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Worried about getting HIV? Please, please help!

Hi! I read so much about possibility if HIV transmission but I am still very worried. Please help me! I am gay guy and dealt with HIV positive guy from January to September 2011. He states that he has undetectable virus load and I am tend to trust...

Response from Richard Cordova III

Test Positive Aware Network

Hi there:Three months is the amount of time it takes to get an accurate HIV test result. Nothing you described would be considered a high-risk activity. Kissing, mutual masturbation, and oral sex are all low-risk, and safer sex activities. Bottom... Read more »

worried about getting hiv

i have just had a hiv test a month ago and since then i have had unproctede sex with 3 men what are... Read more »

Response from Ewald Horwath, M.D. »

Worried about getting HIV

About 2 months ago I had sex with another male. We engaged in anal/oral sex, with me being the... Read more »

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U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Shanghai: Health Officials Worry Students Are Getting Too Frisky

Xinhua News Agency reported today that a two-year survey of 25 Shanghai high schools suggested that dating and sexual activity among students are on the upswing in China's most modern city. One-third of the students said they had a partner and had... Read more »

"The Happiest Day of Our Life" -- A Gay Couple Living With HIV Adopts

At 26, Greg was all set to get married when Frank walked through the door of his workplace. It was love at first sight. Greg put aside all thought of blending into the straight world. The two men have been together ever since. One thing, however,... Read more »

California: Senior Class Project -- Getting Tested for HIV

Feb. 11 will mark what is believed to be the nation's first HIV testing by an entire high school class. The 80 seniors at San Francisco's Urban School will be required to attend an information session ahead of the event; a voluntary lunchtime... Read more »

Getting Informed About HIV

What Is HIV Disease? Simply put, HIV disease is a disease of the immune system, although it can affect other parts of the body like the brain or kidneys. HIV ( human immunodeficiency virus ) causes disease because it gets into immune cells --... Read more »

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worried of getting stabbed with hiv in my foot

Posted by worried1234, 3 Replies

Hi i am a male from malaysia,i was just hanging around with my friend last week,we were just sitting in a corner playing with our handhelp videogames.suddenly a group of 6 homosexual indian people walked past,they were talking and shouting alll... Read more »

A Worried Well Getting Better

Posted by une_fille, 2 Replies

I went to a therapist yesterday who after hearing about my obsession asked me, "What would you lose if you didn't constantly think about HIV?" I told her I didn't know because I didn't know what I was gaining by thinking about it. For me, that was... Read more »

Keep getting worried...

Posted by Anonymous, 2 Replies

I was tested for HIV at six weeks and it was negative (not definitive, but supposedly encouraging). I went for a definitive test at 15 weeks last Wednesday (April 5) and am awaiting the results. Now I'm worried that I may also have been infected... 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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