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Yes, there are reports that say that HIV positive mothers who are breastfeeding will reduce the risk of the baby contracting HIV.
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Does having an STD increase the risk of contracting HIV?
Yes; having a STD absolutely does increase your chances of contracting HIV.
Which blood group is at a high risk of contracting HIV?
HIV risk is not linked to blood groups, it is linked to life style.
Do cosmetologists and nail technicians have a high risk of contracting HIV on the job.?
FALSE
Is there virtually no risks of contracting HIV if you are caring for someone with HIV?
There is no risk unless you exchange body fluids e.g unprotected sex, sharing needles.
Is it one hundred percent contracting hiv with a carrier?
HIV is not transmitted 100% of the time when you have sex with someone infected. Condoms can further lower the risk.
How does an STD reduce the risk of getting HIV?
STDs do not reduce the risk of getting HIV. In fact, STDs increase the risk of getting HIV. Any STD elicits an immune response. Its almost like ringing the dinner bell for HIV. Most infections pull CD4 immune cells (cells that HIV infects) to the site of infection (usually). This increases the risk of infection.
There is virually no risk of contracting HIV if you are caring for someone with HIV?
Generally speaking, the statement is true. If you give injections, clean blood, or do more than normal care, the risk is increased, but still low.
Can the immune system fight off HIV AIDS and SCID?
No. HIV attacks and overwhelms the immune system. In fact, the reason you can die of AIDS has nothing to do with the disease, but rather any sickness you catch with your immune system shot.
What groups of people are at the greatest risk for contracting HIV in the US?
I believe it has been found that African-Americans are more susceptible to the HIV or AIDS virus, specifically males. newer studies are saying teenage female minorities.
Are workers doing nails are more at risk of transmitting or contracting HIV in the work setting than are workers who cut hair?
NO
What did new research indicate about the transmission of HIV infections?
Circumcised men may be less at risk for contracting HIV infections than uncircumcised men, whose foreskins have higher concentrations of cells that are targeted specifically by HIV.
How long does it takes to have hiv virus in the breast milk of infrcted mother?
Breastfeeding is not allowed if the mother has HIV. Aids has no cure,so strict no breastfeeding is allowed lifetime.
