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… appear anywhere on the body from 2 weeks to 6 months after contact with the virus. The bumps grow over several weeks to … or rubbing infected skin, including through sexual contact. If the virus is transmitted during sex, the bumps … can get molluscum contagiosum? Anyone who has skin-to-skin contact with an infected person is at risk of getting …
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… Overview Overview If you are wearing contacts, remove them before you flush your eye. If you can't remove a contact, flush your eye with the contact in place. Flush the eye from the inner corner toward …
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… Overview Burns can happen in any home. Heat, electricity, contact with hard or rough surfaces (friction), and some … burns Heat burns, also called thermal burns, are caused by contact with fire, steam, hot objects, or hot liquids. Tap … sparklers. Electrical burns Electrical burns are caused by contact with electrical sources or by lightning. Electrical …
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… lice are most often spread through close person-to-person contact, sexual contact, and may also spread by sharing clothing, bedding or … the spread of pubic lice. Avoid close person-to-person contact with someone who has pubic lice as well as avoid …
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… part in sports like wrestling and gymnastics or from sexual contact. And it can occur in people with a weak immune … contagiosum virus commonly spreads through skin-to-skin contact. This includes sexual contact or touching the bumps and then touching the skin. …
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… be spread when touching an infected pet, or by coming into contact with their feces, urine, saliva or food. While … Roundworms Tapeworms Hookworms You may also come into contact with other animals that are not normally kept as … mouths before washing their hands Avoid any direct skin contact with animal feces, vomit, urine or saliva Do not …
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… can help protect the person from infections. Avoid close contact with people who have contagious illnesses until … simplex ), or shingles ( herpes zoster ), avoid close contact with the person who has HIV. Ask your doctor whether … age range, get the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine. Contact the doctor of the person who has HIV within 24 hours …
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… page: Overview Overview If you have contact with poison ivy, oak, or sumac , immediately wash … may have touched the plant. Sometimes the resulting rash ( contact dermatitis ) can be completely avoided by washing … items. Wash all clothing, shoes, and other items that had contact with the plant or with a person who touched the …
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… Health Agency of Canada recommends that people in close contact with an infected person get the hepatitis B vaccine. … you can no longer give hepatitis B to others. Avoid anal contact with a sex partner while you are infected. Do not … Tell your doctor, dentist, and anyone else who may come in contact with your blood about your illness. If you are …
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… HCV on to others? HCV is spread through blood-to-blood contact. While there is a very low risk of spreading the … or tissue transplants Tell anyone whose blood has direct contact with your blood to visit a local public health unit … care provider, dentist and anyone else who might come in contact with your blood, (for example, when getting tattoos, …
