Creator: Dr. Reeja Tharu
Keywords: hypodermic, acupuncture needles, medical care, dental care

Written by Dr. Reeja Tharu, M.Phil.,Ph.D
Medically Reviewed by The Medindia Medical Review Team on Dec 30, 2019

Health Education

Any sexual intercourse with infected patient should be protected by a condom
Do not share unsterile needles or syringes

Women having potentially exposed should seek HIV antibody testing before becoming pregnant and, if the test is positive, should consider avoiding pregnancy.
HIV seropositive pregnant women should do an abortion to avoid seropositive child birth.

Published on Sep 08, 2014
Last Updated on Dec 30, 2019

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