HIV can be transmitted. HIV infection through blood: how much does it take to become infected, what is the probability? Can HIV infection occur?

07.10.2021

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HIV infection and AIDS are the most common diseases throughout human existence. Unfortunately, in our modern world, despite technological progress, these diseases are still difficult to overcome. Nevertheless, every person who wants to stay healthy has an excellent opportunity to protect themselves in advance. And for this you will have to figure out how HIV AIDS is transmitted? How to resist infection? What precautions should be taken?

It cannot be said that HIV and AIDS are the same thing. But we can safely assume that these two diseases are interconnected and have devastating consequences for the human body. HIV is considered a viral infection that suppresses the immune system. Subsequently, the body is unable to fight various viral attacks. AIDS develops some time after the body becomes infected with HIV. These diseases affect all the body’s defense systems, which ultimately makes it completely “unarmed” and unable to further resist infection.

Viral, bacterial and fungal infections do not develop in a healthy body.

With a syndrome that cannot actually be cured, the patient has about two years to live. But the sooner you can detect AIDS and carry out diagnostic prevention, the greater your chances of extending the years of your life and preventing the disease from progressing irrevocably.

Main symptoms:

Constant cold at a chronic level;
A sharp drop in vision;
Rapid weight loss for no reason;
It becomes difficult to breathe, there is pain in the chest;
There are problems with intestinal function, diarrhea;
Difficulties at the emotional level (depression, irritability).

Of course, the above symptoms serve as the beginning of the development of other diseases. But when it comes to HIV infection and AIDS, you should consult a doctor in a timely manner.

ROUTES OF INFECTION

This infectious disease is transmitted in the following ways:

Having sexual intercourse without protection;
Organ transplant or blood transfusion from an infected person;
Feeding a child with milk from an infected mother.;
Injection using one syringe for two people.

AIDS can be transmitted primarily through blood. It is worth noting that unprotected sexual intercourse with a sick partner provokes infection to a greater extent. In the case of oral sex, infection is possible if even the slightest damage is present in the oral cavity. Infected semen, vaginal secretions or semen enter directly into the bloodstream. Anal sex can cause injury to the rectal mucosa.

Infection of infants has an extremely negative impact on their subsequent stage of growing up and development. Already at such an early age, all important systems of the body are frozen and the immune system is radically weakened. With weak immunity, various serious diseases arise. Also, medical staff are at risk of becoming infected. Mostly, such situations occur due to accidental cuts and blood or other fluid from the patient getting into the blood of the medical worker.

Therefore, all medical professionals are strongly advised to inspect their hands for minor injuries. To prevent infection with AIDS, you should pay attention to the above factors. If they are excluded, then there will be no infection. However, we should not forget about the risks, both in work processes and during sexual contact.

DO NOT ALLOW DISEASE INTO YOUR BODY

Some may have the misconception that the virus can be transmitted through kissing, hugging, or airborne transmission. But in order to avoid becoming infected with such a dangerous virus, it is worth learning in advance about some important things that will allow you to insure yourself in case of resulting immunodeficiency.

It is incorrect to say that AIDS can be transmitted to the body through an ordinary kiss. But it spreads well through saliva. This point especially applies to the presence of lesions in the oral cavity, as mentioned above. If you simply shake hands or eat food with an infected person, the risk of getting an infection will be reduced to zero. But if you come into direct contact with blood or other biological fluid, the risk of infection increases sharply.

Transmission of the virus is not possible through airborne droplets. The infection can survive in the air for no more than one minute. Also, the virus is not transmitted through dried blood or any other spoiled biological fluid. At high temperatures (up to 50 degrees), the infection self-destructs. It is an erroneous assumption that insects are carriers of the disease AIDS. The point is that they only absorb human blood and process it in their body without returning.

If you have a dog or cat, you don’t have to worry that they will become carriers of AIDS.

When you use the services of manicure, dentistry, piercing, etc., the tools of specialists must be clean in any case. Although HIV infection is unlikely to enter your body, because it is extremely incapable of surviving on its own in the environment. We must not forget about other serious infections that can enter your body due to failure to sterilize work tools and equipment.

HOW CAN YOU PROTECT YOURSELF?

As you can already see for yourself, there are quite a few ways of HIV infection. But they all purposefully make their way into the circulatory system.

It is worth considering the following aspects in your life:

Engage in sexual intercourse only in a protective mode, especially if you choose a fickle partner. The moment of sexual intercourse applies to both anal and vaginal sex. But if your partner does not change, the risks of infection drop sharply;
Never use the same syringe, and especially not with someone else. Avoid narcotic injection;
Avoid any contact with the blood or body fluid of an infected person. Don't neglect security methods in your work processes;
Since the disease does not develop immediately, but over several months (or even years), be sure to get checked by qualified doctors. This is necessary in order to detect a progressive disease in advance and neutralize it in time.

In general, you should not exaggerate too much and impose your phobias on others. But as they say, knowledge is light. Therefore, by all means, avoid premature cutting in public places and keep your distance from infected people for your own good.

HIV is the human immunodeficiency virus. A virus that destroys immune cells, leaving a person completely unprotected against numerous infections. That is, the virus itself does not kill, it “removes protection” and the body loses the ability to fight foreign microorganisms, dying from banal diseases. AIDS (acquired immunodeficiency syndrome) is the extreme stage of HIV infection.

There are many people infected with HIV

Having started its march from Africa, HIV infection quickly spread across all continents. The WHO says it affects more than 36 million people worldwide. At least two million people are added to them every year.

Until recently, the number of people infected with HIV doubled every year. In recent years, due to comprehensive WHO activities in all countries, this increase has noticeably slowed down.

About 50,000 HIV-infected people are officially registered in Russia, including just under 1,000 children. Doesn't this figure scare you? Then know that it is greatly underestimated, since people do not want to be examined, and even after learning about their diagnosis, they do not receive treatment, do not register, and go to another place, hiding the diagnosis. Moreover, some of them, realizing that they are terminally ill, set themselves the goal of infecting as many people as possible by all means available to them.

HIV-infected women have already given birth to more than 9,000 children.

How can a child become infected with HIV?

The RNA virus, which is the causative agent of HIV infection, enters the child’s blood in two ways:

hematogenous (through injections, blood transfusions);
ascending (in childbirth).

Unfortunately, the number of HIV-infected women is growing progressively. And the risk of becoming infected during childbirth ranges from 8 to 30%. Therefore, the number of infected children is also increasing.

If the mother herself became infected with HIV during pregnancy, she will certainly pass the infection on to her child.

How does HIV manifest in children?

If a child becomes infected in utero or during childbirth, he will most likely die in the first year of life. If a little later or his immunity was strong enough, then the first signs will appear in the second or third year of life, in a third of children - in the form of neurological symptoms. Such children lag behind in nervous, mental and physical development and get sick very often.

All patients go through several stages:

Zero - there are no manifestations, although the virus is already detected.
Subclinical - minor disturbances in motor and nervous activity.
The first is that the lymph nodes, liver, and spleen become enlarged; persistent acute respiratory viral infections, rashes and dermatitis appear.
Second, there is increased fatigue and anemia; Frequent fungal diseases, cytomegalovirus infection, frequent diarrhea, pneumonia, and prolonged hyperthermia are detected.
The third is a decrease in intelligence, a sharp decrease in physical activity, up to the inability to walk independently.
Fourth - intelligence is almost absent, there is no socialization, persistent paralysis develops. The child dies.

There is no treatment for HIV that guarantees recovery. There are expensive medications that only slow down the transition from one stage to another and prevent the spread of the virus. At the same time, an HIV-infected person is treated for the rest of his life, while being registered in a specialized department.

It is important for mothers of children to know that if HIV is detected in a child, it is necessary to begin treatment in a specialized hospital as quickly as possible. Today, only this can significantly prolong his life, and sometimes prevent the transition from the zero stage to the subclinical stage. That is, the child will be HIV-infected, but not sick.

How to protect your child from HIV infection?

Among HIV-infected people, only every second person knows about his diagnosis. Half have no idea and continue to lead a normal life, transmitting the virus primarily through sexual contact.

The first thing an expectant mother should know: casual sex is unacceptable! This will protect the woman herself and her future children from infection.

If a woman is diagnosed with HIV, she must be treated so as not to pass the infection on to her child.

In first place in terms of methods of transmission of HIV is injection. Therefore, it is necessary to protect the child from the influence of drug addicts, and all injections should be done only in compliance with the rules of asepsis and antiseptics - with disposable instruments. This also applies to ear piercing.

Most people infected with HIV live in sub-Saharan Africa, where the risk of infection is highest.
There are rapid tests that can detect the presence of antibodies to HIV within 24 hours.
Antiretroviral drugs do not get rid of HIV, but they do prevent transmission of the virus to a sexual partner, allowing people to continue living their normal lives while taking the medications.
Manifestations of HIV infection can develop two or fifteen years after infection.
You cannot become infected with HIV in everyday life: by shaking hands or kissing.
HIV testing is only voluntary. No one has the right to carry out forced testing - this violates human rights.
If HIV is detected, the child is provided with free medicines.

Are you afraid of HIV infection?

Quite a few people do not know how they become infected with AIDS. We heard something, read something, but didn’t fully understand it.

There is now a lot of information on the Internet indicating that the epidemic of the “plague of the century” is gaining momentum. This is problem number one, the answer to which has not yet been found.

How to get infected with AIDS, available:

Nobody hides that there are already more than 40 million HIV-infected patients in the world. The main share are young residents under 30 years of age. Many people do not understand that we are talking about AIDS, HIV is mentioned. What connection?

The most direct one - I’ll try to explain it more simply.

How to decipher HIV, what it means

This is the human immunodeficiency virus, a tiny microorganism.
The top is covered with a protein shell. Inside it contains genetic material in the form of two RNA molecules. When it enters the body, it hides by inserting itself into the hereditary substance of the cell.
While the infected cell grows and reproduces safely, the virus goes through all reproduction cycles with it. The problem is that our immune system detects it after three or four months, and not immediately. After all, he still needed to be recognized.
If antibodies to HIV are detected in the blood, the result will be positive.
If they are not there, it is negative.
The test is done more than once to confirm the diagnosis. Usually after three months.
This is where killer cells come into play. They are called T4. It is these cells that protect us during acute respiratory viral infections and other infections. They are powerless against the HIV virus. It is stronger, calmly destroys T4 cells, and puts other cells - T8 - on alert. This type of cell turns off the patient’s immunity.

Deteriorating health

Body temperature rises (it cannot be lowered even with medications).
Lymph nodes enlarge, especially in the neck (from 1 to 5 centimeters).
The tonsils are inflamed.
The person becomes weaker, sweats at night, and has trouble sleeping.
I don't want to eat.
The examination reveals an enlarged spleen and liver.
The patient suffers from frequent diarrhea.
Some people have esophagitis (inflamed esophagus).
A rash is noticeable on the skin.
Blood tests will already show whether a person is infected. Until this period (three months) nothing is determined. Doctors call it the “window period.” There will be an increase in lymphocytes and leukocytes.
Mononuclear cells are present.
This period lasts two weeks, then all symptoms simply disappear without a trace.

Development of the disease

For five or seven years, the virus does not manifest itself in any way. He does his job quietly - he kills a person. If you look inside the patient at this time, you will see a decreasing number of protective cells, T8 cells, on the contrary, multiply, their number is growing rapidly.

That's it - a person is defenseless against any infection: herpes or tuberculosis, ARVI. The immune system is also powerless against internal infections: fungi, bacteria. They always live in a healthy body; the immune system prevents them from reproducing, but not in this situation.

Any of the infections listed above can lead to the end of life. This final stage is called AIDS.

Stages of HIV infection

Latent or incubation period.
Primary infectious manifestations.
Secondary manifestations of infection (at this stage it is most often detected).
Terminal stage.

How to decipher AIDS

Now it’s probably clear what AIDS is. It’s easy to decipher – acquired immunodeficiency syndrome.
This is the stage of all kinds of infections from tuberculosis and pneumonia, damage to the nervous system, and malignant neoplasms. There is no cure for AIDS.
Although at the very beginning the patient could have been helped - scientists have invented a medicine that prevents the virus from infiltrating the hereditary substance of immune cells.
This would stop his development. But time is lost; all we have to do is take medications to alleviate the course of the disease.

Where did the virus come from

To this day, there is no consensus, as well as on the question of where man came from on earth. Some argue about a bacteriological weapon, which is a virus, to destroy people on earth.
Others talk about some meteorite that flew from space to us. The most realistic is the mutation of the virus from chimpanzee monkeys and its gradual adaptation to the human body.
The infection occurred from natives who ate the meat of infected animals. There are many hypotheses, but there is no irrefutable evidence.
The sad thing is that the largest number of infected patients is in Russia. Officially, more than 200,000 thousand people. Experts are sure there are more than a million of them.

How can you get AIDS and how is it transmitted

We have the impression that such patients are entirely drug addicts, representatives of sexual minorities, or people who have a large number of sexual partners.
Trouble can strike anyone.
The transmission routes are officially approved and proven. In humans, four biological fluids can contain a sufficient concentration of the virus to cause infection. This is blood, semen, breast milk, vaginal discharge.

Transmission routes:

From mother to child

An infected woman transmits the virus to her child during pregnancy, then the greatest risk is during childbirth or breastfeeding. This transmission route is estimated at 20–45%.
Modern medicine has medications that reduce the likelihood of infection to 6% if treated during pregnancy.
All babies have antibodies to the virus after birth, regardless of whether they are infected or not. This happens due to their passage through the mother’s placenta.
If the child is healthy, they will disappear by the age of one and a half years. Starting at this age, you can determine whether the baby is sick or not.

Through objects and blood contaminated with blood

You don’t have to look far for examples - syringes without sterilization transmit the virus from an infected person to a healthy person.
The most common risk group is drug addicts who use “highs” through injections or shared syringes.
You need to be careful in tattoo parlors, when getting ear piercings, manicures, and pedicures. With untreated instruments, the risk of infection is high.
The virus is transmitted through a razor or toothbrush of a patient. The risk is smaller, but it is there.
Infection will also occur through wounds when infected.
When receiving a blood transfusion, the risk is minimal, and the blood must be checked there.
During anal sex without using a condom, vaginal or oral. The general use of sex toys without a condom is of great importance when the condom is torn or slipped. It doesn't matter whether your partner is male or female.
We do not exclude petting due to the presence of wounds and infected fluid, or their contact.

How to avoid getting infected with AIDS and HIV

It is never transmitted due to household contacts or, as doctors call it, by airborne droplets.
Safely:
Dance with a sick person, hug.
Eat from one plate.
Swim in the same pool.
Go to a shared toilet.
Travel together in crowded transport.
Kiss (if the mucous membranes of the lips or oral cavity are not damaged).
All ticks, flies, mosquitoes, and fleas do not carry the virus.

How to avoid infection

Always use a condom when having sex with someone you don't know.
Monitor the processing of instruments in service salons (manicure, tattoo).
Do not use drugs; up to 90% of them use them intravenously. The same number of infected people.

Don't waste your life!

There are people on earth who, even when in contact with infected people, do not become infected with the virus. They were found to have mutated genes responsible for the production of special proteins in immune cells.

These proteins come into contact with the virus, but are not able to interact with it. Because they are “wrong, mutated.” HIV dies due to the inability to penetrate cells for reproduction.

Scientists have seized on this phenomenon to produce drugs for HIV, and therefore AIDS.

Well, let’s take a quick look at how people get infected with AIDS. We learned what HIV is. If you or your family have this problem, do not despair, do not blame yourself. We all make mistakes - we are human. The weak are sometimes impossibly strong, when they touch others there is only one way out, to be treated

Let me wish you health and recovery if you are sick.

I always look forward to visiting the site.

In general, all diseases that can develop in humans can be divided into two groups: contagious and non-contagious. And awareness of the population about the methods of transmission of various ailments makes it possible to reduce the incidence of them several times. It is especially important to convey information about the characteristics of extremely dangerous diseases, including acquired human immunodeficiency syndrome, known as AIDS. As is known, this disease is caused by the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). Let's clarify, in a little more detail, how HIV is transmitted from person to person.

Doctors say that there are three main routes of transmission of HIV infections - sexual, vertical (from mother to child), and parenteral (through blood).

Infection through blood

HIV is transmitted to a healthy person from a person affected by it when only 1/10,000 of a milliliter of blood enters the body, and it is completely invisible to our eyes. If you draw a line of one centimeter, one hundred thousand aggressive particles will fit on it.

Infection through blood can occur through organ donation or transfusion of insufficiently tested donor blood. HIV can be transmitted through the use of insufficiently processed medical or cosmetic items if they were used by an infected person. This situation can occur during ear piercing, tattooing and piercing. Most often, damage occurs when visiting non-specialized salons. And the remainder of someone else's blood may be invisible to the eye; infected particles remain after washing with water. Therefore, for processing you need to use special products or alcohol.
Of course, transmission through the blood often occurs when drugs are used for intravenous administration: through shared needles, syringes, as well as filters and other devices of drug addicts.

Sexual infection

Most often, HIV is transmitted to a person through unprotected sex. The virus is concentrated in vaginal secretions, as well as in seminal fluid. Accordingly, unprotected heterosexual relationships can cause infection. During sexual intercourse, microcracks form on the mucous membranes, and through them the virus freely penetrates into the circulatory system, other organs, and tissues.

The likelihood of infection increases by an order of magnitude if a person is promiscuous, frequently changes sexual partners, does not use condoms, or has sex with partners who take drugs.

The easy penetration of HIV into the body is facilitated by all kinds of inflammatory diseases of the genital organs, because they are accompanied by inflammation and damage to the mucous membranes.

According to doctors, semen contains an order of magnitude more aggressive viral particles than vaginal secretions. Accordingly, the likelihood of HIV transmission from a woman to a man is slightly lower than from a man to a woman.

Unprotected homosexual contacts pose a particular danger. After all, the likelihood of traumatic damage to the rectal mucosa is especially high, and the anal passage is heavily supplied with blood.

Doctors say that HIV infection can also occur through oral sex. However, the likelihood of this is somewhat lower than in the cases already listed.

To prevent infection, it is necessary to have an orderly sex life and use protection.

Vertical mode of transmission (from mother to child)

Just a few years ago, vertical transmission of HIV from person to person was very common. Women infected with HIV did not even hope for the birth of a healthy baby. However, the development of medicine has made it possible to reduce the risk of infection in this way by an order of magnitude.

HIV can be transmitted to a child from a mother in several ways: during breastfeeding through breast milk, during labor, or even during pregnancy.
To prevent it, an HIV-positive woman needs to be under the supervision of doctors even at the stage of pregnancy planning, during all nine months of gestation and after childbirth.

Infection at home

In fact, the likelihood of contracting HIV at home is close to zero. However, failure can still occur. The infection can be transmitted through various piercing and cutting objects, for example, through razors, etc.

It should be noted that HIV is not transmitted at all through the common use of a toilet, swimming pool, dishes and other household items.
The infection can be transmitted at home through damaged skin, but the likelihood of this is extremely low.

If the blood or mucous secretions of an infected person enter the body of a healthy individual, infection can occur.

HIV cannot be transmitted

The virus cannot be transmitted through the air, in other words, by airborne droplets. Infection is also impossible through food or water. As we have already said, you should not be afraid to use common household items - dishes, towels, linen, or swim in the same bathtub or pool. The virus cannot be transmitted by shaking hands, touching, kissing, smoking the same pipe or cigarette, using the same lipstick, mascara or telephone. It is also impossible to become infected with HIV through the bite of an insect or animal.

Knowing the routes of transmission of HIV, you can take effective measures to prevent infection with this virus.

Statistics show that not everyone knows how HIV is transmitted from person to person. More than 30 years ago, the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) was isolated. This disease is considered, if not the most terrible, then one of them. In just over 30 years, this virus has spread across the entire planet, and there is practically not a single corner of the Earth where a case of HIV infection has not been recorded. Today, more than 40 million people are carriers of this virus, and its spread is not only not decreasing, but is also spreading at high speed.

All about HIV

Many people are mistaken when they consider HIV and AIDS to be the same disease. But the connection is still there. The immunodeficiency virus enters the body first. It can be present in the body for ten years without showing itself in any way. Under certain circumstances, a virus can provoke an HIV infection, and against the background of any disease, even a minor one, it can develop into AIDS. AIDS is a disease with a 100% fatal outcome.

HIV originally emerged in the countries of Central Africa, and there are hypotheses that this virus appeared a very long time ago, but was not known to doctors and scientists. In addition, some species of monkeys that lived on the same continent were carriers of this virus, and it is quite possible that humans were originally infected from monkeys. In the 20th century, the movement of people, including from Africa, became widespread, and therefore the virus spread beyond the African continent. In modern history, the first case of HIV infection was recorded in 1981, and since then this virus has been triumphantly sweeping the planet.

HIV is one of the so-called retro viruses that can live in the human body for at least 10 years without showing any symptoms. At least, this happens in more than half of people infected with this virus. This means that for 10 years a person does not know about his illness, and can infect people in any number. Since the identification of HIV as a separate disease, research has been underway to find a cure for it. Alas, it has still not been found. The virus enters the bloodstream and destroys healthy immune cells.

The body does not have the ability to fight this virus. For each HIV carrier, the period when almost all cells responsible for immunity are destroyed lasts a different time. It depends on many factors. For example, if a person did not have any serious diseases before becoming infected, then we can assume that his immune system is in excellent condition. This means that HIV will not manifest itself soon. And, conversely, if a person is sick with chronic diseases or is at risk, then his immunity is already weakened, which means that the symptoms of the virus will appear much faster.

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Symptoms of HIV

Experts distinguish two phases of HIV infection, which, however, are not observed in all patients. The first phase - acute febrile - occurs in only 70% of infected people. Its symptoms are similar to ordinary ARVI, so HIV is often not diagnosed immediately after infection. After about a month, a low temperature is observed, about 37-37.5ºC, and pain in the throat, as with an upper respiratory tract infection. Frequent headaches may occur, and pain in the muscles and joints may also be present. Against the background of general malaise and poor sleep, irritability, drowsiness, and lack of desire to eat appear, and, as a result, the patient loses weight before our eyes.

Stomach problems begin, and there may be vomiting, diarrhea, and constipation. The only alarming symptom may be hyperplasia of the lymph nodes not only in the neck, as with sore throat, but also in the groin area and armpits. In the more serious acute phase, skin rashes or small wounds - ulcers - may occur on the mucous membranes of the mouth, nose and genitals. Usually, in almost 9 out of 10 patients, this phase passes quickly enough, all symptoms disappear, and the person feels much better.

Then, for several years, the carrier of the virus lives a normal life. But in every tenth patient the disease has a rapid course of HIV infection, followed by a lightning-fast transition to AIDS. The second phase of HIV is called asymptomatic, and, judging by the name, practically does not cause any concern to the patient. It can last from several days to several years. But sooner or later, each of these phases turns into AIDS.

With AIDS, absolutely all systems of the patient’s body cease to function, while all microorganisms living in the human body suddenly begin to act harmfully. Gradually, symptoms of various diseases appear on the body, both inside and outside, such as stomatitis, lichen of various types, diseases of the ear, nose and throat, inflammatory lesions of the gums and teeth, various allergic reactions that were not observed before.

Every day the patient feels worse and worse, while the number of diseases increases. It seems that there is not a single living place on the patient’s body. Against the background of all these inflammatory processes, the patient loses appetite, sleep, and rapidly loses weight in a short period of time.

Organic lesions of the central nervous system lead patients to nervous exhaustion and severe nervous breakdown, when the patient tries to cut off all ties with family and friends, does not express a desire to communicate with anyone, and leads a reclusive lifestyle.

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Risk group

There are certain categories of people who are at risk for contracting HIV. This does not mean that a person who is not at risk cannot be infected, but his risk percentage is several orders of magnitude lower. A person may develop symptoms of HIV if they fall into the following category:

a drug addict who injects with syringes;
persons of non-traditional sexual orientation, mostly men;
a woman of the most ancient profession, working on the street;
people who prefer unconventional types of sex, for example anal;
people who are promiscuous and do not use protection;
category of citizens who are already sick with sexually transmitted diseases;
the category of citizens who are donors and those who are transfused with blood or its components;
children still in the womb of an HIV-infected mother;
doctors and nurses working with HIV patients and at blood transfusion sites.

In recent years, the disease has progressed so much that HIV is transmitted in everyday life in several ways, for example, through a razor, if several family members use it. Or when cut with a household knife or other sharp object, if the blood of a virus carrier gets on the resulting cut of a person who does not have HIV. This disease is no longer transmitted in everyday life; it cannot be contracted through saliva, household appliances or towels.

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How is HIV transmitted?

Since the virus cannot be treated yet, and a cure for AIDS has not been found, the most effective remedy for this serious disease is prevention. How do people become infected with HIV? Let's look at examples:

The first, and most common, method is sexual intercourse. Moreover, the variety of methods of sexual transmission is simply amazing. Sex between homosexuals, uncontrolled relationships of prostitutes, married couples or singles who practice anal sex, which can cause microcracks and lesions of the anal canal, which is a trigger for HIV infection. Young people who are promiscuous when neither they nor their partners are concerned about protecting themselves not only from HIV, but also from STDs. You should know that women who have sex with a partner infected with HIV are 3 times more likely to become infected than men in a similar situation. Therefore, it is extremely important for women to take care of the availability of condoms, especially if there are several sexual partners. The condition of the woman’s external and internal genital organs may also play a role here. If a woman has cervical erosion or microcracks in the vagina, then the risk of HIV infection increases several times.
HIV is transmitted through blood. How does HIV infection occur if donated blood is carefully checked using the latest machines, and the risk is reduced to a minimum? This virus can be infected not only by transfusion of blood or its products, but also by donating it, or by cutting with a sharp object, if an HIV-infected person has previously been cut with it. This is dangerous because you can become infected in places where you don’t even expect it. For example, in a dental clinic during dental treatment, in manicure and pedicure salons, when they use instruments that have not been treated after an HIV-infected client.