Question:
How long after unprotected sex do i know i’m gonna be OK? I’ve had a sexual encounter without a condom a while ago and i wanna know HOW and WHEN do i know for sure if i haven’t caught HIV/AIDS ( or other STD’s) without having tests done,please!? And if i have , what would be the simptomes over time?
Answer:
AIDS prevention is one of my missions. You will never know if you’re HIV (+) until (more…)
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I seriously need help!?
They apeared 3 months ago… 2 months after my first sexual contact…. I need to do my analysis now… but please… what should i expect? They don’t look like the ones made by AIDS.
Answer:
Sounds like it could possibly be genital warts. (more…)
Question?
I’ve gotten fever blisters since i was a child, when i reached my teens they got really bad. My whole lip would swell 2 times its size and i’d sometimes get up to 7 blisters and sometimes on both lips. I would have 2 huge lips and it would hurt to even talk. I missed school everytime i got a blister because it looks so horrible and it hurt to even move my mouth. How did i end up getting herpes simplex, which is fever blisters? I dont know how it started?
Answer
You’re right, fever blisters is caused by the Herpes Simplex Virus.
Well, somewhere along the way you’ve come in contact with someone else who had the virus and passed it on to you. Since you’ve been getting the blisters since you were little, you know that you contracted the virus very early. (more…)
Question:
If a person chooses to have sex with an HIV+ partner, which is easier, getting HIV or getting pregnant, assuming no condom? (more…)
The CDC announced new HIV guidelines recommending routine HIV testing for all patients (ages 13-64) in health care settings.
The proposal is, just as you’re tested for other routine tests at your annual physical, the HIV test would be included. One of the most startling statistics around HIV and AIDS is that a quarter of a million people in the U.S. are currently infected and don’t know it.
I think it’s a great idea! I personally went years without knowing my status. I wasn’t in any high risk group, except that I was a sexually active, single (meaning not married) female. That alone made me high risk. I am a registered nurse with over 10 years experience of working with AIDS patients. I work on a unit where AIDS is as common as Hypertension. And when it was my turn to get tested, (more…)