does aids spread through a massage?
145198
uuuuuhhhhhh, NO!  Bodily Fliuds, that's the key term to remember. Now unless you have a sliced up back and the person giving the massage has cut up hands and AIDS, i think you'll be alright
619170
The AIDS virus - HIV , is found in the blood and because most body fluids( breast milk,sweat, tears, saliva , semen , vaginal secretions ) are (or contain) an ultrafiltrate of blood, there's a theoratical possibility of finding the virus in all types of body fluids. Having said that , I would like to state that HIV has NEVER EVER been recovered from SWEAT - hence, physical contact wouldn't result in transmission of virus.\nThere have been reports of recovery of the virus from TEARS & SALIVA, but in very low quantities. It is important to understand that finding a small amount of HIV in a body fluid does not necessarily mean that HIV can be transmitted  by that body fluid.At the same time, contact with saliva, tears, or sweat has never been shown to result in transmission of HIV.\n\nHaving spelt out the facts (or observations!), my personal advice would be to avoid giving a deep kiss (exchange of saliva) to any HIV+ person. There are other better and safer ways to express affection to an individual , so why take the unnecessary risk.
87999
AIDS is spread through the exchange of bodily fluid.  Man>woman, woman>man, man>man, woman>woman etc.....There is no preference of gender or number of partners. \nSex, needles, oral sex if there are open wounds on both accounts, kissing-only with open wounds on both accounts, transfusions, blood to blood contact or open wound contact with a person with AIDS and even a mother can give it to her child unfortunately.  :(...\nIt doesn't matter how many partners one sleeps with...it's a matter of if they are exposed to someone with the AIDS virus even once, they are vulnerable.  \n\nSo be careful!!  Use condoms!\npeace.
1099342
well you could do it, but not on the infection site.\n\nIt seems to me that the fact that you have a life threatening infection would make you not really interested in getting a massage.  It certainly wouldn't help the person, but it wouldn't cause more problems.
591330
No, they think of the business. Even condoms aren't 100% effective, as you can still get AIDS/HIV through open cuts, semen/vaginal fluid, etc.
209739
Nope, just in the unlikely situation that both kissing ends have oral ulcers that are bleeding, Otherwise no. AIDS is transmitted sexually, vertically( from mother to fetus),  by sharing needles used for drugs(most common in prisons), and by getting blood transfusion frim an infected donor.
88148
The aids virus is carried in the blood - it cannot live on the surface of things like doorknobs and walls.  It has to have the heat and other things in the blood.  So, just touching the same places that the person with aids does will not give you aids.\n\nIf, however, that person should have an accident and you or someone else needed to help them with a wound where they were bleeding (or mouth-to-mouth resuscitation) you should do so only with rubber gloves.\n\nPlease don't worry so much.  It is not that easy to contract aids except through sexual contact or blood transfusions.
529622
AIDS is a very deadly disease with a 100% death rate. It is transmitted through body fluids like blood and sexual fluids. there is almost no way of getting AIDS from kissing. the only way might be if she has cuts or sores in her mouth and you have cuts and sores also. sweat or urine dosn't transmit it eather.
758760
aids, hepatitis, herpes, on and on and on... honey don't worry about it! you get more germs for shaking someones hand than kissing! no kidding!!!!
158395
Although researchers have found HIV in the saliva of infected people, there is no evidence that the virus is spread by contact with saliva. Laboratory studies reveal that saliva has natural properties that limit the power of HIV to infect, and the amount of virus in saliva appears to be very low. Research studies of people infected with HIV have found no evidence that the virus is spread to others through saliva by kissing. The lining of the mouth, however, can be infected by HIV, and instances of HIV transmission through oral intercourse have been reported. \n\nScientists have found no evidence that HIV is spread through sweat, tears, urine, or feces.
174360
There is no evidence that HIV can be spread through the following: kissing; SHARING FOOD UTENSILS, towels or bedding; swimming in pools; using toilet seats; using telephones; or having mosquito or other insect bites. \nhttp://www.intelihealth.com/IH/ihtIH/WSIHW000/8776/24762/195726.html?d=dmtHealthAZ\n\nAND:\n\nYou cannot contract AIDS from: beds \nbreathing \nchewing pencils \nclothing \ncombs or hairbrushes \ncoughing or sneezing \ndrinking fountains \ndoor knobs \ngiving or donating blood \ngum \nhot tubs  hugging \nkissing \nnail files \nshaking hands \n***sharing food or drinks*** \nsilverware \nsitting in the same classroom \nswimming pools \ntears \ntelephones \ntoilet seats \ntouching \ntowels \nhttp://www.caps.ucsf.edu/capsweb/curricula/aidslec.html
641769
No. It has never been proved that HIV is transmitted through saliva. But theoretically if both of you have open wounds in your mouth then there is a distant chance (very very small %) of spreading the HIV infection. Mode of transmission of HIV is 1) Through sexual contact with HIV infected person.  2) From infected mother to fetus (baby in the uterus). 3) By receiving HIV infected blood or blood product transfusion - this route is now very rare because of modern laboratory tests to detect HIV in blood, before giving transfusion. 4) By sharing needles (drug addicts)and or accidental contaminated needle stick injury in a hospital.\n---- One more point---  HIV can not be transmitted through the bite of mosquitos---- We are lucky right!!??
205021
There is no proof for such possibility. The virus has a very weak environmental susceptibility and is not able to be transmitted via contaminated surfaces. Modes of transmission are sexual, vertical, blood or blood components transfusion, broken skin+infected blood and contaminated needles used by injection drug users.\nThe disease is diagnosed when an opportunistic infection e.g. P Cranii P or malignancy e.g. K. Sarcoma are detected, HIV antibodies in the blood and the increased numbers of T cells in the blood.
82310
Possible. One can have HIV infection from infected blood or sexual fluids. If you happen to touch  an infected blood or sexual fluid and you accidentally touch your wound (if you have one) or you happen to touch the part of your sex organ that is most sensitive to the virus (by having sex with yourself as you said??), then you might get HIV...Just making an analysis.
210152
The body fluids that contain the HIV virus are Semen, Vaginal fluid, blood, breast milk and now they have added the organs of an infected person. \nHIV can be spread both ways, cuts or damage to tissue opens up another way for the virus to get into the body, but sperm alone also does it. \nWe don't have the exact numbers but it is more lickly that a man will infect a woman because she is accepting his sperm into her body, and it stays in her body even after he has pulled out so the exposure time is longer.\nAnd its very safe to spread the word on using comdoms, a whole lot safer then not using them and a lot more realistic then telling people to wait until marriage. \nA condom is not 100% protective and personally I haven't heard an exact % but have always been told that it GREATLY reduces the risk. The reason you can't really put a % on it is because it comes down to human error. Condoms have to be stored in the right locations, not too not not too cold, not under a light or in the sun, not in a wallet...there are a lot of factors that go into it. And they must be used the correct way for each sex ACT, or*al and an*ul as well. \nSo the correct message is not just to use protection but we have to tell them and show them HOW to use it. We also have to remember that HIV is not just spread through sex but also sharing drug needles/works and the other risk behaviors.\nBecause its NOT WHO YOU ARE its WHAT you DO that puts you at risk for HIV!
895065
Hi buddy,\n\nThe HIV virus is a very fragile virus that gets easily killed on drying or contact with ordinary toilet soap or even very dilute spirit.The world wide fear of this infection is not because it gets easily transmitted or that its a tough virus to kill.Its just because the virus attacks the patient's immune system. Death in an HIV infected person comes in the form of other diseases that attack the person when his body's defence mechanisms are in a weak state.\n Human saliva is not demonstrated by research to contain enough load of virus as to cause infection to another person ingesting it. There is a theoretical possibility of the virus getting transmitted thru deep kissing, if the kisser has a mouth ulcer. The virus in that case has a (very small) chance to enter the body of the individual thru this open wound in the mouth. Still the virus may not survive the variable pH levels and salt concentrations of the human saliva.   And all the more, the probability of this type of  transmission is less than 0.01% . In day to day life that kind of probability is considered as ZERO chance...!  Hence we, healthcare workers don't consider saliva as a potential source of infection. Like wise, the chance of a mosquito transmitting the virus is somewhere near 0.004%..!!\n\nRegarding Web sources on AIDS, the United Nations' website is the ultimate knowledge bank ... Log on to www.unaids.org and find a wealth of info and links.\nAll the best.\nBye.
1125944
it is a possibility he can get infected.  We have minute open cracks sometimes on our skin without even realizing it.  If those cracks come in contact with blood or body fluid that is infected with the HIV virus, then there is definitely a possibility of contracting HIV.  If the person that gave the man the oral sex has an open sore or wound that may not be visible, and if the person receiving also has a small open sore or wound that is not visible, then yes it is highly likely that the person can contract HIV.  It is always best to use protection, common sense and to be careful.