Getting a HIV Scare | House M.D.

Added: 2026-05-17

[00:00:00]Does the sex include condoms?

[00:00:03]If he's negative, sure. If he's positive, why put on a raincoat if you're already wet?

[00:00:09]>> You could get hepatitis or another strain of HIV.

[00:00:11]>> Or I could get hit by a bus.

[00:00:13]>> AIDS isn't a death sentence anymore. I don't want to have any regrets.

[00:00:19]>> [cough] [clears throat] >> How long have you been coughing?

[00:00:24]Uh, about an hour or so.

[00:00:28]>> [cough] >> Try to take a deep breath.

[00:00:33]>> [clears throat] >> What is it?

[00:00:36]I think it's blood.

[00:00:39]>> [cough] >> I recommend post-exposure prophylaxis.

[00:00:53]Your chances of conversion are slim, but I'd like to put you on three antiviral medications.

[00:00:59]Now, finavir, >> [music] >> zidovudine, and lamivudine.

[00:01:03]There are side effects. Headache, nausea, vivid dreaming. You'll be tested for HIV at 6 weeks, 3 months, 6 months.