Recently My Father In Law And Mother In Law Tested

Posted on Mon, 17 Feb 2020

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Question : Recently My Father In law and Mother in Law tested HIV Positive. And they started medication at their home town XXXXXXX
My wife also took the test and she got Non reactive results.
She will be staying with them for some time to help them with doctor consultation and medication help.
I am aware of how HIV got spreads from one person to other but while she is staying with them is there any precautions she should take?

Follow up: Dr. Sunil Jangid (4 minutes later)

For My father in Law:
CD4 =62.14
CD4/CD8 = 0.03

And For My mother in Law:
CD4 =167.75
CD4/CD8 = 0.42

Answered by Dr. Sunil Jangid (1 hour later)

Brief Answer:
Avoid direct contact with any infectious fluid or material.

Detailed Answer:
Dear XXXXXXX

Welcome to Ask a Specialist Service.

As your father and mother in Law are sero-positive, the only precaution as care taker your wife has to take is avoid any direct contact with infectious fluid specifically blood. Your parents are already on treatment so continue as per advice and get CD4 count test as suggested by clinician at regular intervals. If still any query is there feel free to ask me again.

Thank You

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