HIV Prevention for HIV Positive People

Becky Kuhn, M.D., co-founder of Global Lifeworks, discusses how people who are HIV positive (HIV+) can reduce or eliminate their risk of transmitting HIV to others. If HIV positive people choose to be sexually active, it is important that they practice safer sex techniques, such as using condoms and dental dams, both to avoid infecting others and to avoid re-infecting themselves with other strains of HIV that may become resistant to medications they are on or cause their T cell (CD4) count to drop, which can lead to the onset of clinical AIDS in a person who had been healthy up until that point. If an HIV positive person is on antiretroviral medication, it is important that they take every dose on schedule to avoid developing a drug-resistant strain of HIV. This will also help keep their viral load low, reducing the risk of HIV transmission. Visit http://www.GlobalLifeworks.org/ and http://www.AIDSvideos.org to learn more. Visit http://www.GlobalLifeworks.org and http://AIDSvideos.org to learn more. This video is freely downloadable from http://www.archive.org/details/aidsvideos_positives . Disabled accessibility: The transcript for this and many other AIDSvideos.org videos can be downloaded from http://aidsvideos.org/translate.shtml . [Do you want to help prevent the spread of HIV/AIDS? Are you fluent in a language other than English? Then volunteer to translate our videos into other languages! Click http://AIDSvideos.org/translate.shtml to to learn how you can help!!! © Copyright 2006-2011 Global Lifeworks. All rights reserved. This work is licensed to be used for non-commercial purposes under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/.]

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[krzyt101]

what are the chances of getting hiv from a one encounter?

[AIDSvideos]

@krzyt101: See our video "Some Ways You Can Contract HIV and the Risk of Each One."

[337myho]

Can you recieve HIV when reciving Oral sex (unprotected) by a women who is positive. NOt giving oral sex, but the person who reciving it.

[AIDSvideos]

See our video "Some Ways You Can Contract HIV and the Risk of Each One" for details.

[Kcdiddy]

what about broken condoms

[AIDSvideos]

Condoms are not perfect. They do not GUARANTEE that HIV won't be transmitted. They can break, for example. However, if used correctly (roll down over the shaft not pulled like a sock, no oil-based lubricant, remove promptly after ejaculation, etc.) they greatly reduce the risk of HIV transmission.

[SuperMe4lyfe]

I'm a 15 year old boy, and times I wish I could lose my virginity(since the guys talk about "smashing" with girls and with the whole high school thing). But after watching several vids(including this one) I've decided to just stay abstinent till marriage, becuase, these STDs look scary as hell.

[dgjiephfurreighR]

@krzyt101 I don't believe one can place a number on that. If both partners are HIV-, then the chance of contracting HIV is 0. There is a risk involved if one has unprotected sex with a person who does not know their status or is HIV+. However if one is HIV+, after watching this video they should know the proper steps to preventing any spread of the virus.

[anthony18a]

well im a medical doctor and no you cannot get hiv by kissing someone unless that opposite sex your kissing has a cut in his or her mouth or is bleeding then yes you may get it as well

[OxenHandler]

Grateful for the information. I need to hear this. I have long since behaved as if everyone I encounter has a superinfectious, drug resistant strain of HIV but doesn't know it himself. This really curbs my promiscuous nature. When someone hot entices me with unprotected sex I have replied, "No, Thanks. I want to live." I've missed out on alot of great sex as a result but I am still negative (as far as I know, but don't take my word for it.)