A Brief Introduction to HIV and AIDS: What You Need to Know

i have couple questions
1.) so if i have oral sex with my gf does that mean i can get hiv?
2.) if you have sex with partner that have HIV is it 100% thaat hiv will be transmitted, or not always?

This is Eric; I'm not a doctor. (1) Yes, if your girlfriend has been exposed to HIV and you have oral sex with her, you could contract HIV. See our vid "Some Ways You Can Contract HIV and the Risk of Each One" for details. (2) Having sex with an HIV+ partner does not GUARANTEE that you will contract HIV, but the risk is real.

oh ok thnx so much

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You can't catch HIV from saliva? I just thought the risks are very low from saliva but technically you can. Saliva is not considered a bodily fluid?

"HIV has been found in saliva and tears in very low quantities from some AIDS patients. It is important to understand that finding a small amount of HIV in a body fluid does not necessarily mean that HIV can be transmitted by that body fluid .... Contact with saliva, tears, or sweat has never been shown to result in transmission of HIV." [CDC, "HIV and Its Transmission," July 1999] Note that even though saliva doesn't transmit HIV, oral sex can. (You have contact with more than just saliva.)

There unfortunately is no cure, and the reason it is hard to find a cure for it is because like the flu virus, the HIV virus is always mutating and changing. That is why we always have to change our flu shots.

I've never had a flu shot in my life and never will.

HIV is constantly mutating and there are so many viral strains of it they are calling it HIV A, B, and it's sub groups and so on.

What people don't know is that the human immune system has the ability to keep up with the HIV virus, so they take blood samples from those who have no symptoms but are carriers to find out why.

I know why. All viruses can mutate to a less harmful or more harmful state and the human immune system can keep up

This is Eric; I'm not a doctor. You're correct that HIV mutates rapidly, and that viruses can mutate into less harmful strains, and that *in some people* the immune system is able to keep it at bay without ARVs. However those people (long-term non-progressors) are a small minority of all HIV+ people. Frequently, they have a genetic mutation to one of the two receptors that HIV uses to enter cells (CCR5 delta 32 or deletion mutations). Don't assume your immune system can stop HIV.