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Check frequently asked questions about HIV and Aids

Open Question: what sort of symptoms would a HIV baby be experiencing ? ?

what age ? how long would it take for them to appear ? and would the parents know ?

20 Nov 2008, 11:53 am | click here for answers

Open Question: can u get HIV from sharing a nose ring?

19 Nov 2008, 5:51 pm | click here for answers

Open Question: why cant I stop thinking of dying?

I mean Im not sure what im happy about.I love my family but somtimes I dont mean to sound selfish I dont want anyone to think that poor girl who didnt try.I jsut cant get it out of my head.I really want too.I feel happy when I do think of it.So I donthave to be here unhappy anymore.Ive tried to do other things to get over it.I mean selling myself its not the way you should go.But I just get teh feeling of worthless in my soul that drives me teh next feeling of dead inside.I really seem happy you never know if you saw me honestly.Im ashamed cause I shoudl know Im 23 and you think as you get older you know better.But its getting worse cause Im the boss of myself so I can do more harm that makes it ok in my mind.I ve gone throgh somethings but Im not using it I just cant get ride of it.I had a great bf but he was someone who covered the pain I think.Its nice to be cared about.But when he left or was gone I was someone else I had relations with 15 guys when he was away.I dont understand why I have such a sexual desire all the time. And when I can get other things such and drugs and hiv makes it more daring in my mind cause Im a step closer to what I want.Can someone help me.I dont know anymore what to do? Im on the 6th floor and everytime Im there I want to jump off so I come to moms house to stop that feeling. I dont know how to live or love myself anymore thats my question really.How I lose it what can cause this? Thank you so much.I read everything and you both are right.I know its because of the way everything as happen.But i am really strong female I love life I think its beautiful. I just need to remneber that,Im trying really .

19 Nov 2008, 2:19 pm | click here for answers

Open Question: Losing virginity to manswhore = endless STD / HIV tests for the rest of my life? ?

I lost my virginity to this manwhore last week, so, do I need to get HIV or std tests ON A REGULAR BASIS FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE? Some info: He is about to turn 21 and he said he had sex with around 30 women so far in his life. We used Durex condoms during intercourse but I was not sure if he used it exactly right. I mean...for the first condom, he ripped it because he masterbated with the condom on, and he threw that away. The second one, he put it on, and after a few attempts of penetration that were not quite successful, he withdrew his penis and removed the condom and tried to penetrate me with no condom on but I stopped him so he put it back on. But the problem is I was not sure if he has accidentally turned the condom inside out when he put it back on. Also, I had brownish vaginal discharge every day for about a 5 days so far after the intercourse. The discharge is exactly like the last day of a girl's period, which is not blood but a pantyliner full of brownish watery discharge. Is this normal? I don't know if this means my hymen is really broken or something abnormal happened. I just want to know that, for my case... Do I need to take STD or HIV tests for the rest of my life? How long does it take for the respective symptoms to show? And for how long afterwards would it be the time that I can be sure that I am really HIV or STD free? Is my continuous discharge normal?

20 Nov 2008, 10:28 am | click here for answers

Open Question: I NEED HELP PLEASE !!!?

THIS IS GOING TO BE LONG SO I WILL LIKE YOU TO READ IT AND TELL ME YOU OPINIONS....THANKS A LOT I can`t be breif after everything i had passed through.So please i beg you be patien reading everything and please after let me your DEFINITIVE ANSWER ( I am going to teake it 100% ). Let`s started: ALl this started 5 months ago.I am 24 years old, male. . I got diagnoticated genital herpes 5 months ago.When i recived the diagnostic by a doctor, he order me a full text ( including HIV ).There was when my nightmare started. I don`t know yet why i had herpes genital for the first time, if my last relation was 1 year and 6 months ago ( who can all that time i had it without having any syptoms ).Well since them i said to my self YOU MAY HAVE HIV.I saterted related my herpes like it was already HIV. ANd i started looking in internet all kind of information.My sexual risk by now was 1 time unprotected sexvaginal with a girl that i don`t know her status ( that happend 1 year and 8 months ago since now ), but i started having syptoms since 1 year and 7 months after that releation.I never had remarcable syptoms as i remember of a 1st seroconvertion.Any ARS symptoms at all after that relation. I said was that relation cause i did a text of HIV before, and came negative( now i live in Canada, so i had to do it due to inmigration ( i could say that by that time i was also really worried, but i did not have any symptoms like now i do, since i started wondering and wondering ).Maybe i had the herpes since long time, just i dindn`t knew it. My text was after 1 year of my last relationship before ( so I take that NEGATIVE, as a starting point in a way ). SO i only had 1 exposure, vaginal, wihout condom with a 18 year old girl.SInce then, i haven`t had any other sexual relationship. SInce the last 5 months i had developed so many syptoms, maybe i a the only one that had so many, and i do think a single second i have HIV,i have been surfing in internet over and over, trayiong to match my symptoms, almost all the time with HIV.... here is, in order, acording to time goes in this last 5 months, since i felt great, and my health started going down. 1-Diarrea ( only in the morning ), and not cronic, but diarrea,no loose-weight by the way.ANd those diarreas chaged, sometimes was better some other great, some others so-so, some other not good at all. ALl these for 1 months and 15 days around.Now i still have but really few from time to time ( normal ). 2- Fatigue and depression ( i just wanted to sleep, i am a really hyper person, and i never felt sleep so fast in my life), in a way i made a depression, i was really depress, that is why i think i was sleeping so much ( that last 2 weeks ). 3-I had also the togue white, and my mouth was totally dry , desapear when brushing and after appear again that color all over my tongue( i smoke also ).My throuht started having a weird feeling, like it was closed, something was there, didn`t hurt me so much, but was a weird feelings that last 2 months, used to be harder or really soft, but most of the time there,comming and going , but most of the time was present during all that time)The only thing that uses to relieves it was the water, or smoke, or to eat something, then it was fine, but after started again, somtimes didn`t let me speak good,my voice was like weak.. was buging me all the time, was hard to speak ( i think was oral candida, but i didn`t have any patch in my tongue, was only all white, and that weird feeling in my trought ). 4-After the first 2 months i started having pins and nedles,like priks all over my body, that uses to desapear in minutes and after come again( legs, arms, left chest, right chest, stomac,arms,toes, ankles,even in my butt. 5-Sensation that my chest is burning ( that happen during only 1 week, and i had lot of scratch, wihout any spost or rash , just bunring feeling and scratching all over, specially chest, nothing more ).the same sensation less in my arms and legs. 6-Pain my my chest, like presion on it,in one side and in the other ). 7-In the beging i felt like i was drunk without drinking a single dring, confuse in the enviorement, but that went way after the first 2 months, i felt like a zombie ). 8-Muscular pain, not so intense but still, all over my body. 9-Psicollogical sypltoms, uff: really stress, nervous,sad,lot of anxiety,i am also i could say hipocondriac, just when i find somehitng abnormal i became really compulsive about it, all the kind of mental, feelings pain i had, looking hours and hours in internet, relating my syptoms all the time with HIV. 10-Now latelly since the last 2 months my feets started hurting me, like needles,pricks , or electricity.everywhere, also in my legs, the pain hurt the most maybe in the ankle, and goes all the way up and down. This pay in the beinging was less but now i getting stronger, hard to walk sometimes, after a long walk ( i am almost conviced that it is a kind of neuropathy related to HIV, but i am not a doctor

19 Nov 2008, 7:49 pm | click here for answers

Open Question: I need all MALE teeangers to participate in my survey. Please I need this for school.? MALE TEENAGERS ONLY PLZ?

NUMBER CLEARLY PLEASE ^_^ Age____ *********DONT FORGET TO TELL ME YOUR AGE******* 1. Do you live in a single parent home? Yes No If so with whom Mom Dad Other_______________ 2. Do you get along with your parent(s)? Yes No Sometimes 3. How often do you argue with your parent(s)? Everyday Once a Week Once a Month Hardly Ever 4. Do you lie to your parent(s) often? Yes No 5. Do you call your parent(s) by the first name? Yes No 6. Are you aloud to curse around your parent(s)? Yes No 7. How many siblings do you have? 0 1 2 3 4 Other______________ 8. Are your parent(s) approachable? Yes No Sometimes 9. Do your parent(s) trust you? Yes No Not Sure 10. Do you trust you parents? Yes No Not Sure 11. If you got high for the first time, would you talk to your parents about it? Yes No 12. If you were afraid that you had HIV, would you tell your parent(s)? Yes No 13. If you or your partner became pregnant, would you discuss it with your parents? Yes No 14. Do you feel comfortable talking to your parents about sex? Yes No 15. Would you feel comfortable telling your parents that you were sexually active? Yes No 16. Would you tell your parents if you were being picked on at school? Yes No 17. If a friend offered you drugs would you tell your parent(s)? Yes No 18. If one of your best friends died, would you feel comfortable talking to your parent(s) about it? Yes No 19. If you were stuck at a party drunk, would you feel comfortable calling your parent(s) to pick you up? Yes No 20. Do your parent(s) make you feel good about yourself? Yes No Sometimes 21. If you were feeling peer pressured about sex at school, would you talk to your parent(s) about it? Yes PLEASE DO NOT FORGET TO PUT YOUR AGE

20 Nov 2008, 12:59 pm | click here for answers

Open Question: I'm worried about my dogs, they licked blood, help!!!?

i just took my 2 dogs out for the longest walk on the way back home there was blood on the floor a trail of it all the way down the ally my dogs started to go mad and tried to lick it, i tried to get them off it, but i think it was to late by then, what I'm worried about is that who's evers blood it was could have something like HIV or aides, or some think else, even if it was dogs blood it still might have some think, I'm worried now if my dogs court somethink my family will catch it what do i do to no?

20 Nov 2008, 7:29 am | click here for answers

Open Question: What are a few ways for an individual to deal with HIV/AIDS discrimination?

20 Nov 2008, 9:29 am | click here for answers

Open Question: How did HIV first develop?

my friends told me it started with a this really horny scientist and he had sex with a monkey that was infected with HIV but i find this a myth unless its true

19 Nov 2008, 4:43 pm | click here for answers

Open Question: I need all teenagers to take this survey..PLease i need this for school?

Gender: Male Female NUMBER CLEARLY PLEASE ^_^ Age____ *****Please tell me your age & gender******* 1. Do you live in a single parent home? Yes No If so with whom Mom Dad Other_______________ 2. Do you get along with your parent(s)? Yes No 3. How often do you argue with your parent(s)? Everyday Once a Week Once a Month Hardly Ever 4. Do you lie to your parent(s) often? Yes No 5. Do you call your parent(s) by the first name? Yes No 6. Are you aloud to curse around your parent(s)? Yes No 7. How many siblings do you have? 0 1 2 3 4 Other______________ 8. Are your parent(s) approachable? Yes No 9. Do your parent(s) trust you? Yes No Not Sure 10. Do you trust you parents? Yes No 11. If you got high for the first time, would you talk to your parents about it? Yes No 12. If you were afraid that you had HIV, would you tell your parent(s)? Yes No 13. If you or your partner became pregnant, would you discuss it with your parents? Yes No 14. Do you feel comfortable talking to your parents about sex? Yes No 15. Would you feel comfortable telling your parents that you were sexually active? Yes No 16. Would you tell your parents if you were being picked on at school? Yes No 17. If a friend offered you drugs would you tell your parent(s)? Yes No 18. If one of your best friends died, would you feel comfortable talking to your parent(s) about it? Yes No 19. If you were stuck at a party drunk, would you feel comfortable calling your parent(s) to pick you up? Yes No 20. Do your parent(s) make you feel good about yourself? Yes No 21. If you were feeling peer pressured about sex at school, would you talk to your parent(s) about it? Yes No

19 Nov 2008, 4:11 pm | click here for answers

Open Question: Can this get....................?

Yesterday 2 youth girls thrown me at the floor and kept spitting at my face that my face and my hair were soaking wet of saliva,I'm afraid can I get infected with HIV or AIDS?

19 Nov 2008, 8:55 pm | click here for answers

Open Question: I believe I stepped in semen. I know it was semen?

I was in a public restroom and I stepped in semen. I know it was semen cause it was white and clear. I am a guy I know what it looks like. I freaked out and went and my shoe and the grass. When I got home I forgot about it and just took my shoes off and ate some food and watched tv. But know I am freaking out cause I have cuts on my foot that are were there and hadn't healed over. Should I be overly concerned about this. I don't want hiv and I am not sexually active. Should I just go on with my life are should I worry and freak out.

19 Nov 2008, 6:09 pm | click here for answers

Open Question: Moral dilemma, what would you do?

Last week I helped an elderly man who'd collapsed. At first I thought it was a homeless person who'd just fallen down. I helped the man despite being hesitant at first. A number of people before and after me just to a look at him and kept on walking which I think is sad. What if it were you? Even though he threw up a bit on me and the whole situation was quite rough I kept my cool and managed to get the man some help. But what if he'd been a drug abuser/addict who ex. needed mouth-to-mouth & CPR and being an abuser he might have hepatitis or even HIV. What would you do, would you help him or would you just walk on by. I know it's hard to imagine not actually being in that situation but be honest. How do you think you'd react? (I'd like to think that I'd do my civic duty but I really don't know)

20 Nov 2008, 10:04 am | click here for answers

Open Question: Are surgery workers and doctors tested for disease and virus's?

Im just curious as to wehter at employment time or time while at work are the workers of hospitals tested for major disease like tuberculosis or hiv or speadable diseases. Maybe a stupid question but curious because what if a worker was cut during surgery and there blood fell into your system and they had a disease

20 Nov 2008, 9:36 am | click here for answers

Open Question: Does Bob Dylan have HIV?

I was reading around and i saw on a few different websites that said he got HIV around 1987 is this true?

19 Nov 2008, 9:30 pm | click here for answers

Open Question: Extremely dizzy... laying down, standing up, sitting down... always what could it be?

I am dizzy all the time. It doesn't matter what I am doing. At work, in front of the computer, watching TV, even laying in bed. Every once in a while it is so bad that I need to grab onto the desk because I am afraid I am going to fall over. When I am in bed I have the feeling I am falling. When I am standing up talking I feel light headed. I have not noticed anything that makes it better, or worse. I take 12.5mg of Meclizine for it, which is left over from an ear infection last October. Yes, October 2007. I have recently had tons of blood work done, an ultrasound, chest x-ray and endoscopy because I was having very bad pains in my side and chest. Although they weren't necessarily looking for a cause for dizziness I was screened for everything from diabetes to pregnancy to HIV. Everything has come back negative. Any ideas what the dizziness could be from? Oh, and also a heart EKG One other thing. I was rear ended about 4 years ago. I didn't go to the hospital, but the vehicle was totaled. I am extremely sore and stiff between my shoulder blades on up to the part of my neck that connects with the back of my head. Can that accident just now be causing tightness/stiffness which is contributing/causing the dizziness?

19 Nov 2008, 11:33 pm | click here for answers

Open Question: I can feel my lymph nodes and?

about 5 weeks i had a headache fever chills and body ache for about 3 days 2 weeks later i had diarrhea this was all after i had preformed oral contraction with my boyfriend who has never had sex or any think to do with it, he did not ejaculate in my mouth and i don't know if i had any cuts in my mouth. is it any STIs ? or HIV!? answer ?

20 Nov 2008, 12:29 pm | click here for answers

Open Question: If a vampire bit a person who...?

had aids or HIV would the vampire contract it him/her self.

19 Nov 2008, 9:40 pm | click here for answers

Open Question: How can i possibly get over my fear, i take prozac cause i have OCD but its never good enough?

I have a constant fear of diseases and cant seem to get over it. its always about stds or hiv and i have been with the same person for 2 years. Im certain in most aspects that he wouldnt cheat on me, but im constantly scared that if he did he would give me an std or AIDS(my worst fear) and then that would be that. I cant stop accusing him of cheating and pressing the question. and we dont use condoms im on birth control. And i trust him.

19 Nov 2008, 3:15 pm | click here for answers

Open Question: Help! Will I get into Medical school?

I am applying to schools in Canada (no mcat required) I have: - a 3.5 GPA undergraduate degree in psychology - a 4.0 GPA Masters in Social Work - 3 published research papers (in medical journals) - a lot of volunteer experience with HIV/AIDs organizations - 5 years experience as a counsellor in the medical field - 2 references from physicians - member of multiple professional organizations Thoughts? Advice? Thanks

19 Nov 2008, 9:56 pm | click here for answers

Open Question: Is donating to charity banquet tax deductible?

If someone were to donate to our HIV/AIDS banquet, would their donation be tax deductible for them? We are a student organization and don't generate much income to file for non-profit status, but the donations pay for the plate ($12.50), and then the rest goes to a federally recognized charity.

20 Nov 2008, 10:00 am | click here for answers

Open Question: Experiencing extreme dizziness standing up, sitting down, laying down... what could it be?

I am dizzy all the time. It doesn't matter what I am doing. At work, in front of the computer, watching TV, even laying in bed. Every once in a while it is so bad that I need to grab onto the desk because I am afraid I am going to fall over. When I am in bed I have the feeling I am falling. When I am standing up talking I feel light headed. I have not noticed anything that makes it better, or worse. I take 12.5mg of Meclizine for it, which is left over from an ear infection last October. Yes, October 2007. I have recently had tons of blood work done, an ultrasound, chest x-ray, heart EKG and an esophagogastroduodenoscopy because I was having very bad pains in my side and chest. Although they weren't necessarily looking for a cause for dizziness I was screened for everything from diabetes to pregnancy to HIV. Everything has come back negative. One other thing. I was rear ended about 4 years ago. I didn't go to the hospital, but the vehicle was totaled. I am extremely sore and stiff between my shoulder blades on up to the part of my neck that connects with the back of my head. Can that accident just now be causing tightness/stiffness which is contributing/causing the dizziness?

19 Nov 2008, 11:41 pm | click here for answers

Open Question: I am doing a case study for school. I am hoping someone can help me out, please. :(?

January, Stan becomes fatigue and has lost 15 lbs. Dr. checks him out, orders a ELISA test for HIV. Comes back (-). A month later he returns with an episode of Genital herpes that won't heal. Then in May he goes back to the Dr. for a follow up HIV test and tells the doc that he is recovering from a severe respiratory infection. His CD4 count is 200 but the HIV test is (-) again. Two months later Stan is admitted to the hospital and a lung biopsy demonstrated Pneumocystis carinii. He dies 3 days later. The question is... Could the pt. have had HIV even though his test came back (-).

19 Nov 2008, 11:46 pm | click here for answers

Open Question: Being around others infected with the HIV virus?

One of my bestfriends just found out she is infected.. is there anything me or my soon to be born baby should worry about, I dont want to treat her differently but I also do not want to be infected.. i know the only way to be infected is threw sex or blood.. but what about drinking out of the same cup or using the same bathroom/bathtub or deotorant? Real answers only please

19 Nov 2008, 10:37 pm | click here for answers

Open Question: What is the difference between HIV and AIDS?

Can someone explain in simple terms?

20 Nov 2008, 10:44 am | click here for answers

Open Question: Where can I get a comprehensive STD test in NJ?

I am getting married and need to be tested for HIV, Hepatitis, Syphilis, Herpes, Gonnorhea/Chlymadia, at the request of my fiance even though I am very low risk. Don't tell me planned parenthood because they don't do all these tests. Also, I want blood and urine tests (all these diseases can be tested for through blood/urine). I would order a comprehensive test online and go to labcorp but due to laws in NJ, NY, RI I can't! I am not insured and am just looking to pay cash at a doctor's office. Why is this so difficult?!

19 Nov 2008, 4:31 pm | click here for answers

Open Question: what is symptmons for HIV?

how do u know if u have HIV?

19 Nov 2008, 6:33 pm | click here for answers

Open Question: What Are Programs I Can Join Right Now To Help People In Africa?

I want to help people in Africa. I want to kids to have the opportunity to go to school I want people to be able to drink clean water I want to help people in africa fight diseases to educate them about std's and HIV/AIDS. How do I do any of this??? Are there any programs or organizations that I can join to help raise money to help these causes or that I can actually go to Africa and psyhically go and help

20 Nov 2008, 12:27 am | click here for answers

Open Question: do you have aids or hiv?

Nope ima make a cure

19 Nov 2008, 10:31 pm | click here for answers

Open Question: HIV related questions?

Could someone please explain to me what aysmtomatic hiv is and symptomatic hiv is? would the two still come up on tests? or for that matter any stages of the hiv infection, do they all come up on tests? thanks so it will show regardless it is asymptomatic and sympytomatic? if you have past the window period??

19 Nov 2008, 5:48 pm | click here for answers

Open Question: help me please i think I have a disease?

I have a question I had sex for the first time and im 26 years old but im 110 pounds and his penis was big also we were having rough sex after sex the first three day I bleed and had pain in my abdomine (I think) after a week I had noticed yellow discharge and my vagina was irritated I immediatly went to the doctor afterwards because I have anxiety bad anxiety.... anywho they did a pap smear on me and they found nothing... they said I may have an infection.... I took an HIV test week1,2,3,4,5 after possible exposure negative but also I have tingling in the nerve and constipation and scratchy throat and I went to the doctor again (this was a week ago) my blood pressure was 134 which is really high they took ultrasound and found that it was gastronomilny (gas) they gfave me medicine for scracthy throat.... now the scracthy throat is coming back and I can smell my vagina through my pants and im fraking out 1 what could this be? the doctors cant find anything but gas... did I take the pap smear too early? 2 what could I have scratchy throat from? 3what can I have tingly nerves/pin nerves from? 4.week1,2,3,4,5 HIV test negative should I take another one at 6 week?

19 Nov 2008, 6:09 pm | click here for answers

Open Question: If you're infected with HIV at age 16, how long do you have to live?

Realisticaly speaking with todays medicine, how long does a 16-year-old typically have to live if he's diagnosed with HIV? I know there are people like Magic Johnson who live forever, but I want the truth about the average person who is newly infected. Thank you.

19 Nov 2008, 4:35 pm | click here for answers

Open Question: south africa and aids problem related to the government?

Im writing an essay about south africa and aids/HIV but i have to relate it to the government or past goverment, any suggestions, just need some ideas, please need help getting started. yes i can do conspiracy

19 Nov 2008, 5:36 pm | click here for answers

Open Question: im HIV positive.i noe i wont last long but my boyfriend's best friend should noe ?

im dying... can any1 tell him? im kinda lonely tell hm tht i luv...him??

20 Nov 2008, 1:28 pm | click here for answers

Open Question: Chlamydia question help ?

i had to go give a urine smaple today to test for Chlamydia they gave me 4 pills just incase i do have it , the results will take 2 weeks why sooo long? and she said dont have sex for a week ?? why not is that to protect my gf incase she could get it if i wore a condom would it be ok to have sex rather than a week? help people and Q abt hiv who is most likely to get that ? dont know she gave me 4 pills and told me to take them all at once

20 Nov 2008, 7:26 am | click here for answers

Open Question: I was drunken one night stand with a deployed US solider in Iraq. I am worried about HIV and other STD's?

We used a rubber but it slipped of after I ejaculated and pulled out. I am concerned about contracting HIV or any other type of STD.This was a terrible mistake and I don't want it to cost me any more grief than it has.

20 Nov 2008, 2:15 am | click here for answers

Open Question: if a HIV positive mother gives birth to a baby or breast feeds the baby and the baby is HIV positive?

will that baby have symptoms later on in life ??

19 Nov 2008, 2:20 pm | click here for answers

Open Question: why does south africa have a big problem with HIV/AIDS?

im writing a paper about south africa for my politics class and i chose the subject AIDS/HIV in Africa, but i need to know why does south africa have such a big number of infected people. is it related to the government. please need help

19 Nov 2008, 5:41 pm | click here for answers

Open Question: How does HIV med actually work(in simple terms).?

In terms that a normal person can understand????

20 Nov 2008, 12:20 am | click here for answers

Open Question: I have a friend who said that he had unprotected sex 3 months ago, he was virgin?

and he was lookin at someof the signs of Hiv, like weight loss, but since then he's gained like 15 pounds ....so he wanted to kno is weight gain a sign of HIv

20 Nov 2008, 11:28 am | click here for answers

Open Question: Could I get hiv from someone if i shared earings with them?

My guy friend has earrings and we switched the other day. If he has hiv (im not sure if he does or not & i don't want to ask him) could i get hiv? i've had my ears pierced since i was a baby and he got his ears pierced in march of this year.

19 Nov 2008, 6:59 pm | click here for answers

Resolved Question: Would you support medical testing on convicted murderers?

Obviously there is only so far animal testing can go in there search for new medicine and vaccines. The only way to ensure effectiveness is sometimes to use data from direct human research. However, some research is inherently life threatening and volunteers cannot be used. In the search for a vaccine against HIV or a cure for cancer etc., do you think it is morally justifiable to experiment on the most reformable convicted murderers? For example, if a vaccine against HIV were developed it would take years of testing on individuals at risk of contracting HIV to prove effectiveness. It is inherently difficult to prove if the vaccine or medicine was effective in these conditions. However, if we allowed experiments on serious criminals we could find an effective vaccine (or even cure) in a fraction of that time. If this allows us to create an even partially successful vaccine for HIV even 6 months faster, then it will still saves many thousands in the third world and beyond. I personally think the ends would justify the means used to discover this. While I think the death penalty is useless and unjustifiable because it only serves the purpose of revenge, I feel in a way these people will be giving back to a society they took so much from. It goes without saying that we would try and reduce the risk as much as possible, and consider each experiment for its scientific worthiness. Medical science can be greatly aided by discoveries that are deemed unethical admittedly by most, but what of the greater good? Finally, I can understand the comparisons with what the Nazis did – but they used medical experiments of innocent and vulnerable people mostly to prove ludicrous racial theories. These were not used to aid humanity but to find new ways to destroy life. I don't support what the Dr. Mengele or the Nazis did in any way. My greatest concern in my profession is to save and improve lives, and sometimes this takes difficult decisions. Please take a moment to consider this before answering. Sir, I have 'doubts' as to your comprehension of the English Language. I have been a GP for 7 years.

19 Nov 2008, 10:15 pm | click here for answers

Open Question: Can I be infected with.........?

There's a girl in my class who is some sort of a slut,yesterday she had a problem with my girlfriend and she slapped my girlfriend hard,I went mad so I went to her and told her to apologize to my girlfriend immediately,but she slapped me really hard too then she spit at my face lots of saliva in front of my girlfriend that my face was full of her saliva,then she told me to kiss her foot or she will slap my girlfriend again,I had no choice but to kiss her foot because I don't want her to hurt my girlfriend again,so I kissed her foot and she called me a son of a bit.c.h in front of my girlfriend,can her saliva infect me with HIV or AIDS?also tell me what do you think of her?

19 Nov 2008, 8:28 pm | click here for answers

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