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DOH urges clients of VIP Spa get tested after 2 confirmed cases of HIV
SANTA FE, N.M. (KRQE) - The New Mexico Department of Health is now encouraging anyone who received treatment from a downtown Albuquerque spa to get tested. Two clients of the now-shuttered spa have tested positive for the same HIV virus, increasing the likelihood they got it from the same procedure.
When patients of the VIP Spa first learned of blood born illnesses that likely spread from a procedure there, they were terrified. "More recently in this year, we were notified of a second infection," said Dr. Tierney Murphy, New Mexico Department of Health.
Now, with two confirmed cases of HIV, the Department of Health has issued an alert to anyone who may have had an "injection-related procedure" at the spa. That includes procedures like the vampire facial, which stars like Kim Kardashian have had done.
The procedure takes samples of your own blood, extracts the plasma, then injects it back into your face with needles. "The likelihood that these resulted from a procedure at the spa are high," said Dr. Murphy.
The Department of Health says the aesthetician running the business was using unsafe practices that could spread infections like HIV, and Hepatitis B and C. So far, more than 130 former clients have come forward to get tested.
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SANTA FE, N.M. (KRQE) - The New Mexico Department of Health is now encouraging anyone who received treatment from a downtown Albuquerque spa to get tested. Two clients of the now-shuttered spa have tested positive for the same HIV virus, increasing the likelihood they got it from the same procedure.
When patients of the VIP Spa first learned of blood born illnesses that likely spread from a procedure there, they were terrified. "More recently in this year, we were notified of a second infection," said Dr. Tierney Murphy, New Mexico Department of Health.
Now, with two confirmed cases of HIV, the Department of Health has issued an alert to anyone who may have had an "injection-related procedure" at the spa. That includes procedures like the vampire facial, which stars like Kim Kardashian have had done.
The procedure takes samples of your own blood, extracts the plasma, then injects it back into your face with needles. "The likelihood that these resulted from a procedure at the spa are high," said Dr. Murphy.
The Department of Health says the aesthetician running the business was using unsafe practices that could spread infections like HIV, and Hepatitis B and C. So far, more than 130 former clients have come forward to get tested.
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