Had a blood transfusion? Planning a baby? Then have an anonymous, free AIDS test.
Saturday Evening Post › Nbr. 259, January 1987
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Special AIDS report
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Had a blood transfusion? Planning a baby? Then have an anonymous, free AIDS test.
When Amy Sloan of Lafayette, Indiana, entered the hospital in 1982, the last thing on her mind was AIDS. The disease was not widely discussed then, and Amy had other concerns--namely, a painful case of ulcerative colitis. During treatment, she received three units of blood that hadn't been screened for the AIDS virus--no test had yet become available to detect AIDS antibodies.
Three years later, in the spring of 1985, Amy experienced chest pains and breathing difficulty. A doctor familiar with AIDS symptoms was suspicious; tests confirmed his worst fear: the 24-year-old woman, not in any of the high-risk groups, had contracted AIDS from a tainted transfusion. The news was even more shattering because Amy had learned just two days earlier that she was pregnant. AIDS-antibody positive women are urged to become pregnant, because pregnancy puts a burden on the body's immune system that can precipitate full-blown AIDS. Then there was the worrisome question of whether her baby would also be infected with AIDS. Statistics indicate...See the full content of this document
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