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AIDSvideos (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
Yes, if you are HIV+, you should be able to get free medical care under the Ryan White Care Act. Note that it hasn't been fully funded so there are waiting lists for treatment in some areas, unfortunately.
AIDSvideos (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
See our video "What's the Risk That I Have Contracted HIV?" As that video notes, in the end, you really can't precisely estimate the percentage risk that a particular individual has contracted HIV. Just get tested, use protection if you're sexually active until a doctor gives you the "all clear from that possible exposure," and don't worry too much in the meantime. Also, I'm unaware of any studies that quantify risk at the "per seconds of encounter" level.
CucciCadet (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
Thank you for that info and I did watch your videos. However, I am wondering how those percentages apply to my situation? Do those percentages mean prolonged exposure with the infected parter?
My main question would be that considering the exposure I had, which was 10 seconds at best, what would you say the chances are that I caught anything from her giving me oral sex for that short a time period?
burntflybog (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
my aunt had a blood transfusion in the 80s, and she died 5 years ago, with three young children left motherless. For everyone that we cast aside for doing something "wrong" to get HIV, we let people like my aunt get sick and die. Oh, and to the denialits, she didn't have a staph infection, never used drugs, was physically fit, and got all of the vitamins and minerals she needed from her abundant back yard garden and local farmers market. and no, she never took ARVs.
AIDSvideos (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
The median time in the developed world between contracting HIV and developing clinical AIDS is 10 years without treatment. With monitoring, treatment, and good nutrition, sleep, and general health, you may be able to live a normal lifespan with HIV. So it's not surprising that wealth athletes who contract HIV can still look healthy today. Also, worldwide, the majority of people who contracted HIV did so through heterosexual sex.
AIDSvideos (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
See our video "Some Ways You Can Contract HIV and the Risk of Each One" for details about per-encounter risk for various sexual practices including receptive oral sex such as you experienced. Also see wikipedia's article on "HIV" for a table showing transmission risk estimates. Go to the doctor, tell them your history and risk factors, get tested for HIV, and follow their instructions for follow-up testing and anything else. Glad you learned the lessons: avoid paid, casual, and unprotected sex!
CucciCadet (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
I woman I picked up on the street gave me unprotected oral sex for about 10 seconds and I stopped her after that point because I was uncomfortable with the whole experience. I did not ejaculate and there was no other contact between us. Needless to say I learned my lesson but what would you say are the chances she passed anything to me?
I am worrying so bad right now that I have trouble sleeping. I was wondering what the chances were of getting that disease through oral sex the way I had it?
rinrin303 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
Thank you for posting some truth about this epidemic, I was getting sick to my stomach reading HIV is a secret government ploy for population control. Damn some people really need to be educated.
conotoxin (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
Look up the following on Google:
dead_denialists
It is a partial list of leading "HIV Denialists" who have since died of disease consistent with advanced AIDs.
Furthermore, look up the magazine Continuum, run by HIV-positive denialists, which shut down when its editors all died of AIDS-related causes.
Roflol. Get a clue.
The evidence that AIDS is caused by HIV is clear-cut, exhaustive and unambiguous, meeting the highest standards of science.
Denialists = murderers
AIDSvideos (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
Follow-up: it's worth noting that the U.S. Centers for Disease Control recommended in September 2006 that all patients age 13-64 years be tested for HIV when they visit the doctors office. So although mass screening of elementary school children still would not be cost effective, research has shown that in the U.S., doing an HIV test for every patient at a routine doctor's office visit (a visit they make for other reasons anyway) is in fact cost effective. |
