can you get HIV if..
By mykykko
@mykykko (424)
Philippines
3 responses
@drd_ebiz (82)
• India
21 Mar 07
According to allhe tmedical documentaion and reserch findings so far, HIV can not be transferred by talking (breath etc). Ppl have found out HIV in saliva of heavily infected persons, but main hurdle in HIV transmission via saliva during mouth to mouth cntct or spitting of saliva is tht, saliva contains lot of natural antiviral compounds, which render th virus weak or kill it in a very short period. (HIV is a very fragile virus)... so transmission risk in this route is verry very minimal....there r sme reports of hiv transmission by human bite...
@sahira (1071)
• Philippines
21 Mar 07
I'm also curious about it,i know body fluids coming from the carriers must be avoided..
@drd_ebiz (82)
• India
21 Mar 07
Although all kinda body fluid from a heavily infected HIV positive/AIDS patients r potentially dangerous, and must b avoided, there is no evidence of transmission from body fluids like tear, urine, and sweat. For sputum/saliva there r sme reprted cases but ppl are stll not cnfirmed...it is yet to b knwn tht in the reported cases so far, was it saliva pure or cntaminated with blood.....But universal precaution against all kinda body fluid is a must....
@monica1981 (466)
• United States
19 Mar 07
That's impossible. HIV is not spread through breath. Although it's been said HIV can spread through saliva, you'd need to srink something like a gallon of a person with HIV's saliva to contract it.
