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AIDS
HOW CAN YOU BECOME INFECTED?
* Having unprotected sexual intercourse - anal, vaginal, or oral - with an infected person.
* Sharing drug needles or syringes with an infected person.
Also, women infected with HIV can pass the virus to their babies during pregnancy or during birth. They can also pass it on when breast-feeding. Some people have become infected by receiving blood transfusions. Since 1985, however, when careful screening and laboratory testing of all blood donations began, this possibility has been greatly reduced.
You cannot be infected by giving blood at a blood bank.
People get infected with HIV through bodily fluids such as blood, semen, breast milk, and vaginal fluids – but not saliva. These fluids can be passed between two people in a variety of ways, including having unprotected sex (oral, vaginal, or anal), sharing needles, or even from tattooing or body piercing. Kissing is usually okay, but it is safest to avoid "deep kissing." People do not get HIV by hugging, shaking hands, bug bites, spit, or living with someone who has HIV.
You should get tested for HIV if you have ever had unprotected sex (oral, vaginal or anal) or if you have had contact with body fluids of someone who may be HIV positive.
**Aids Information provided by the Department of Health and Human Services and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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AIDS IS CAUSED BY HIV | BE AWARE OF YOUR HIV STATUS | WILL YOU GET AIDS IF INFECTED WITH HIV? | HOW CAN YOU BECOME INFECTED? |
YOU CAN GET HIV FROM SEXUAL INTERCOURSE | YOU CAN GET HIV FROM SHARING NEEDLES | BLOOD TRANSFUSIONS AND HIV | HOW YOU CANNOT GET HIV |
