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What are the affects of aids on a woman's vagina inside and out?

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Dr. Dominic Riganotti answered

Specializes in Infectious Disease

Lets talk inside 1st: Hiv transmission in women happens through the vagina, the cervix and possibly the uterus. The walls of the vagina are made up of mucous membranes. Recent research suggests that HIV can pass between or through normal healthy cells. This means that HIV can still infect women even if the vaginal mucous membranes are healthy and intact (not only through small tears or sores in the mucous membrane).

Answered 6/10/2014

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