What's the Risk I Have HIV/AIDS?

People ask what the risk is that they have already contracted HIV. There's no way to reliably estimate what the risk is that a particular individual already has or has not contracted HIV. There are too many variables that play a role and that are difficult or impossible to quantify. In reality, either you have already contracted HIV, or you have not. Speculating won't help you, your partners, or your loved ones. If you think you may have been exposed to HIV or may have any risk factors, you should get tested for HIV. If you have already contracted HIV, you are much better off finding out now and getting early monitoring and treatment that can improve the quality and length of your life than waiting until later. For more information, visit http://www.GlobalLifeworks.org/ and http://www.AIDSvideos.org/. This video is freely downloadable from http://www.archive.org/details/WhatsTheRiskThatIHaveContractedHiv . 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 2008-2011 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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Education

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• HIV
• AIDS
• risk
• contracted
• exposure
• testing
• prevention
• monitoring
• treatment
• symptoms
• infection
• sex
• needle
• sharing

[YOUNGDON72]

if im about to have sex with my girlfriend im so horney she so horney NO CONDOM NO CONTRACEPTION, and there is no doctor near by im about to incert my penis into her virgina how do i know just by looking plzzz help

[AIDSvideos]

@YOUNGDON72: You can't tell whether a person has HIV by looking at them. Get tested. If you choose to be sexually active, use a condom correctly every time for every act.

[ElDoofy1]

how do i know if i got hiv?

[AIDSvideos]

@ElDoofy1: Go to the doctor or a public health or STD clinic and take an HIV test. Watch our video "The Top Ten Questions About HIV Tests" for more info.

[fuckserbrussians1]

i swear to you if u have unprotected sex with hiv positive person ur chance of not contracting the virus is like 1 in 999999999999999999999999999999­99999999999999999, i would have to say u will pretty much be positive if u had unprotected sex with a positive individual

[AIDSvideos]

This is Eric; I'm not a doctor. I agree that unprotected sex (with an HIV+ person or otherwise) is not a risk you should take, and I encourage all people who choose to be sexually active to use safer sex techniques like condoms to reduce their risk. However, that said, it's worth noting that scientific studies don't show that the risk of HIV transmission is quite as high as you're suggesting. Wikipedia's "HIV" article has a good table summarizing transmission risk estimates.

[conotoxin]

I am an MD. Here are the odds of contracting HIV having sex with an HIV+ partner based on the Smith DK, Grohskopf LA, Black RJ, et al study.

Receptive anal 50:10,000

Insertive anal 6.5:10,000

Receptive penile-vaginal 10:10,000

Insertive penile-vaginal 5:10,000

Receptive oral 1:10,000

Insertive oral 0.5:10,000

50 in 10,000? Doesn't sound like much does it? 0.5%. Or 1 in 200 times having sex you could contract a horrible life-changing disease.

I'd avoid those odds.

[780tonnie]

Whats HIV

[masterdelrap]

@AIDSvideos ABSTENENCE IS BEST

[moviegal271984]

hey there i was wondering i had relations with my bf at the time and he just told me today that he was also doing another girl who had just told him that she had relations with this other guy that has aids what the chance that i have it? i really want to know and need to know

[renejens]

Well the odds to win the lottery are 1 to 13.000.000 but almost every weekend someone does! Even when 1 in 200 sounds rather low.. well it could be Nr. 1, Nr. 3 or so on in your 200!

[TheOrangeDeath]

2 da fagot below dat arnold guy i had (and am havin) unprotected sex with tonz of HIV positive girlz n i still test negative

n 2 AIDSvideos yall aint helpin nobody if u have HIV u gonn die eventualy

[arnoldgd84]

how often does early symptoms of HIV occur