A 18-year-old member asked:
can you get aids from using a sunbed?
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Dr. Luis Villaplana answered
35 years experience Internal Medicine
Not likely: No.
Answered on Jan 18, 2012
Dr. Edward Neilsen answered
19 years experience Family Medicine
No: Hiv - the virus that causes aids - does not last long outside of the human body, even in bodily fluids or blood. It is almost impossible to catch this virus from casual contact with surfaces.
Answered on Nov 26, 2013
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Dr. Daniel Lee answered
26 years experience Internal Medicine
No: Hiv infection is acquired through unprotected sex, injection drug use, or transfusion of hiv-infected blood products. You cannot get hiv/aids from using a sunbed.
Answered on Jan 22, 2015
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Dr. Brian Novick answered
43 years experience Allergy and Immunology
No: Here is some very good info http://www.Amfar.Org/about_hiv_and_aids/basic_facts_about_hiv/.
A 41-year-old member asked:
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No.: You cannot become infected with HIV by using the public restroom.
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A 49-year-old member asked:
Dr. Ed Friedlander answered
44 years experience Pathology
HIV causes AIDS: You are very unlikely to contract the infection by sharing a razor. The virus is wimpy and survives very poorly on surfaces, especially if drying has ... Read More
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A 43-year-old member asked:
Dr. Heidi Fowler answered
25 years experience Psychiatry
It all starts with: transmission of the human immunodeficiency virus. Recommend educating yourself in more detail. You can goggle AIDS and HIV to do so.
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