How fresh of a cut do you have to have to contract hiv, hepatitis b, and hepatitis c? How long does it take for a cut to heal where these diseases can not be transmitted? What about small cuts on your fingers and hands? Also, what about small cuts around your finger nails? I am confused about these scenarios. I think the cut has to be back to normal skin to be okay.

Thank you and God Bless!

Hello, I am a fourteen year old girl, and I want to get tested for AIDS/HIV. I am not planning on having sex anytime soon at all, I am just really paranoid that I may be a carrier, and I want to know if I am. Would the doctors have any problems testing such a young person, or would they be suspicious of me having sexual activities? Should I tell my mum? I’m worried all these people may get suspicious of me and that rumors might get started. I just want to know for my own sake and awareness. Any advice? Should I be worried about AIDS/HIV anyway, or should I let it go?

have been sick three times in the last 20 years have been tested for hiv a lot of times does that prove i dont have aids. testing negative for hiv.

Do you think HIV/AIDS testing should be made mandatory by schools?

I went to a free AIDS testing center, and I realized that not only do a lot of people who are HIV positive go there, but a lot of the people who work there are probably HIV positive as well. Isn’t this dangerous?

Does having all the hiv symptoms mean you have hiv ?

say u have hiv and not taking meds for it will it still interact with the hiv and if u are taking drugs for it will the doctor have u stop taking ur hiv meds and put u on a statin?
Y is lipitor for hiv

I am doing Research for one of my classes, If a doctor gets stuck by a needle after taking patients blood or something can he/she automatically test their blood for HIV or AIDS with out their consent?

HIV is the one everybody talks about, but what other health risks are there? I am particularly looking for three categories of risks:
Confirmed. Actual medically studied and confirmed risks.
Unconfirmed. Risks that might be real, but no one knows for sure.
Debunked. Risks that at one time were popularly assumed to be associated with homosexuality, but never really were.

Bonus question: what risks (other than pregnancy) are associated with heterosexuality but not homosexuality.

When someone catches the HIV virus into their bloodstream they could pass it on to others via their bodily fluids. But how does HIV get into their bodily fluids in the first place? For example, how does the virus get from the capillaries into an organ like the testicles and therefore how does it infect the semen? Is it by diffusion like nutrients or what?

I’m doing a presentation on it and thought up of some questions I may be asked during it.

If you may have contracted HIV through blood such as dirty needles or blood transfusions, would an HIV antibody test be able to tell you if you are infected the next day of the incident or would you still have to wait 30 days and get retested if the previous one says negative?

If you take the HIV antibody test 30 days after the incident where you may have contracted HIV and it says negative, would you still need to be retested later to be sure? If so, when and how often till you would know for sure?

Is there an HIV test and an AIDS test or would an HIV antibody test be able to tell you if you have AIDS?

Just wondering if anyone can shed some light on to this, this guy had HIV and had all the symptoms and after 1 year managed to shake of the virus without any medical help..and was only taking daily supplements..

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Stimpson

Basically, how do the mechanisms that allow HIV and Mycobacterium Tuberculosis to evade the human immune system support the idea of an evolutionary race between pathogens and their hosts?

I am trying to take my cousin to get to tested for HIV/AIDS but the thing is she doesn’t want her mom to know so I am thinking about buying a HIV testing kit for her. But I don’t know what drugstores sell HIV testing kits and in order to buy a HIV testing kit do you have to be a certain age? And if I buy one online do I need a credit card to purchase one?……Thanks.

Ok, well today is World Aids day. I hope you all got tested. But, i was wondering, if someone who has a heart issue, or already has a bad immune system, how long does it take for hiv to turn into aids for them? can it be less then a year?