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Re: HIV testingFrom: Dr. John Provatopoulos B.Sc. M.D.C.M. F.R.S.C. (johnprov@sympatico.ca)Sun Nov 30 07:43:14 2003
At Sun, 30 Nov 2003, Dr. James Lie wrote: > >How do you make make sure she tells her husband? > >See - http://12.31.13.48/HealthNews/reuters/NewsStory0610200330.htm > >-- >James Lie >Australia > >-----Original Message----- >From: ob-gyn-l@obgyn.net [mailto:ob-gyn-l@obgyn.net]On Behalf Of Dr. >Ainsworth >Sent: Sunday, 30 November 2003 6:54 AM >To: Multiple recipients of list OB-GYN-L >Subject: HIV testing > >Today I had the second positive HIV since beginning routine OB testing. >It was on a woman I've known for 20 years. She and her husband are both >pillars of the community, both professionals. Now I've got to have her >come in on Monday to discuss this abnormal test result. Barring a screw >up at the lab, this result will be devastating to this family because of >the ramifications that one or the other was unfaithful and/or has a >hidden life. She has never had a surgery or blood transfusion and to my >knowledge, neither has he. It certainly emphasizes to me that we need >to do universal screening for HIV and not exclude our friends and >neighbors from testing. > I deliever 2-3 HIV positive mom's every year like clockwork since we started recommending sreening to all mom's, I am sure it was the case prior to screening I just didn't know they were positive. At least the Moms now get multi agent therapy and hopefully we are preventing at least half the transmitions that occured prior to sreening.
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Take care, John
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