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Causes: How is HIV spread from person to person? |
HIV is spread through contact with bodily fluids such as blood, semen, breast milk and vaginal or rectal fluid. HIV can only be spread if the infected fluid enters the bloodstream of another person. |
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Causes: what are 3 things you cannot catch HIV from? |
Any of the following: hugging, kissing, shaking hands, sharing food, mosquito bites and toilet seats |
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Causes: If you are pregnant can the infection be spread to your baby? |
Yes, it can be passed on before during or even after birth through breast feeding. |
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Causes: If you are infected with AIDS can you pass that onto someone else? |
No, you can only spread HIV not AIDS. |
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symptoms: What are the signs of being HIV positive? |
You may start to experience mild flu symptoms like a fever, sore throat, headache, muscle aches, joint pain, swollen lymph nodes. usually 2-4 weeks after contracting HIV may these be experienced. |
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symptoms: Can you have HIV and not know it? |
Yes, because symptoms will go away on their own so you may just mistake it for the common flu. You may not even experience more symptoms for another 5-10 years. |
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symptoms: what are the common symptoms for AIDS? |
the symptoms for AIDS are much more extreme than HIV, the symptoms for AIDS include pneumonia, cancerous tumours on the skin, fungal infections, such as yeast infections, viral infections, such as shingles, long-term diarrhea and unexplained weight loss. |
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symptoms: If you contract HIV do you need to tell your sexual partners? |
Yes, you are required by law in Canada to disclose your HIV positive status. If you fail to do so you can be charged and prosecuted. |
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risks: What is the biggest risk for contracting HIV? |
Your biggest risk if you're HIV positive is developing AIDS, which could actually kill you. |
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risks: Can using a condom reduce your chances of getting HIV? |
Yes, but it cant completely stop you from possibly contracting HIV. In these cases using a condom is definitely less risky than not using one at all. |
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risks: Who is at most risk of getting HIV? |
People who already have another sexually transmitted infection, because you already have a weakened immune system and possibly open sores caused by an STI, such as herpes or syphilis. If you have sex with many partners without using a condom and if you receive a blood transfusion or organ transplant in a country that does not properly check for contaminated organ products or blood.
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risks: If you already have HIV are you at a higher risk of catching other STIs? |
yes, you will already have a weak system so its much easier to get more infections. |
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treatment: How can you know for sure that you have HIV or AIDS? |
You need to get blood tested in order to find out whether you have it or not. Results can take approx. 1 to 2 weeks depending on where you live. HIV won't show up in a blood test immediately after you have been infected. It can take anywhere between 15 and 30 days, dependant on the type of test you get. |
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treatment: Is there anything else you should get tested for as well as getting tested for HIV? |
yes, you should get tested for the following infections: chlamydia, gonorrhea, syphilis, genital herpes, hepatitis B and C. |
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treatment: Is there a cure for HIV? |
Unfortunately there is not cure for HIV to this day, but there are treatment and management options. |
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treatment: Will treatment even help? |
Yes, you can be treated with antiretroviral drugs. These drugs help to lower the level of HIV in your body, slow the spread of the virus in your body and help your immune system fight off other infections. treatment can help you to live a near-normal life span.
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Prevention: how can you prevent HIV |
get tested often |
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Prevention: Does it make it any safer to use protection to prevent the spread of HIV? |
yes the use of condoms and barriers can help also discussing STI prevention with your sex partner(s), discussing with your partner(s) what sexual contact you will have and having fewer sex partners to reduce potential exposure to STIs is a good idea |
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Prevention: if you are an inject drug user what steps could you take to reduce spread? |
By using new needles, syringes, cookers, spoons, water filters and using new paraphernalia every time you inject.
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Prevention: Can HIV be spread from getting a tattoo, body piercing, electrolysis or acupuncture?
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yes, just make sure these procedures are done by professionals who follow universal precautions for controlling infection, like those used in hospitals and that all needles used, as required by law are used only once and disposed of after use. |
