Treatment FAQ

treatment where its safe to have sex with hiv

by Brad Kerluke Published 2 years ago Updated 2 years ago
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Use condoms and other barrier methods
Barrier methods, like condoms and dams, provide a, well, barrier. This can help prevent contact with bodily fluids during sex with someone living with HIV. When used correctly, barriers can prevent transmission of HIV and other STIs.
Mar 22, 2021

How can an HIV positive person have safe sex?

Use Condoms Condoms worn by both women and men greatly lower the chances that you'll pass on or catch HIV. The amount of protection depends on how you and your partner are having sex. Anal sex has the highest risk of passing on HIV.

Can you have sex while on HIV treatment?

Once your viral load has been undetectable for six months you are unable to pass HIV along through sex, as long as you continue to take your HIV treatments and remain undetectable. This means you can have sex without a condom without worrying about passing HIV on to your partner(s).

Can you infect your partner with HIV if you are on treatment?

How does being durably undetectable affect my risk of transmitting HIV to a sexual partner? People living with HIV who take antiretroviral medications daily as prescribed and who achieve and then maintain an undetectable viral load have effectively no risk of sexually transmitting the virus to an HIV-negative partner.

What happens if you sleep with someone who is on ARVs?

U=U is a scientifically proven concept that people with HIV who take ARVs daily as prescribed, and achieve and maintain an undetectable viral load, have effectively no risk of transmitting the virus to someone else through sex.

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