How STDs Increase the Risk of HIV Transmission

Phil Johnson, M.D. discusses how having a sexually transmitted disease (STD) other than HIV (such as herpes, syphilis, gonorrhea, or chlamydia) can increase the risk of contracting or transmitting HIV. Preventing and treating other STDs is therefore an important step for preventing the transmission of HIV. This video is freely downloadable from http://www.archive.org/details/aidsvideos_std . Visit 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/.]

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[TheJordi748]

the only way hiv is past is if the viral load is high

[AIDSvideos]

This is Eric; I'm not a doctor. I believe you are saying that HIV will only be transmitted if the HIV+ person's viral load is high. That is not correct. It is true that an HIV+ person is MORE likely to transmit HIV if their viral load is high, but HIV can be transmitted even if the viral load is low or undetectable.

[TheJordi748]

eric hiv is not a human disease so thats why its so hard to catch on first encounter i slept with someone who was positive and never got it

[AIDSvideos]

HIV originated with primate SIV, but it has evolved into a native human disease. It's true that the odds of contracting HIV on a first encounter are not terribly high so long as the HIV+ person isn't within their period of primary HIV infection (see our video "Some Ways You Can Contract HIV and the Risk of Each One"), but it's still possible, and life-changing if you contract it, so if you choose to have sex, practice safer sex. The fact you didn't contract HIV proves nothing.

[94WAIPAHUblocc]

why have treatment

when its a never endind thing?

DONT NEED TREATMENT

NEED A CURE

treatment only cause more problems

[AIDSvideos]

Yes we need a cure. But we have never developed a CURE for any virus. It may be decades or longer before we develop a CURE for people who have contracted HIV; we may never develop a true cure since HIV can reside in the nucleus of brain cells, secure from attack by the immune system. Therefore we need treatment in the meantime to maintain the health of those who are already HIV+. Treatment saves lives and by reducing viral load in those who are infected, prevents further infections too.

[alonelychild]

in fact there was porn model in 2007 infected only by the precum in UK, very famous scandal of the bareback porn scene, and the + one got hiv less than a month before, he believes, by oral sex

[94WAIPAHUblocc]

i seen alot of movies,

THE DAY OF THE DEAD

QUARATINE

CLOVERFIELD

RESIDENT EVIL

and many others videos

mainly showing effected people been treated as LAB RATS.

i believe thers a cure SOMEWHERE over the rainbow

[thewhile]

thanks?