a Stripper

Posted by rayk12345, 1 Reply

I had a 15-30 second vaginal intercourse with a stripper at a strip club...I was drunk and this is the only that happened..after that 15 seconds time I was scared and just left that place...I dont know about the HIV status of that lady but i feel... Read more »

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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Likelihood of infection with high viral load, protected versus unprotected vaginal intercourse

I am a female who engaged in one episode of protected heterosexual sex with a male of an unknown status. He did not finish inside of me because I asked him not to do so. A couple days after the incident, he told me he had a fever and felt ill....

Response from Shannon Southall

Rocky Mountain CARES

HiThanks for the question and I hope to put your mind at ease! 1. Protected sex is obviously the best way to prevent transmission of any type of sexually transmitted infection. The chances of HIV transmission increase with a higher viral load and... Read more »

plz answr: engaged. : hep c vaccine and hiv antibody test

Dr.,Thank you so much for your time. I am engaged to get married soon to a woman who would have no chance of having hiv. I got a hiv antibody test done last week which came back negative. However, I got a chicken pox vaccine and my first hepatitis...

Response from Douglas T. Dieterich, M.D.

New York University, School of Medicine

No problem. The vaccine for hepatitis B (not C yet unfortunately) will not interfere with HIV testing. I applaud your conscientiousness in both HIV testing and HBV vaccination. More people should be like you! Good luck with your relationship! DTD... Read more »

Are pregnant women at greater risk for transmission?

Hi. About 2 yrs. ago, I had a quickie (2 minute unprotected vaginal sex)with a pregnant lady prostitute in San Francisco. There were no other riskybehavior before or after that. Upon recently learning of this riskybehavior, I took the HIV-1,...

Response from Cal Cohen, M.D., M.S.

Harvard Medical School

No, pregnant women do not transmit HIV more readily than non-pregnantwomen. To my knowledge there has been only one such case in over 15 years. Forall practical purposes, a negative HIV test six months after exposureexcludes the possibility of HIV... Read more »

Following up : Unprotected Intercourse with a POZ women..Strong Symptomes but neg at 12 weeks !

Dir Dr BOB,I check daily your forum, to read the answer you give people, not only because I still concerned, but also to know you are doing well, by responding to people like me, you gave insurance to a hundreds of thousands of people around the...

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Bonjour encore une fois mec Qubcois!J'crirai en Anglais parce qu'il est plus facile pour moi et tu as beaucoup de questions aujourd'hui! Alors, commenons! First off, thank you for your very kind comments. They are warmly appreciated.... Read more »

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