My family member has HIV!?I just found out that a family member of ours has HIV. And has been for 18 yrs. According to her, her ex husband prior to dying from Kidney Failure, was hospitalized on numerous occasions has had blood transfusions etc. She had received the call from the hospital and they asked her to come in because they had to talk to her and when she went in they said that her husband has HIV and she needed to be tested. They were unsure of how long he has had it or how he had gotten it. She did take the test and was tested positive. And this was 18 yrs and she also had to have her son tested but he tested negative. It has now been bought to my attention. I have a 8 month old dtr. So my question is, how do i protect me daughter. My daughter is part of her life and sees her on occasion. A few times a month. And she has also watched her. I can't imagine that she would deliberately put my daughters health in jeopardy but now I am fearful. Please give me some advice. I am by NO way discriminating against her or the disease but I do need help on how to keep my daughter safe as well as my self. Please give me some opinions and advice. Thank You!
Posted by woollysheep
Explain to your daughter that she must never touch someones else's blood. You don't need to even mention your relative - this is a good safety precaution to teach children because the world is full of people who are HIV+. Explain that if she ever needs to help someone who is bleeding she must call an adult for help and if that isn't possible she MUST wear rubber gloves. Just make it a first aid lesson and make a game of it. Even practice putting plasters/band aids on one another using rubber/latex gloves. The younger children learn this the better. But DON'T mention your relative - your daughter has less chance of being infected by a conscientious HIV+ relative, than by an HIV+ stranger who doesn't care, or even a child at school who doesn't know she is HIV+.
Posted by pepperbeast
You don't really need to do anything. Your daughter could only be at risk if she were having sex with or sharing needles with her HIV+ relatives, and since she's a baby, that seems unlikely.
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