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Can gallactorea contain hiv virus? the woman has no child already. can gallactorhea transmit hiv virus to adult by sucking her breast? thank you?

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Dr. Hunter Handsfield answered

Specializes in Infectious Disease

This is little or no risk for HIV, which is not easily transmitted by breast fluids. Nursing moms who have HIV can transmit to their babies by breast milk, but even then, the chance the child will be infected is under half, even after 6 months of swallowing a few ounces of milk every day.

Answered 5/11/2021

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