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Will The Hospital Contact Me If Child Test For Hiv
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Can a child contact HIV from a carrier who's "dads friend"? (CASUAL CONTACT, HIV BASICS)My daughters (5) and her father, is in a relationship with a girl who is a HIV Carrier on medication. Can the virus be given to my child? I want to make sure to protect her from getting it. ...
Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.
The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation
Hello,First of all, there is no such thing as an "HIV carrier." Someone is either HIV positive (infected) or HIV negative (not infected).Next, HIV is not transmitted by casual conduct and you should have no fears about your daughter...
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Child's Casual Contact with HIV infected personHi,Every week, I bring my two year old with me to visit my grandmother. My cousin also lives with... Read more »HIV+ DAD and HIV- MOM desire CHILDIs it possible for a HIV+ Dad that is undetectable and a HIV- Mom to have a HIV- baby? Please... Read more »
Articles
Montreal Hospital Begins HIV Testing Thousands of Child Patients Operated on by HIV-Positive SurgeonA Montreal children's hospital by Saturday had already tested 400 former child patients and scheduled testing for 500 more who were operated on between 1990 and 2003 by a now-deceased surgeon whom the hospital administration recently learned was... Read more »
IPS Reports on Efforts to Prevent Mother-to-Child HIV Transmission at Public Hospital in Cameroon"For nearly two years, not a single child with HIV has been born at the public hospital in the Cite-Verte district of Yaounde, the capital of Cameroon," Inter Press Service reports, adding, "Emilien Fouda, the hospital's director, says this proud... Read more »
Maryland Hospital Asks FDA to Examine Testing Equipment After Possible Incorrect HIV, Hepatitis Test ResultsMaryland General Hospital officials have said that they will ask FDA to investigate the reliability of the hospital's blood testing equipment after reports that the hospital may have released hundreds of incorrect HIV and hepatitis test results,... Read more »
Program at St. Louis Children's Hospital Will Offer HIV Tests, Results to Patients Older Than 15 Without Parental ConsentThe St. Louis Children's Hospital in July will begin offering no-cost, immediate HIV testing to patients ages 15 and older without parental consent, the AP/ Joplin Globe reports. Under the program, adolescents who visit the hospital's emergency... Read more »
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Possible HIV contact
Posted by Anonymous, 2 Replies
I came to find out that I may have been exposed to the HIV virus. The person I was with penetrated me without a condom and then we stopped for a condom. After finding out that he was HIV + I went straight to the hospital and recieved 15 days of...
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Hiv fear after unprotected contact
Posted by Nickkk, 2 Replies
First of all i must tell you that i do not come from USA, so sorry for my bad english.I come from Europe and my name is Nick, also i am 26 years old. I have an unprotected sex before ~2 months-(73days) with a woman that her hiv condition is unknown... Read more » Blood Contact
Posted by Whizkid, 1 Reply
the incident i am talking about originally happened 10 weeks ago while i was sitting out in the ground of my university working on my assignment and there a student of the same uni whom i didnt know came to me and ask me for a spare Pen. i gave it...
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Are tests valid after another sexual contact?...
Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply
1.What about people who have another sexual contact or other sexual contacts during the window or latency period?... 2. Are test results valid once you've had another sexual contact since getting tested?... Read more » Advertisement
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