|
Celiac Disease
Celiac Disease or Gluten Intolerance Celiac Disease is a digestive disorder found in patients who are susceptible, with the resulting damage to the small intestine by an interference with the absorption of nutrients. The main culprit with Celiac...
Homeostasis and complementary therapies
The word 'homeostasis' is made up of two Greek words: homeo; meaning the same or similar, and stasis; meaning stable, or standing in the same place. The body's systems participate in maintaining homeostasis, keeping the body's internal environment...
Natural Beauty: The Benefits of Holistic Skin Care
What is holistic skin care? It's a regimen that recognizes that your skin is not just the outermost layer of your body it's also a reflection of your body's internal state. Rather than just treating the surface symptoms, such as wrinkles, sallow...
The Art of Forgiveness
Forgiveness is a critical element in becoming self actualized and fully loving. Forgiving is the process by which you let go of feeling victimized or having wronged others. It allows you to climb out of the dark well of anger, bitterness, or...
Treat Depression: Depression Would Be Second Largest Illness by 2010!
World Health Organisation states one out of four worldwide suffer from various forms of mental, behavioral, and neurological disorders. Are you one of them? It has also been estimated that depression would be the second largest illness by 2010...
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Dr
Transmission & prevention of HIV --
How is HIV transmitted ?
HIV is found in substantial number in semen, blood & vaginal secretions. Hence if any of theses secretions enter the body of a healthy person, then the infection can be transmitted.
Since semen & vaginal secretions are sexual fluids, unprotected penetrative sex with HIV infected person is an important route of transmission. This is the predominant route of transmission of the infection.
Blood can be gain entry in another body during blood transfusion or due to sharing of used needles. The latter is common in intravenous drug abusers. It can also occur if needles & syringes are used without proper sterilization in the hospitals.
HIV can also be transmitted from the mother to the fetus.
Can kissing lead to HIV transmission ?--
No the concentration of HIV in saliva is very low. Large quantities of saliva are unlikely to be exchanged in kissing. Even if the saliva contains HIV, it does not get transmitted unless there are some cuts/ bruises in the mouth.
Hence kissing is unlikely to lead to HIV transmission.
Can sharing of shaving blades lead to transmission of HIV ?--
During shaving, minor cuts are likely to occur. Many are
very small, even invisible to naked eye. If a blade is used on an infected person some amount of blood remains on the blade. If the same blade is used for a healthy person then HIV in the blood can gain entry in the healthy person. However HIV does not survive outside the body for a long time. Hence risk is low. Shared blades increase the risk of contracting other diseases like hepatitis which can survive for a much longer time outside the body.
It is always advisable not to share shaving blades.
Do tattooing & pricking ears help to spread transmission of HIV ?--
As with the shaving blades, the risk of HI transmission by tattooing needles is low. However it is always advisable to use sterilize needles as the risk of transmission of hepatitis B is high.
What is the chance of transmission of HIV from mother to the newborn ?--
The chance of transmission of HIV from mother to newborn during pregnancy & delivery is about 30%
The risk of acquiring HIV through breast milk is 14-- 29 %
Can mosquitoes transmit HIV infection ?-
NO. Mosquito bites have not been shown to transmit HIV.
Can birth control pills prevent HIV transmission ?--
NO.
About the Author
MBBS, MD(MEDICINE)
|
|
|
|
|
| National Library of Medicine - National Institutes of Health |
| Part of the National Institutes of Health, the National Library of Medicine offers access to health information for consumer, patient, and physicians ... |
| www.nlm.nih.gov |
|
| Health and Medical Information produced by doctors - MedicineNet.com |
| Doctor-produced health and medical information written for you to make informed decisions about your health concerns. |
| www.medicinenet.com |
|
| Medicine in the Yahoo! Directory |
| Collection of sites for health professionals, with sections on specific disciplines, organizations, continuing education, conferences, publications, ... |
| dir.yahoo.com |
|
| MedlinePlus Health Information from the National Library of Medicine |
| Health information from the National Library of Medicine. Easy access to Medline and Health topics, medical dictionaries, directories and publications. |
| medlineplus.gov |
|
| Medicine - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| Medicine is a branch of health science and the sector of public life ... The practice of medicine combines both science as the evidence base and art in the ... |
| en.wikipedia.org |
|
| Journal Home - Nature Medicine |
| Nature Medicine has a vacancy for a Locum Assistant Editor for six months. The position involves working in all aspects of the editorial process, ... |
| www.nature.com |
|
| The New England Journal of Medicine: Research & Review Articles on ... |
| The New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) is a weekly general medical journal that publishes new medical research findings, review articles, and editorial ... |
| content.nejm.org |
|
| eMedicine Clinical Knowledge Base |
| eMedicine features up-to-date, searchable, peer-reviewed medical journals, online physician reference textbooks, and a full-text article database in 62 ... |
| www.emedicine.com |
|
| Open Directory - Health: Medicine |
| the entire directory, only in Health/Medicine. Top: Health: Medicine (11429). Description · Medical Specialties (4888); Surgery (2265) ... |
| dmoz.org |
|
| the www virtual library biosciences medicine |
| www.ohsu.edu/cliniweb/wwwvl/ - Similar pages |
|
|
| Medicine - home |
| Bimonthly journal covering the latest results in clinical investigation relevant to hospital and office practice. |
| www.md-journal.com |
|
| Institute of Medicine |
| The Institute of Medicine serves as adviser to the nation to improve health. |
| www.iom.edu |
|
| ScienceDaily: Health & Medicine News |
| Medical Research News. Health news on everything from cancer to nutrition. Full-text, images, updated daily. |
| www.sciencedaily.com |
|
| Google Directory - Health > Medicine |
| Search only in Medicine Search the Web. Medicine. Health > Medicine, Go to Directory Home. Categories. Alternative Medicine (6308) Basic Sciences (66) ... |
| www.google.com |
|
| the world wide web virtual library biosciences medicine |
| www.mcb.harvard.edu/biopages/medicine.html - Similar pages |
|
|
| PLoS Medicine - A Peer-Reviewed Open-Access Journal |
| PLoS Medicine is a peer-reviewed, international, open-access journal published ... Every issue of PLoS Medicine contains a selection of readers' responses. ... |
| medicine.plosjournals.org |
|
| Medicine On-Line - Medicine Online -The International Medical Journal |
| Medicine Online - independent and peer reviewed journal published by Priory Medical Journals - priory.com. |
| www.priory.com |
|
| Entrez PubMed |
| PubMed is a service of the US National Library of Medicine that includes over 16 million citations from MEDLINE and other life science journals for ... |
| www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov |
|
| Stanford University School of Medicine |
| Home Page of the Stanford University School of Medicine. |
| med.stanford.edu |
|
| Medicine OnLine |
| Meds.com offers medical information and education on cancer (lung cancer, colon cancer, breast cancer, leukemia) and HIV / AIDS for patients, ... |
| www.meds.com |
|