Contents:
- Medical Video: Preventing the Spread of HIV
- How do you protect yourself from HIV transmission?
- Learn how HIV spreads
- Avoid alcohol and illegal drugs
- Make safe sex
- Never share needles or syringes
- Avoid touching the blood and body fluids of other people
- Perform medical treatment if you are pregnant
Medical Video: Preventing the Spread of HIV
If you live in a house with someone who has HIV or one of your family members or friends has been diagnosed with HIV, you need to know ways to prevent the spread of HIV to protect yourself from HIV transmission.
How do you protect yourself from HIV transmission?
Learn how HIV spreads
First of all, you must understand correctly how to spread HIV. There is a lot of misinformation about the spread of HIV, so it is important to learn to protect yourself. HIV is transmitted when blood, breast milk, semen or infected vaginal fluids are in direct contact with wounds on the skin or open mucous membranes (such as the mouth, nose, vagina, rectum, penis opening). HIV can be transmitted through vaginal, oral or anal sex, and blood-to-blood contact and contact between body fluids. This means you can kiss safely (as long as there are no sores or sores, and you don't cause each other injuries), touch, hug, and interact as usual safely with people who have HIV.
Don't assume that someone who has no symptoms certainly does not have HIV. People can have HIV several years before they have AIDS, and infected people can transmit the virus.
Avoid alcohol and illegal drugs
The second thing you need to do is stop using alcohol and drugs. These substances influence your decisions and make you more likely to make bad decisions or be in a situation where you don't have complete control over your decisions. Certain drugs, such as drugs via injections, can also cause you to get HIV with a higher exposure rate.
Make safe sex
Get used to safe sex, namely by using a condom. If you have sex with someone who has HIV, it is important to have safe sex and routine HIV testing.
Talk to your partner about your sexual history. Knowing and understanding correctly about the ins and outs of each one really helps you and your partner prevent the risk of HIV transmission. You can use a combination of drugs (tenofovir and emtricitabine) every day to prevent HIV infection. This drug can reduce the risk of getting HIV. However, this drug is quite expensive and you still need to get used to safe sex to keep the risk low.
Never share needles or syringes
Needles and syringes easily carry HIV from one person to another. Never use drugs with needles and needles that are not from a doctor.
Avoid touching the blood and body fluids of other people
You never know who has HIV, because there is no stereotype and maybe they don't realize they are infected, so avoid touching the blood of others as much as possible and avoid direct contact with other body fluids that can spread HIV, especially if you have open wounds in any part of your body. Body fluids that can carry the HIV virus include:
- Semen and prejaculation fluid
- Vaginal fluid
- Mucus rectum (anal natural lubricant)
- ASI
- Amniotic fluid, cerebrospindal fluid, and synovial fluid (usually only exposed if you work in the medical field)
Perform medical treatment if you are pregnant
All pregnant women will be offered to do a blood test for HIV as part of an obstetric examination. If not addressed, HIV can be passed from pregnant women to babies during pregnancy, labor or breastfeeding. HIV therapy during pregnancy reduces the risk of HIV transmission to the baby.
Equipping yourself with knowledge of HIV is the best way to prevent the risk of HIV transmission and help people around you with the treatment process of the disease. It can also help people with HIV to live healthily and safely.
Hello Health Group does not provide medical advice, diagnosis or treatment.
