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The goes my chance of having another baby. i thouht learning more about the decease will make it manageble but its becoming more and more scarying
Rolandito, Your medication is VERY old fashion - Please get off of DDI and Stavudine and get on a modern treatment - who knows maybe that will clear your semem too. Lets wait and see the real story on this - I have not heard this to be true in 25 years. KCW
The success rate of spermwashing has to be taken into account when assessing how infectious this HIV-sperm deal is, I believe. The science is interesting, but there wouldn't be couple doing spermwashing at all if getting infected from sperm via in vitro was an issue. I'm afraid this report will make it even harder for poz/neg couples to find physicians willing to assist them or even direct them in the right direction, despite excellent track record of sperm-washing.
Great, i've had the virus for almost 20 years and now they're saying it might be on my sperm as well. What about the Swiss study that said if i was on meds, undetectable viral load and no sti's I could have unprotected sex with my boyfriend if I was in a sero discordant relationship? I suppose it will have one effect and make us think more about condoms before we bareback. (c'mon, admit it, we do that even though we know we shouldn't)
To Rolandito in Miami. Before I ever had HIV I had something called Epiditimitus. And my sperm was also reddish to brown color. if you are having any type of soreness or swelling in your testicals you should check into this.
Fertility clinics do 'sperm washing' for men where the other products are washed away leaving the sperm which is then used for IVF reproduction. As far as I'm aware there's no risk of transmission of HIV with this procedure, but this seems counter to this article. Is this article correct ?
Rolandito, I knew a guy who was not pos and his semen was the same color that you described yours was. So, I don't think it's related, he was only 21 yo.
Mark
Another bad study while women with HIV are conceiving and bearing children safely with medication. What is the ulterior motive of these researchers. This is not useful.
October 30, 2009 • Toronto