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Edward W Hook, MD  
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Specialties: HIV Prevention, STDs

Interests: Microbiology, epidemiology
My Posts
HSV Concern
8 hours in the STDs Expert Forum
While anything is possible, I woul tend to agree with your OB. Seems like you are continuuing to obsess over this. I suggest that you think about discussing your concerns with a counselor. EWH
Oral Sex Risk - Ejaculation and Small Cuts/Abrasions
8 hours in the HIV Prevention Expert Forum
Glad to help and thanks. EWH
Oral Sex Risk - Ejaculation and Small Cuts/Abrasions
9 hours in the HIV Prevention Expert Forum
Welcome to the Forum. There is no reason for you to be concerned about HIV risk if your only sexual exposures since your last test were oral sex. Despite the fact that so very many people often have small cuts and abrasions within their mouths, there are no data to suggest that HIV is either acquired or gotten through oral sex. The quoted figure for HI...
confused
12 hours in the HIV Prevention Expert Forum
You are correct. The combination of tests you have taken, at the times you have taken provide definitive evidence that you did not get HIV from the exposure you have described. EWH
Need your help please
13 hours in the HIV Prevention Expert Forum
1. Negative tests following a NO risk exposure confirm that you do not have HIV, as i said. 2. These symptoms are non-specific and could be caused by lots of things other than HIV, including anxiety. You were tested for HIV AFTER the symptoms began. If the symptoms were due to HIV, your test would have been positive. 3. Question already answered- a ...
Paranoid about possible HIV risk with a stripper
13 hours in the HIV Prevention Expert Forum
Glad I could help. Take care. EWH
Paranoid about possible HIV risk with a stripper
14 hours in the HIV Prevention Expert Forum
Welcome to our Forum. I'll be pleased to comment. When folks make decisions that they later regret, they tend to worry. That's human nature. It's my pleasure to inform you however that there is no risk to you whatsoever from the exposure and activities you describe. For starters, your partner probably did not have HIV or any other STD. Most commercial se...
Need your help please
14 hours in the HIV Prevention Expert Forum
Welcome to the Forum. You have exceeded the word limit for posts and according to our rules, I should have you re-state your questions. Instead, I will reply to your questions but please follow the rules of the site. they are there for good reason. Before I address your specific questions, let me make a few general comments. The exposure you describe ...
confused
14 hours in the HIV Prevention Expert Forum
Welcome to our Forum. You don't precisely state your question but I presume it is whether or not all of this could be HIV. The answer is no. I'll provide a more detailed explanation of why I say this now. First, your exposure was very low risk. Most commercial sex workers do not have HIV and even most unprotected exposures do not lead to transmission o...
Very Worried-Possible hiv risk
16 hours in the HIV Prevention Expert Forum
No, use of isoretinoin does not in any way change my assessment. Still no risk. EWH