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Like other HIV-infected mothers at the time, Glaser unknowingly passed the virus to her infant daughter, Ariel, through breastfeeding. Ariel developed advanced AIDS at a time when the medical community knew very little about the disease, and there were no available treatment options.
Jan 24, 2022 · Elizabeth Glaser gave birth to her first child, a girl named Ariel, in August 1981. She haemorrhaged while in labour and received seven pints of blood via transfusion.
Elizabeth Glaser contracted HIV in a blood transfusion in 1981 while giving birth to her daughter, Ariel. She and her husband, Paul, later learned that Elizabeth had unknowingly passed the virus on to Ariel through breast milk and that their son, Jake, had contracted the virus in utero.
Elizabeth, who also tested HIV positive, had passed the virus to Ariel and their 1 1/2-year-old son. Only Paul was not infected. Ariel, the daughter whom Elizabeth had lovingly and innocently...
Nov 23, 2021 · The Glasers' battle with HIV/AIDS began when Elizabeth hemorrhaged while giving birth to daughter Ariel in August 1981, two months after the first cases of AIDS were reported in the U.S.
- Nick Maslow
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Glaser contracted HIV in 1981 during the early stages of the AIDS epidemic after receiving a transfusion of contaminated blood while giving birth to her daughter Ariel. [4] Glaser unknowingly passed the virus to Ariel and to her son Jake, who was born three years later.
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Elizabeth Glaser's life had always revolved around children. She grew up in Hewlett Harbor, a small town on Long Island , along with her younger brother Peter. After Elizabeth and Peter started school, their mother Edith Meyer became director of urban renewal for the Town of Hempstead and initiated low-income housing for the poor.
