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HIV/AIDS during pregnancy
HIV in pregnancy is a condition where the mother is already infected with HIV before becoming pregnant. It can be associated with a high risk of passing HIV to the baby, but this may be avoided by using antiretroviral drug therapy and formula feeding.
Dr. Robert Kwok reviewed this
35 year experience in Pediatrics
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A 36-year old asked:
What can you do to prevent HIV/AIDS and pregnancy during sex?
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A 24-year old female asked:
Can I take a second blood test to clarify if I am really HIV positive during pregnancy?
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A 24-year old female asked:
I am thinking of taking another hiv blood test so is it wise to test twice during pregnancy I always tested negative for Hiv before I got pregnant ?
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A 34-year old asked:
What is the risk of contracting aids/hiv during unprotected sex?
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A 25-year old female asked:
Can I have sex with my partner during pregnancy because we are both hiv positive and we are scared that the baby can contract it through sex?
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A 24-year old female asked:
Is it wise to take an HIV test twice after the first one came back as positive during pregnancy meanwhile you have been hiv negative all the time?
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A 31-year old female asked:
Can antibodies wane after 10 years of having HIV so that they are undetectable on an HIV test? Does the extra blood in your body during pregnancy reduce the amount of HIV antibodies in a single sample therefore possibility giving a false negative?
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A 26-year old male asked:
Doctor please i want to know wether if it is possible for a man to contact HIV aids even though if he is using condom during the act?
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A 26-year old female asked:
During my pregnancy period doctor told me i am HIV pos and i did not take an medication, i put to birth no trace of HIV in my baby hemogram test why?
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A 41-year old female asked about a 40-year old female:
General question: If during pregnancy a STD/HIV/HPV/etc is contracted, for example via sexual intercourse, can these affect the baby?
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A 34-year old male asked:
Can you get hiv/aids or sti if you have a cut on your genitals from shaving and get vaginal fluids or even blood on the cut during sex?
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A 35-year old male asked:
Can you get hiv/aids or sti if you have any cut, scratch, cracked skin, broken skin, skin rash irritated and red, or jock itch that is irritated and red on your genitals, or inner thigh area and get vaginal fluids or even blood on the cut during sex?
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A 24-year old female asked:
Indication for et intubation during general anaesthesia include:a.Alcohol intoxicationb.Active tbc.Small bowel obstructiond.Pregnancye.Hiv infect?
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A 36-year old asked:
Can you tell me what is HIV aids in pregnancy?
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A 31-year old asked:
Can pregnancy also cause aids or HIV or std?
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A 29-year old asked:
What is worse for the next generation - teen pregnancy + stds, hiv/aids + homosexuality?
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A 49-year old asked:
How can someone die when they get HIV then aids?
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A 40-year old asked:
Can you please define HIV and how does it progress to aids?
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A 37-year old asked:
Please tell me, could a person develop aids not caused by hiv?
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A 49-year old asked:
Please tell me how long it takes for to positively know you have HIV or aids?
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A 33-year old asked:
Will a HIV test show aids?
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A 26-year old male asked:
Can you get HIV or aids from a blow job?
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A 39-year old asked:
I have hiv/aids early symptoms, what to do?
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A 40-year old asked:
How can hiv/aids influence public relations?
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A 49-year old asked:
Can i get aids and HIV by using the same blade?
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A 45-year old asked:
What is the difference between HIV and full-blown aids?
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A 36-year old asked:
Can I get aids if I slept with someone with HIV just once?
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A 43-year old asked:
Are there any diseases that have same symptoms as HIV aids?
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A 49-year old asked:
Are there drugs that prevent HIV from ever turning into aids?
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A 43-year old asked:
Can you catch HIV / aids by kissing?
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