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Kaposis sarcome

Cainkane1

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I have a friend. The friend is straight but my friends brother has aids. Yesterday after work I relaxed with a few brews and my friends brother was in the bar. I shook hands with him and I saw all over his arms Karposis sarcoma. The lesions look bad and while I did shake his hand I wondered if there was a possibility that I could catch a disease from him. I know you can't catch aids or karposis sarcoma but since his immune system is comprimised could I get another disease from this unfortunant individual?
 
Cainkane1 said:
The friend is straight but my friends brother has aids.
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Well there's a non-sequitur.

Yesterday after work I relaxed with a few brews and my friends brother was in the bar. I shook hands with him and I saw all over his arms Karposis sarcoma. The lesions look bad and while I did shake his hand I wondered if there was a possibility that I could catch a disease from him. I know you can't catch aids or karposis sarcoma but since his immune system is comprimised could I get another disease from this unfortunant individual?
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If his immune system is compromised he's more likely to catch something from you.
 
Mojo said:
Well there's a non-sequitur.




If his immune system is compromised he's more likely to catch something from you.
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I thought about that too. I wonder if he is wise to be mixing in large crowds? He seems healthy but if his immune system wasn't compromised he wouldn't have the Karposis Sarcoma.
 
Infectious Kaposi sarcoma is only seen in severely immune compromised individuals such as AIDS victims (not just HIV positive). It can also be seen in individuals who have had solid organ transplants (as opposed to bone marrow transplants) who are on immunosuppressive therapy to prevent organ rejection.

We with normal immune systems aren't going to catch anything from him unless we exchange body fluids by having sex with him, sharing needles from IV drug use, etc.

HE, with his compromised immune system, is at far more risk from us. The other thing is, there are lesions, especially angiokeratomas, that mimic the appearance of Kaposi Sarcoma. These are not related to immune suppression.
 
Maybe if you bathed in bleach, took every antibiotic you could find for a few weeks, and then rubbed your naked body against him you'd catch something.
 
KS is due to human herpes virus type 8.
It can be transmitted in a number of ways, including transfusion, and sexually.
HHV-8 generally only causes problems like skin and internal lesions if someone is immune compromised - for whatever reason, but underlying HIV is common, and iatrogenic immunosuppression for things like renal transplants are also a well known association.

You won't catch HHV-8 through "social" contact.
And even if you did it wouldn't cause KS unless you also became immunodeficient.
Hell, you might even have it already, from some exposure at some past time point. It lies dormant, and never goes away, just like the other human herpes viruses.
And gay or straight - anyone could get HIV, or HHV8
 
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