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Transmission
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How?
Anyone can contract HIV – it doesn’t discriminate.
HIV lives in the bodily fluids of an infected person - blood, vaginal secretions, semen and breast milk – and often in high concentrations. Transmission can take place when these fluids are exchanged.
Most people are infected through:
- Unprotected sex (vaginal, anal or oral) with an infected person.
- Sharing needles/syringes when injecting drugs, using unclean tattooing and piercing equipment.
- Pregnancy, childbirth or breast feeding when the mother is HIV positive.
HIV must get into your blood stream to infect you.
That means if you're having sex and any of your partner's blood, semen (including pre-cum), or vaginal secretions come in contact with a cut or a tear in the lining of your vagina, anus or mouth, even tiny, invisible ones, you are at risk of being infected.
You CAN'T get infected with HIV through everyday social contact such as kissing, hugging, touching, sneezing, coughing, playing sports, sharing eating utensils, or sharing a bathroom with a person who is infected. There are no documented cases of transmission through saliva, sweat or tears. Mosquitoes, fleas and other biting insects don't transmit HIV either.
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by Tatiana on Dec 01 2008, 17:15 GMT
I never though that one day I had to do my hiv test, it was the worst feeling while I was waiting for my results... fortunately, it was negative... but i have to do it every 6 months, during next 2 years. So, I want to say: please USE CONDOMS, theirs save our lives from ETS, HIV, etc.... we have to love ourselves...