Category: AIDS

Is there a risk of contracting HIV and why?

Question: My daughter goes to kindergarten. Her group, though rumored to have HIV-infected child. I know that everyday by HIV is not transmitted, but the fact is that my daughter, the pope always diathesis and, of course, broken skin in this place from scratching. Is there a risk of HIV transmission, and if my child is infected (both girls) enjoy one of the toilet seat? I also know that in the drops of urine contain little of the virus and the infection is unlikely. But there is vaginal secret. Can theoretically cause contamination if vaginal secret infected child gets to wound the pope of my child? How long can the HIV virus live on the toilet seat? But yesterday, I myself was a witness, as the kids after an afternoon nap, one after the other go "in a little." Conveyor. . . . One did, and immediately sat down next. For 30 sec. how can the HIV virus to die outside the body? I do not want to offend anyone, especially such as HIV + people standing in the street with them, say hello etc. In general, all that is everyday life – safely of course! I'm not crazy and quite literate person, and I understand that. I only asked about closer contact – about contact, vaginal secretions and infected with the blood of healthy scratches. This is not the same as talking to HIV +, did you? Here you can come into contact with the fluid of HIV + people. So I ask, there is a risk or not? "Sorry if my questions will seem to some. . . But I am a mother and my concern for my own child knows no boundaries. Sincerely, Elena from St. Petersburg.

Answer: Up to three years of diagnosis of the child is placed. This is due to the fact that, regardless of HIV status of the child, maternal antibodies to HIV in his blood stored up to 1-3 years, and only then if the antibodies disappeared completely, the child recognizes the HIV-negative, and if found its own antibodies that HIV-positive. Your fears were groundless. Such indirect contact infection can take place. First too few secret (and the content of the virus even less), the second virus to air live 1-2 minutes, the third-yourself skin (even with the defeat of diathesis) has a protective function and does not penetrate the infection. Need open, bleeding wound. When diathesis, even in violation of the skin when combing allocated lymph, which forms a crust as a protective barrier.

Afraid of contracting

Question: Help, I beg you! Donate blood in the LCD. Nurse, dressing gloves, touched a drop of blood on the table for themselves gloves of blood I saw, or did not notice. The wounds she dealt with, but picked up a wool, which wiped my skin and a syringe. Could somehow particles contaminated blood get into my wound. Very afraid of becoming infected. What is the risk of infection? P. S. after 5 minutes, I handled the wound with chlorhexidine, although the blood was gone.

Answer: Infection is not possible.

Proper treatment?

Question: Please give me advice. Made in the polyclinic of the city of Tver Medical Academy ezofagogastroduoodenoskopiyu, gave me her doctor of the highest category. Here are the results. Esophagus: The esophagus passes freely. Mucous pink, hyperemic in the distal. Kardia closes incompletely. Stomach: gastric lumen of normal size. In the lumen of a moderate amount. The folds of normal size. Mucous moderately hyperemic, in prepiloricheskom department xanthoma. Antral wide. Caretaker pass. Duodenum: Bulb 12-duodenum (KDP) is not deformed, the mucous follicles KDP and postbulbarnogo Division pink with whitish patches. Conclusion: The distal reflux esophagitis. Insufficiency of the cardia. Poverhostny gastritis. Indirect signs holetsestitopankreatita (with a doctor – the endoscopist during my conversation with him said – indirect). A year ago, doing abdominal ultrasound – everything is in order: liver, spleen, pancreas (except the gall, the contours of the rough). Diagnosis: signs of chronic cholecystitis. Gastroentorolog prescribed treatment: 1. Ultop 40 ml. 30 minutes before breakfast (1 month), 2. Ganaton 1 tablet 3 times daily for 30 minutes before eating (2 weeks), 3. Festal 1 tab 3 times a day during meals 2 weeks in the month. 4. When heartburn Maalox (in syrup), or geviskon. Tell me, correctly I prescribed treatment? Previously, I have found antibodies to hepatitis C virus, PCR with the virus itself is not rented, I was HIV positive, drinking therapy Ziagen, Nikavir, Sustiva is 3 months (by the way, heartburn appeared after initiation of therapy, used to be once a month for 2 months ), immune status increases, the viral load, probably already undetectable). NOT hepatotoxicity it? After all, I drink a lot of pills. I smoke, do not drink. C respectfully.

Answer: The treatment you written out competently. The only thing I would bet, so it is with the appointment of Festal, it contains bile acids, which irritate the mucous membrane and the stomach and esophagus. It is better to replace him mezimom or Creon. The above-described mucosal injury may be due to "heavy" treatment of HIV, and as a consequence of the HIV.

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