AIDS is a "dead end"? Common sense" about AIDS, once told you

When it comes to AIDS, many people think of the impact on life expectancy, because AIDS is an incurable disease, and it has a huge impact like cancer. Some people think that AIDS patients cannot have children, and some think that AIDS is a deadly disease, but in fact these are all misconceptions about AIDS.

What are the misconceptions about AIDS?

1. AIDS patients cannot have children?

Although mother-to-child transmission is one of the modes of transmission of AIDS, if a woman has undergone a standardized mother-to-child blockade during pregnancy, the virus can be completely suppressed and the chances of the fetus being infected can be reduced. There is clinical evidence that more than 99% of HIV-infected patients can have a healthy baby, so women with HIV can have children.

2、Homosexuals must have AIDS

Some people think that homosexuality is easy to be infected with HIV, so homosexuals must suffer from AIDS, but in fact homosexuality and homosexuality are two different concepts. Homosexuality can lead to a higher risk rate of HIV infection, but one of the two parties must be HIV-positive to increase the chances of developing the disease. So homosexuality is not scary, what is scary is same-sex sex. Once same-sex sex happens, you should take protective measures.

3、Purchase your own HIV test paper with high credibility

At present, there are test strips on the market that can be used to check for the presence of HIV, and there are many types, such as oral smear, blood and urine tests, etc. Although these can be used to check for yourself, it should be noted that they cannot completely replace hospital tests. If you have any suspicion after your own test you need to go to the hospital for a blood test to determine this. Do not simply think that the self-test paper must be reliable, and you can relax when there is no problem in the test, but if you have high-risk behavior, you must go to the hospital for blood test to be clear.

4、AIDS is a dead end

Since AIDS cannot be cured, the final result is death. Therefore, many people think that AIDS is a dead end, but it is not. Although AIDS cannot be cured, but it can be suppressed by taking drugs, as long as the virus is suppressed, it can not affect life and work. There are AIDS patients in the current clinic, the virus is completely suppressed will not destroy the immune system, the immune system is normal, life expectancy will not be affected.

5、Condoms are not effective in preventing AIDS

There is the World Health Organization through the data show that condoms can effectively prevent a variety of STDs, protection rate of up to 85%, which also includes HIV, to wear condoms during sex.

6、Mosquito bites can also be infected with HIV

Because HIV will be transmitted through blood, so some people think that mosquito bites on other people, and then to their own body will let themselves infected with the virus. But in fact, the AIDS virus does not survive in the mosquito body, even if the mosquito bites through the skin, it will not be other people's blood to their own body, so the mosquito bite will not be infected with the disease.

In general, although AIDS is a common STD, it is extremely high transmission, but also let many people afraid. But scared at the same time for the AIDS misconceptions to understand clearly, especially these few, only to understand clearly to allow themselves in the usual better prevention. After all, although AIDS is common, it is transmitted mainly through sexual transmission, mother-to-child transmission and blood transmission, and ordinary contact is not contagious, so don't worry too much. As long as you avoid inappropriate sexual intercourse, good hygiene and cleanliness, and special items, you can effectively prevent it.

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