Ways to prevent HIV
HIV is a virus and AIDS is a symptom of that virus. HIV is spread through fluids like semen, blood, rectal fluids, breast milk and vaginal fluids. To reduce your risk of getting infected by this virus, you need to be careful with many functions that you may carry out including sexual intercourse. Here are a few ways in which you can avoid your risk of getting infected and protect yourself from the same.
- Use protection when you are indulging in any sexual activity.
- Do not inject drugs since needles can be carriers of this infection.
- Do not share your equipment like a medicated injection with anyone else.
Any other symptoms related to other infections must also be duly checked from time to time so that you eliminate the possibility of HIV and AIDS.
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