If you have been having sex, using IV drugs and using nonsterile needles, or any other high risk activity you should be checked. Otherwise no.
2007-02-28 09:14:34
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answer #1
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answered by Troy 6
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You didn't really give any information to tell you an answer for example if you have unprotected sex and things like that. sorry to say this but once you start worrying about something like HIV is hard to get it out of your head even when you get tested and the result was negative you may feel relive for a day or two but somethings you still kind of keep worrying about it. I'm not trying to scared you or anything but something before you go and get tested you have to think about how you get it and how you don't and see which one apply to you.
2007-02-28 15:37:55
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answered by Tummy 4
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If you have been involved in any risky sexual behaviors then you need to go get checked. HIV doesn't have any outward physical symptoms like warts or painful urination, but other sexually transmitted diseases do! Get check out so you know and be safe!
2007-02-28 09:17:17
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answered by John 1
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Well read this article explaining modes of transmission...u can get HIV only if you indlge in any of them....
Since the beginning of the pandemic, three main transmission routes for HIV have been identified:
* Sexual route. The majority of HIV infections are acquired through unprotected sexual relations. Sexual transmission can occur when infected sexual secretions of one partner come into contact with the rectal, genital or oral mucous membranes of another.
* Blood or blood product route. This transmission route can account for infections in intravenous drug users, hemophiliacs and recipients of blood transfusions (though most transfusions are checked for HIV in the developed world) and blood products. It is also of concern for persons receiving medical care in regions where there is prevalent substandard hygiene in the use of injection equipment, such as the reuse of needles in Third World countries. HIV can also be spread through the sharing of leaches. Health care workers such as nurses, laboratory workers, and doctors, have also been infected, although this occurs more rarely. People who give and receive tattoos, piercings and scarification procedures can also be at risk of infection.
* Mother-to-child transmission (MTCT). The transmission of the virus from the mother to the child can occur in utero during the last weeks of pregnancy and at childbirth. In the absence of treatment, the transmission rate between the mother and child is 25%.[29] However, where drug treatment and Cesarian section are available, this can be reduced to 1%.[29] Breast feeding also presents a risk of infection for the baby.
HIV-2 is transmitted much less frequently by the MTCT and sexual route than HIV-1.
HIV has been found at low concentrations in the saliva, tears and urine of infected individuals, but there are no recorded cases of infection by these secretions and the potential risk of transmission is negligible. The use of physical barriers such as the latex condom is widely advocated to reduce the sexual transmission of HIV. Spermicide, when used alone or with vaginal contraceptives like a diaphragm, actually increases the male to female transmission rate due to inflammation of the vagina; it should not be considered a barrier to infection.[35] Research is clarifying the relationship between male circumcision and HIV in differing social and cultural contexts, however critics point out that any correlation between circumcision and HIV is likely to come from cultural factors (which govern not only whether someone is circumcised, but also their sexual practices and beliefs).[36] Even though male circumcision may lead to a reduction of infection risk in heterosexual men by up to 60%,[37] UNAIDS believes that it is premature to recommend male circumcision as part of HIV prevention programs.[38] Trials, in which some uncircumcised men were randomly assigned to be circumcised in presumably sterile conditions and others were not circumcised, conducted in Kenya[1] and Uganda [2] found that men who were uncircumcised were twice as likely to contract the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) compared with circumcised counterparts. South African medical experts are concerned that the repeated use of unsterilized blades in the ritual circumcision of adolescent boys may be spreading HIV.
2007-03-02 21:00:32
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answered by Anonymous
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you should go get that tested, you probably might not have HIV since the symptoms usually don't show up until 5 years later.
2007-02-28 10:27:13
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answered by fallen_angel 4
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no one would be responsive to what you have in case you don't get examined. absolutely everyone right here who says something approximately sure you have STD's is barely guessing. Get your self to a medical institution. playstation you haven't any longer any employer having any form of unprotected intercourse.
2016-10-02 03:15:54
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answered by Anonymous
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PLEASE go to the doc..... it sounds like you have an STD or infection.... but while you are there get tested for HIV/AIDS.... it is better to know..... Take care and Good luck
2007-02-28 09:38:35
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answered by Somanyquestions,solittletime 5
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heck yes you should be concerned!!!! GO GET TESTED !!! And do not have any unprotected sex, you surly do not want to pass it along to someone else.
2007-02-28 09:14:34
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answered by tire chick 4
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Might have? YES!! Get checked....
How do you MIGHT have it?
EXPLAIN!
2007-02-28 09:11:40
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answered by ♥eLizAbEtH♥ 5
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Go get tested....
2007-02-28 09:10:35
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answered by Hey you! 3
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