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Laws regarding HIV confidentiality apply to certain individuals who work in certain fields. For example, if you work in a medical facility and are privy to HIV information, you are required by law to keep that information private. HIPPA laws, which guide privacy rules about medical information, apply.
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Can you get HIV from a singleperiodsex with someone HIV positive?
Yes, it is possible.
When does someone have an HIV diagnosis?
As soon as they test positive for the HIV virus.
Can you be infected by touching someone HIV Positive?
You can't get infected with HIV from someone coughing on you.
Can one contract HIV by having intercourse with a person who is not HIV positive?
It is possible to have a false negative HIV test, particuarly early in infection with HIV. If a partner has a true negative HIV test, it's not possible to get HIV from them.
What sharing needles while using this illegal narcotic can lead to HIV infection is it stimulants marijuana methamphetamine or heroin?
cannabis aka marijuana in America can not be intravenously or intramuscularly injected. But you can get HIV from sharing a needle with someone who is HIV positive. Any drug that can be administered with the use of a needle can give you HIV. So methamphetamine and heroin and cocaine just to name a few can give you HIV if you share the neddle. but the person has to be HIV positive to start off with to contract HIV
Can you get HIV from someone who has testicular cancer?
Not unless they're (a) HIV positive AND (b) you have unprotected sex !
Is it safe to swallow semen of an hiv positive person?
No. It's less risky than sharing a needle with someone HIV positive, but it's not "safe".
Someone whose blood contains antibodies to HIV is said to be?
HIV-positive. Being HIV-positive means that the individual has been exposed to the virus and their immune system has produced antibodies against it, which can be detected through blood testing. It does not necessarily mean they have developed symptoms of HIV or AIDS.
Can a person be HIV positive and not have aids?
Yes, but they can give the HIV onto someone else, and they could get AIDs too.
Is HIV positive good or bad?
It is better to be HIV negative than HIV positive. An HIV positive person is infected with HIV.
Is giving someone HIV illegal?
It is against the law to KNOWINGLY expose someone to the HIV virus. That means if you have unprotected sex with someone who had no idea they were carrying the virus, then no offense has been commited.
Who are newly diagnosed HIV positive persons required to notify of their HIV status to?
All HIV Positive people are required by law to disclose their HIV status to people before they have sex with them. It is against the law to sleep with someone without disclosing your status to them first.
