Brief Introduction to HIV/AIDS

Becky Kuhn, M.D., co-founder of Global Lifeworks, covers critical basic information about HIV and AIDS. HIV is a virus that causes the disease AIDS, which can be fatal. There are treatments but no cure. HIV is spread by contact between body fluids (blood, semen, vaginal fluids, and breast milk) and mucous membranes (eyes, nose, mouth, and genitals). It is spread by sexual contact, injection drugs users sharing needles, from mother to child during childbirth or nursing, and (early on during the epidemic) by receiving blood transfusions. You can reduce your risk by abstaining from sex before marriage, being faithful to a single partner and using a condom and/or dental dam if you are sexually active, and by never injecting drugs or by never sharing needles if you do. It can take up to six months after exposure to HIV for a person to test HIV positive; even before they test HIV positive, the infected person can spread the disease to others. A doctor can prescribe antiretroviral (ARV) drugs to prevent HIV from progressing to clinical AIDS. It is critical to take every ARV dose on schedule to avoid developing a resistant strain of HIV. If a person is HIV positive, they still need to practice safer sex to avoid spreading HIV to others and to avoid contracting a different, resistant strain of HIV.

This video refutes myths and misinformation from videos "Lee Evans Speaks Out About the HIV Tests," "Deconstructing the Myth of AIDS," "AIDS Inc.," "The Other Side of AIDS," and "House of Numbers." It also debunks the claims of HIV denialists like Peter Duesberg, Stefan Lanka, Kary Mullis, Celia Farber, Christine Maggiore, Gary Null, Andrew Maniotis, the Perth Group, Eleni Papadopulos-Eleopulos, David Rasnick, Valendar Turner, Robin Scovill, Brent Leung, David Crowe, Walter Gilbert, Harvey Bialy, Rebecca Culshaw, Roberto Giraldo, Manto Tshabalala-Msimang, and Matthias Rath. Visit http://aidstruth.org/denialism/denialists, http://www.GlobalLifeworks.org and http://AIDSvideos.org to learn more.

This video is freely downloadable from http://www.archive.org/details/aidsvideos_brief . 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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[cenanationful]

i m sex with in life only one partner many times if i have aids plz tell me

[AIDSvideos]

@cenanationful: This is Eric; I'm not a doctor. Only a doctor can diagnose you with anything. See a doctor and get tested for HIV. Watch our vids "The Top Ten Questions About HIV Tests" and "Do I Have AIDS? Symptoms of AIDS" and "Did I Just Contract HIV? Symptoms of Primary HiV Infection" for more.

[comedaman1234]

Does saliva or sweat carry the virus?

[AIDSvideos]

@comedaman1234: Watch our videos "HIV in the Household," "Top Ten Myths About HIV/AIDS," and "Ten More Myths About HIV/AIDS." Go to aidsvideos web site and click "FAQ". Short answer is "yes," but exposure to saliva or sweat alone in normal social interactions is not believed to pose a risk of HIV transmission.

[AIDSvideos]

@2011leroywright, @QuantumCerberus: Realize that if you have unprotected sex, you are betting your life on the belief that the partner does not have HIV, and you continue to bet your life on that every subsequent time you have unprotected sex. See our video by Phil Johnson, M.D.: "Condoms, Testing, Monogamy, and Honesty"

[2011leroywright]

@QuantumCerberus YOU HAVE TO TRUST EACHOTHHER!

[tuoice]

having sex after marriage doesnt mean anything your talking rubish, its possible to marry someone who has aids.. . or if your husband or wife cheats on you.. Just use condoms and test alll your partners with the at home aids test and be careful and then youll be fine.

[dquintero2216]

Damnn this shit scare the shit out of me!,, and i dont even have HIV

[TheKingvsQueen]

If I may add to this video. I find it very helpful, but I disagree on one thing. You do NOT have to be married before having sexual relations with a partner, BF, GF, whatever. A ring and a some paper does NOT defined commitment nor honesty in your relationship. Does getting married bring your risk down? Nope. Think about it. However, if you believe in sexual relations before marriage then maybe. But reality is, it it NOT for most people a safe way to prevent it. (Excluding the ones who believe)

[UsanaGrandmaster]

Failure is all apart of success. You are a great leader and an amazing person, glad to connect and subscribe to your channel. Please stop by and subscribe back.

Love peace & light,

Justin