What Life Factors Contribute to HIV Transmission?

In this unscripted interview, Dr. Kuhn discusses the factors patients say contributed to their contracting HIV. Patients have cited rejection by their families, low self-esteem, longing for love, disconnection from their religious community, alienation from God, and boredom as factors contributing to contracting HIV. Recreational use of Viagra and crystal methamphetamine may contribute to further transmission after becoming HIV positive. She also discusses how physicians can more fully contribute to their patients' well-being by talking with them about their lives as a whole and their value as a human being instead of just narrowly focusing on specific symptoms, conditions, and medications. This video is freely downloadable from http://www.archive.org/details/aidsvideos_life_factors . Visit http://www.GlobalLifeworks.org and http://AIDSvideos.org to learn more. [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 2007-2011 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/.]

Category:

Education

Tags:

• HIV
• AIDS
• contract
• transmit
• life
• factors
• contribute
• alienation
• self
• esteem
• rejection
• family
• loneliness
• prevention

[thewhile]

i dont think anyone wants to wait 6 months after ever single partner they've ever had, that's ridiculous and u sorta make it sounds like u should wait 6 months after you had your last sexual intercourse AND get your new partner tested, then wait 6 months still...seems stupid to me. Well not stupid if u have the self control and patience then go for it but i wouldn't.

[AIDSvideos]

The most important thing is: if you choose to be sexually active, use a condom. If you use a condom correctly every time for every act, even if your partner is in fact HIV+, your risk of HIV transmission per act will be greatly reduced.

[hydroBigBud]

if i have been tested and girl friend has. is it ok to have unprotected sex?

[AIDSvideos]

Realize you could also contract other asymptomatic STDs from your partner like herpes, HPV, chlamydia, etc. Condoms don't guarantee those won't be transmitted but they reduce the risk (by varying amounts for each disease). All things considered, it's far, far safer to continue using condoms with your girlfriend than to have unprotected sex.

[Taan123]

i love this lady doctor!!

[JohnnyRock2000]

I would like to know...can a mosquito bite someone with HIV...get disturbed and land on another and spread the virus. Is there a chance? Also is the virus in saliva or tears or sweat or mucus from the nose or urine?

[gished100]

My god, do you really have that little faith in human beings and are you honestly that paranoid about HIV?

[AIDSvideos]

HIV can be transmitted via oral sex. So can other STDs such as herpes and gonorrhea.

[mendel7543]

I think what she may have been speaking about (in reagrds to internet porn) is the use of the internet to find sex partners. People who use the internet to find sex partners are more likely to engage in high risk activities, and experience the various consequences.

[hydroBigBud]

thanks for the advice, she is the first i have had sex with, and never of us are drug users. i will use a comdom! do get little pressure to try with out tho, and am sure she is honest.(but thats a huge risk). but what about oral sex? thanks

[AIDSvideos]

If you have unprotected sex, you're betting your life on your partner's test result, honesty, and continued monogamy with you. You need to both have tested HIV- at least six months after your last possible exposure to HIV (via sex with another partner, needle sharing, etc.), both have been mutually faithful that long, and continue being mutually faithful & not sharing needles to even consider this.