HIV and AIDS

I remember someone saying that you need to drink approx. 1 gallon of that person's saliva to get you infected... but if your receiving head from someone with aid/hiv etc... you never know if the lady bit her tongue on purpose just to infect you. She can bite her tongue to make herself bleed and get you without you even knowing.. so like.. that's not cool.

i hope you got something from my response.

it is possible, the chance of transmition is very low. the chance is greatly increase if you have any open cuts in your mouth. if you have any suspicion you may have contracted AIDS, in the UK you can get a free STI/STD check, i belive the same is true in the states.

I am 100% sure that you cannot get aids from rabbits or cats.

AIDS is a lead of HIV. AIDS occurs when HIV has defeated your immune system. And now, the disease will be worse. AIDS is like HIV, except without an immune system.

The only thing that shows up on an HIV test are antibodies to HIV.

But like I keep telling people, if a doctor orders a medical test for a sexually transmitted disease there is no law prohibiting him from also ordering a drug screen. It's especially important to do so with HIV because it's so often spread by sharing needles.

Rock Hudson (1925-1985) American actor, first major American celebrity to publicly disclose HIV status. Website: http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Which_celebrities_died_of_HIV_or_AIDS

Yes it is. Nurses are expected to be experts at prophylacsis, so they'll know how to prevent spreading this disease. There should be no problem getting a nursing position, even if you're HIV pos. In fact, most hospitals have a policy against discriminating in this manner.

Bone tenderness, limitations of movement, difficulty walking, and any loss of nerve function in the lower part of the body and for signs of injury to nearby organs of the intestinal or genitourinary systems.

No, chemotherapy is not used in HIV/AID patients. The reason it is not is because HIV and AIDs deplete the white blood cells in your blood. White blood cells are what help you fight off disease and infection. Chemotherapy lowers your white blood cells as well, which lowers your immunity. So doing chemo and having AIDs at the same time doubly lowers your white blood cells, which makes the effect of AIDs worse.

There is currently no known cure for AIDs.

HIV is not transmitted via sweat, tears, saliva, urine, and feces.

It's also not transmitted by air, radio, thought, intent, meaningful looks, whispers, and playing cards.

yes/no, if the person has a cut in the mouth and it is blood in the saliva you can get infected

Yes, you can avoid HIV altogether if you don't use shared needles. Sharing needles is the number one method that HIV spreads between IV drug users.

If you can't kick the habit, at least get fresh needles. There are needle exchange programs available.

Only if one or both of the women have HIV.

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No you will not as saliva does not have enough virus in it to transmit.

LaShun Pace, an American gospel singer and evangelist does not suffer from HIV. She was diagnosed with cancer and shares her story.

HIV is the virus that causes AIDS. Being HIV positive does not mean that you have AIDS, but it does mean that you may develop AIDS.

Many people are alive and live well above fifteen years or more after testing HIV positive.

A positive result is an important medical message that may help you save or extend your life.

Whether you took the test or not, sooner or later you would have learned of your HIV disease.

There are many new treatments that help keep the disease under control, for example, anti-retroviral drugs.

If you learn by testing, you have a chance to slow or prevent some of the negative health consequences.

Even if you didn't get tested, HIV would have presented itself at some point as an infection or damage to your immune system.

And if you had waited for HIV disease to present itself, many of your best medical options would have been lost already. So being tested for HIV is always a clever move.

When you first find out that you have HIV, you will need to adjust to this change in your life.

Family members or friends might be able to help you, or you could talk with a counsellor. The real work, however, is up to you.

Given the right attitude and the right information, most people can live for a long time.

Getting informed and taking charge of your health will help you make the best out of your situation.

Take your time and don't feel pressured to tell everyone right away about your HIV status.

It helps to start learning more about the HIV disease and keep track of your immune system. It is important to note the following about the virus:

It is a virus that can multiply rapidly in your body. Your immune system helps keep your body healthy by recognizing and attacking foreign substances, like viruses or bacteria.

HIV attacks your immune system and without treatment, it can make your immune system very weak, gradually impairing how it functions.

Over time if it becomes seriously damaged or weakened your body loses its ability to fight against certain infections and cancers.

These certain infections or cancers capitalize on your weak immune system and pounce on you causing serious illness. These are called opportunistic infections (OTIs).

People with healthy immune systems can be exposed to these same opportunistic infections and not get sick.

AIDS is the most serious outcome of HIV infection. The presence of these OTIs in your body points to a significantly damaged immune system.

This gradual destruction of the immune system doesn't happen the same way in everyone, or even at the same pace. In some, it may not happen at all.

In a small percentage of people, HIV destroys their immune system very rapidly, in just a few years.

But others remain well for ten to fifteen years or longer.

On average, without using anti-HIV therapy, most people remain well for about ten years before facing their first serious symptoms.

HIV is a 'spectrum' illness, all who are infected have the same disease, but there are different stages to it. AIDS is the name given to the later, most serious stage.

In the earlier stages, people are HIV-positive, meaning they tested positive to an HIV anti-body test but they have no life threatening symptoms of illness.

If left untreated, most people generally progress along the spectrum towards AIDS.

Studies have shown that HIV is a progressive disease that leads to symptomatic illness in most people over time.

Children born with HIV and people infected through blood transfusion seem to get sick quickly.

Studies also suggest that when women have access to and seek regular care and monitoring, their progression rates are similar to and perhaps even slower than men.

Why people progress at different rates is uncertain. It may be due to differences in the strain of HIV a person gets.

Others believe it is influenced by genetic differences in people while others suspect that lifestyle factors make a difference or it could be a combination of the three.

Whatever the case maybe, the fact remains it is better to get tested and know one's status.

This helps one to lengthen one's life through taking appropriate diet and ARVs if need be.

The answer to whether HIV gram-stain positive or negative is that HIV gram-stain is negative. They retain the light red or pink color after the stain.

The problem with HIV is that it destroys precisely the part of the body that is responsible for protecting you--your immune system.

Unlike with other viruses that the body is able to deal with, the HIV virus attacks cells called T-helper or CD4 cells which play a large role in your immune response. If these cells are destroyed (which is what HIV does to them), the body cannot fight. This will in time lead to the appearance of opportunistic infections, which is an indication that HIV infection has progressed to AIDS.

Having sex while a woman is actively menstrating can place a person at significantly higher risk for certain infections.

If your sexual partner has any blood present during sex, consider using a condom to help prevent the spread of possible disease. If you are confident that your partner is disease free and you have both been tested together, proceed with caution.

Any cold, illness, or bacteria you come into contact with could kill you. AIDS attacks the body's white blood cells (they fight off infections + kill foreign invaders) those who suffer from AIDS have little to no immune system so any germ or cold they come into contact with is potentially life threatening. There is no cure for AIDS but medication helps maintain at least a small part of your immune system. In other words, to answer your questions, you could die.

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