Sperm, Semen, HIV!?

Question:

Just wondering, if a man has HIV and wants to have children.Since the virus travels in the semen (the liquid the sperm is in), and not the sperm itself. Is it possible to remove the sperm from the semen and have it artificially insaminated into a HIV-negative mother without infecting her?

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Attempting to remove the sperm cell from the semen would most likely kill the cell. What would you do once you removed the sperm cell? Wash it out so no semen remains?

The semen is what activates the sperm cell so it starts to move its tail. Semen is its "natural habitat" in order for the cell to be reproductively viable. I do not know of any way to accomplish this feat and I do not think any sane doctor would even try to artificially inseminate an egg using sperm from a know HIV patient.

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dont know

honestly, no idea, call a doc, they'll tell you.

No. The sperm is not removed from the liquid during artificial insemination. The technology doesn't exist and even if it did, you would be hard pressed to find a physician that would risk infecting a mother and an unborn child or children. (5 or 6 eggs are inseminated)

HIV in semen seems to be associated with immune system cells which congregate in the testis where sperm are produced. Centrifuging the sample may separate them out sufficiently. Or selectively killing the white cells may be enough.

for me is difficult

well 1st of all u cant have the baby. artificail spearm will work if ur rich. anyother way its imposible

yes, In fact when they artificially inseminate an egg they usually cut off the tail. Before that they usually wash the sperm, because one of the common causes of male infertility is sperm antibodies. When the man makes antibodies against his own soldiers. However they usually are unlikely to help an HIV+ person to reproduce.

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