Thursday, October 28, 2010

Can you contract HIV/AIDS if infected blood were to come in contact with a wound

Can you contract HIV/AIDS if infected blood were to come in contact with a wound?
I was just wondering because I was debating with a friend if this actually happened or not. I said that the blood coming out of the arteries and veins would flush the blood out, and that due to the elasticity of blood vessels, the severed vessels in which blood would retract and slightly close. Then I was wondering what if were just to come in contact with tissue, not necessarily just get into the blood stream. @simone - ah sorry, yeah I meant to contract HIV from HIV/AIDS infected blood.
Infectious Diseases - 6 Answers
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check out the CDC website to be sure.... I'm 98% certain that if you touch something with the living HIV virus with an open cut/ wound/ ect you run the risk of catching it.
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Wow ! Yes good point. Never looked at it like that.I would ask my doctor. May be to wash the wound after contact would go a long way to playing safe. Very much worth looking into that.
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Might depend on how "healthy" the virus was. I wouldn't play Russian roulette to find out. Even if it only contacted non-vulnerable tissue, you might somehow get it onto a vulnerable spot. Your mind is a good scientific one. You can use it to find solutions - don't stop at the point of weighing risks!
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hiv an aids are not the same thing. hiv means you have a low t-cell count and aids can be any of 30 diseases that are present with low t-cell count
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I would say that it is very likely. I mean you are talking about a virus which is very tiny.
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well...if u have a large open wound and u r literally pushing HIV infected blood into it then yes...otherwise, no...it is not that easy to get



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Sunday, October 24, 2010

What happens if you have HIV/AIDS but never get tested

What happens if you have HIV/AIDS but never get tested?
I know you would eventually get sick but what happens if you never really get diagnosed and don't take the medicine? How long would you live and what would it be like. I know it screws up your immune system or something but what exactly happens?
STDs - 4 Answers
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Basicly it kills this very importAnt cell in your body that tell the rest of molicuse what too do when your infected. So basicly if you were to get a cold there would be nothing you could do about it and it would slowly kill you from the inside because the body dosnt know what to do. Thats why the medicine dosnt really "cure" it, it just prolongs the persons life.
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At first the number of colds and flus you get goes up a little. You are sick more. Then at some point your entire immune system collapses, and you start to get lots of weird diseases. Types if mold that are no match for the immune system of the typical infant can be devastating diseases. If you are lucky, this wouldn't happen for ten years. A few people experience the "immune system collapse" after just a few years, and a few may not experience it for 20, but I think 10 years is normal.
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You die within 2-5 years
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You die. You can die very ugly because of Kaposi sarcoma. 6-8 years is average life expectancy from infection to the end. Last 2 years will be horrific. http://www.metapathogen.com/HIV-1/HIV-1-disease-progression.html



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Wednesday, October 20, 2010

What is the state law of Ohio regaurding HIV/AIDs, confidentiality, and duty to warn

What is the state law of Ohio regaurding HIV/AIDs, confidentiality, and duty to warn?
I need to know if counselors in Ohio are required to keep this information confidental or if they can tell third parties
Law & Ethics - 4 Answers
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Whether they are obligated or not, if your significant other was HIV positive, wouldn't you want THEM to tell YOU?
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Due to heppa laws, the doctors cannot tell people who personally has the disease, but they can however tell those who have had sexual or blood contact that they have been exposed to the disease so they can get tested. I do think though that if an insurance company asks, they can tell them so the comapny can decide to cover you or not. You can look up the center for diease control, they can give you more definate answers...
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Not sure about Ohio, I know America is rather backwards (much like Australia in some ways) so it wouldn't surprise me if the answer is No for Privacy reasons. In Australia it is a big NO-NO if you don't tell your sex partner you have AIDS (probably HIV too) and a jail sentence if they are infected.
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you didn't say what type of counselor this is. in my experience, only licensed medical and mental health professionals enjoy the doctor / patient privilege. if this is a school counselor, that is not licensed, only their own ethics or school policy will keep them silent. if this was a counselor at an AIDS clinic attached to a medical professional; the privilege would apply to the doctor's employees. ohio probably has specific statutes dealing with sexually transmitted diseases and notifying past contacts, but even then, outside of the "stakeholders" (past intimate contacts) your medical jistory stays private. perhaps for a more definitive answer, you should post on the medical boards. good luck!



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Saturday, October 16, 2010

Can u get hiv/aids from percing your lip wih a safety pin

Can u get hiv/aids from percing your lip wih a safety pin?
i pierced my lip like about 4 months ago with a safety pin, and one of my friends told me that u can get aids like that, is it true?
Infectious Diseases - 7 Answers
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Only if someone before you with HIV/AIDS used the same safety pin to pierce themself.
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Where would the AIDS come from? The worst that'll happen with a safety pin pierced lip is a raging infection that takes over the blood and kills you. Which, in reality, can happen if an infection goes untreated.
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No, but you can get an infection if you didn't sterilize the needle. HIV is a weak virus, and you need a large amount of blood or mucus membrane exposure with an infected person. Hepatitis B is more worrysome.
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yes, also hepititis. But that is only if someone else had used that needle or pircing that had hiv or hep.
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only if it poked somebody that has the HIV first.
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unless someone with aids used it before u did then theres no way u can get it.
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No. Once it is exposed to air, HIV (virus that can lead to AIDS) only survives for a few minutes. The only way there would be any risk in your situation is if the pin had HIV infected blood on it, AND you used it IMMEDIATELY after the infected person used it. Even then, risk would have been extremely low. HIV is transmitted through unprotected sex with an infected person, sharing needles for drug use with an infected person (virus would survive longer in the airtight syringe), from mother to baby at birth, or during breastfeeding. HIV is not transmitted by saliva or by casual contact.



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Tuesday, October 12, 2010

SHOULD OTHER COUNTRIES HELP AFRICA with the HIV/AIDS TREAMENTS

SHOULD OTHER COUNTRIES HELP AFRICA with the HIV/AIDS TREAMENTS?
Most people are not treated for HIV-AIDS because they cannot afford expensive drug therapy. Should other countries and/or pharmaceutical companies make an effort to provide low-cost drug treatments in sub-Saharan Africa?
Other - Diseases - 4 Answers
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We need help in our own country to help with rising costs of illnesses including AIDS. So, my answer is no.
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This is more of an ethical question. I believe outside countries should help with African countries only if they're asked for it. Their government represents their nations' people and it is up to them to ask for help. If the people think their government's wrong for not asking, then it's up to them to change who's in charge. It could be offensive to them if you're an outsider coming in to help with the situation since it can show that they're weak or incapable to perform their duties. Morally, the pharmaceutical companies/ outside countries should help (if asked to), only if they, themselves don't need the same material for their own people, or the money used to provide help would not put them in trouble financially. Basically, I'll say this- Do not help others unless you've learned to help yourself.
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Other countries already can and do help African nations with HIV/AIDS treatments.
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If it is a dollar or 2 a day to treat the people over there, it should be the same all over. The drug companies are price gouging AGAIN.



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Friday, October 8, 2010

How did the spread of HIV/AIDS start

How did the spread of HIV/AIDS start?
There are many theories of how it spread. some say a french guy came to america and spread it. some say someone slept with a monkey and got it. some say scientists invented it. which theory do u agree with?
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some weirdo had sex with a monkey and it began from there
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I heard that people got it from eating monkeys.
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Probably some overly religious rich billionaire funded a group of scientists to create the virus because he wanted to stop people sleeping around. But seriously, we will probably never find out.
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Some drunk guy in africa did it with a monkey and the rest is history. Monkeys are actually attracted to humans and try to mate with them in africa.
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The guy and the monkey thing is an urban legend. Patient zero was never identified. The only theory I agree with is that the origination of HIV/AIDS will never be known. All we can do now is protect ourselves and keep safe.
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They said it all started with a monkey, i guess a person could of slept with a monkey or they shared a needle with a monley, they reall don't know how it transfered to a human from a monkey but they do know a monkey had it for!!!!!!!!!!!
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my science teacher told us it may have started in Africa. Because some tribes there eat monkeys and the virus could have evolved. It's just her theory, but i think it's very plausible.
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I have my own theory, but I cannot prove it so I won't say it. But, you're right - there any several possibilities of how it all began. I don't think that we will ever find out for sure how it began mainly because some special interest groups would never allow the real reason to be disclosed. I do think that some people (very few, but still) are full aware of the facts, but they will never be made available to the general public because of the reasons I listed. So, we're left guessing, and it will forever be that way. The average person will never find out the truth. It would be nice to know once and for all how it all began. I sometimes wonder too. Just my opinion.
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There is a theory that HIV/AIDS is a genetically engineered disease made by man, developed to control our numbers or to mass wipe-out specific people. So I'd say the Scientist theory is the closest. But they are not just any 'scientists'...



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Monday, October 4, 2010

why does south africa have a big problem with HIV/AIDS

why does south africa have a big problem with HIV/AIDS?
im writing a paper about south africa for my politics class and i chose the subject AIDS/HIV in Africa, but i need to know why does south africa have such a big number of infected people. is it related to the government. please need help
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Because they are not well educated on safe-sex practices. Also, Africa is the leading country in rape cases reported each year.
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Sex with everyone, using no condoms.
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People there in South Africa have worse sanitoryhabits and people do in North America moreover people there have often have ucontrolled sex meaning that they do not use condoms that is a major cause of AIDS
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I am from South Africa, and the reason why HIV/AIDS is such an epidemic is because of overpopulation, causing the poor who have no access to education or even contraception to not know that they are spreading the disease to their wife/husband and then to there kids if they get pregnant. Also with the crime rate sky high. Drug sharing causing HIV to spread and all the crimes of rape.
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Lack of education about HIV transmission and protection is a major problem. Many people in Africa who have HIV believe that if they have sex with a virgin, they will be cured. This belief results in a very high rate of rape of young people, and spread of HIV.
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A lot of it is related to the government not doing enough to educate its people and also not providing adequate access to condoms. There has also been an element of the government in the country not wanting to reveal to the rest of the world the extent of the problem it was experiencing therefore meaning that it has been swept under the carpet getting worse. Until the SA government decides to be open with the world and it's own people about the extent of the problem it will be hard pushed to come up with a robust enough strategy to deal with the problem.
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all of the above, and let's not forget that the church condemns condom use, and the USA does not financially support any overseas health programs that support and encourage condom use. They believe, along with the pope that abstinance is the only answer. shame isn't it.



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Friday, October 1, 2010

How does HIV/AIDS virus infect a human cell

How does HIV/AIDS virus infect a human cell..?
What are the stages, viral replication etc. What happens in the host cell, and how does it serve as parasite?
Infectious Diseases - 0 Answers
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This website has a thorough, albeit somewhat basic, description of the infectious process of HIV. It also has videos and stuff. http://www.cellsalive.com/hiv1.htm




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