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Discussion: HIV/AIDS Discussion
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Originally posted by Cάrter
condoms is everywhere I don't get why people love unsafe sex? is it better?
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i forgot which gay **** owner company man or w/e said this but he said how unsafe is "more hot"
yeah im just never going to get into that stuff
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How likely is it that you get aids/hiv from swallowing?
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Member Since: 3/7/2011
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how about talking about the stigma that people with HIV have to go through.. I don't have the std, but I find it so disheartening that most people treat people with HIV/AIDS so horribly.. I would rather this thread be about educating people about how one with HIV can still live a healthy life, and how we don't have to fear them... then talk about wrapping it up (which we all already know we should be doing!)
Like I knew someone who had an HIV scare, and he was going to kill himself if he had it.. And that's all because of the damn stigma..
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Member Since: 4/4/2014
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Originally posted by Giselle
How likely is it that you get aids/hiv from swallowing?
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I asked my doctor and professor at the University. It depends if your mouth is injured, you have tooth decay/a tooth fixed but as a statistic 8-20% (if you have one of the problems above)
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Member Since: 4/17/2012
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Originally posted by Yourfavefan
how about talking about the stigma that people with HIV have to go through.. I don't have the std, but I find it so disheartening that most people treat people with HIV/AIDS so horribly.. I would rather this thread be about educating people about how one with HIV can still live a healthy life, and how we don't have to fear them... then talk about wrapping it up (which we all already know we should be doing!)
Like I knew someone who had an HIV scare, and he was going to kill himself if he had it.. And that's all because of the damn stigma..
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So many people are unaware that medication can lead you to live a pretty normal life. It's disheartening.
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Member Since: 8/31/2012
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I think the main reason hiv is so stigmatized is because it was only two decades ago that we saw how devastating the disease could be, and how quickly it can travel and spread. I imagine the stigma was far greater for polio, etc
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Member Since: 8/18/2013
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Only have sex after you get married (you get tested). Purrfect solution to how avoid it so effortlessly!
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Member Since: 1/6/2012
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The stigma is the biggest issue. Those with HIV find trouble with acceptance, especially those single men with HIV and finding a loving relationship. Thankfully, we are in the decade where major breakthroughs are happening. With PrEP and medication, it's not uncommon for HIV-positive and HIV-negatives males to have healthy sexual relationships.
My neighbour is HIV-positive, and was dating an HIV-negative guy for two years and he never contracted the virus.
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Member Since: 4/4/2014
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Originally posted by Yourfavefan
how about talking about the stigma that people with HIV have to go through.. I don't have the std, but I find it so disheartening that most people treat people with HIV/AIDS so horribly.. I would rather this thread be about educating people about how one with HIV can still live a healthy life, and how we don't have to fear them... then talk about wrapping it up (which we all already know we should be doing!)
Like I knew someone who had an HIV scare, and he was going to kill himself if he had it.. And that's all because of the damn stigma..
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I know right? Even with treatments and stuff I feel kind of scared but because of my OCD . One of my best friends has HIV and I'm always there for him, the best I can do is to support him.
Yeah,having HIV is bad... But there are way worse things to worry about + there treatments, the stigma is the worst part...(If you do things correctly)
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Member Since: 1/8/2012
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Originally posted by Giselle
How likely is it that you get aids/hiv from swallowing?
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If your partner isn't undetectable (has full blown untreated HIV), there's a chance of getting infected if you have open wounds/sores in your mouth. But transmission from oral is rare. Your stomach acid kills the virus once you swallow. The virus can't survive in open air either.
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Member Since: 1/1/2014
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Being part of a risk group is so terrifying, it feels like your entire life would be destroyed if you make one slip-up I had panic attacks after losing my virginity because I was so scared, even though it was safe practice.
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Member Since: 4/17/2012
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I had a blood test last week for HIV and it came back negative. How accurate is it? I am scared I could of been the small percentage of people that got the wrong result.
(My exposure was well over 6 months ago)
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Originally posted by Giselle
How likely is it that you get aids/hiv from swallowing?
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It depends on the hygiene of the persons mouth and whether the semen has a chance to enter through cuts or sores.
Spit or swallow it immediately to reduce the risk even further. Don't let it sit in your mouth. If you swallow, your body will kill the virus. Also avoid performing oral too soon after you've brushed your teeth.
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Back in 2009, I met a girl named Diana, who was 16 at the time (I was 11, turning 12 later in the year) through my friend Emma who was a year older than me. Diana and Emma were good friends, and Emma knew Diana through her own older brother, but Diana seemed to like Emma a lot more than Emma's brother Max. The three of us became friends quickly, and Diana opened up to me, also saying she had already told Emma, that she had been told she was HIV positive, but wouldn't say how long. She told he she had been told by her doctor that, due to more of the severe signs showing up now, she had progressed into the AIDS stage. I no longer got to see her out and about anymore soon after that. She never really told any of us when or how she had contracted the HIV virus in the first place, and we still don't know, though. She died in the winter of 2010, and even though I was only 12 at the time of her death and only known her a year, it was one of the most heartbreaking things that had happened, because she was so sweet and one of the nicest people I've known.
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Originally posted by Jacob.
I had a blood test last week for HIV and it came back negative. How accurate is it? I am scared I could of been the small percentage of people that got the wrong result.
(My exposure was well over 6 months ago)
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You're fine.
There's very little chance that the HIV wasn't detected. It takes 3 months.
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Member Since: 2/4/2014
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In wikipedia (yeah wikipedia) there was a graphic that showed you the chances of getting HIV based on many types of contact and the sources cited were good in my opinion. Such a shame that it was deleted.
I remember that the only big exposure is anal sex (25% of risk or something like that) without protection and that blowjobs (if there's no *********** involved) have a risk lower than .01% (or something like that).
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Originally posted by Mecano
In wikipedia (yeah wikipedia) there was a graphic that showed you the chances of getting HIV based on many types of contact and the sources cited were good in my opinion. Such a shame that it was deleted.
I remember that the only big exposure is anal sex (25% of risk or something like that) without protection and that blowjobs (if there's no *********** involved) have a risk lower than .01% (or something like that).
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*Undetectable.
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Member Since: 1/3/2014
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I just had sex today, I don't need this thread in my life. I'll be back for the next one in three months. Byez.
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Member Since: 4/6/2014
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I know so many people with HIV that I couldn't list them on all 10 fingers.
The worst thing about HIV/AIDS is the stigma for sure. The actual illness is bad, but it's easily treatable. HIV/AIDS awareness is staggeringly bad. So people don't know how to react or react very poorly to the information when they have basically nothing to be worried about.
If your partner is HIV + but has gotten to the point in his/her treatment that they're undetectable, you can basically have unprotected sex with them and not get HIV. In fact, in a recent study of +/- partners who had unprotected sex while the + partner was undetectable did not transmit the disease to the negative partner. The only cases where the negative partner ended up positive was from cheating.
They can test your strain of HIV and that can "map" where you contracted it.
Also, some strains are less aggressive than others and you can have as few as 1 strain or as many as there are.
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Member Since: 1/2/2014
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my bf told me he's a virgin so i shouldn't be worried right?
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