AIDS and HIV

[Sally Sexting]

AIDS is caused by HIV (human immunodeficiency virus), a virus that attacks the immune system of the body, weakening its ability to fight infection. The most advanced stages of HIV infection lead to AIDS. Use the following sources to learn more about AIDS and HIV and the medical, political, legal, and social issues surrounding it.

• Encyclopedia of Adolescence
  A comprehensive encyclopedia on Adolescence including entries focusing on sex education and HIV/AIDS education for youth.
• Encyclopedia of AIDS
  The first Encyclopedia dedicated to Aids. Entries cover the various types of HIV-related illnesses, including those that are and are not AIDS-defining.
• Encyclopedia of Bioethics
  Covers a range of topics on the ethics of health professions. Explores HIV/AIDS primarily through a medical/ethical lens.
• Encyclopedia of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgendered History in America
  A three-volume survey of more than 400 years of lesbian and gay history and culture in the United States. Gives outline of the history of the HIV/AIDS epidemic in America, with a focus on its impact on and responses by the LGBTQ community.
• Encyclopedia of Race and Racism
  Examines the anthropological, sociological, historical, economic, and scientific theories of race and racism in the modem era. Discusses the effect of racism and racial disparity on the prevalence, spread, and response to the HIV/AIDS epidemic.

 

[HappyPirate]

Excellent Sally, very informative Thread

 

[Sally Sexting]

Excellent Sally, very informative Thread

Thanks Happy Pirate

 

[Vineta Sexting]

@sally Thank you babe for sharing this information.xx

 

[Sally Sexting]

Many people think there are only two STDs - syphilis and gonorrhea. In fact,
there are many other diseases that can be spread through sexual contact, including herpes, chlamydia, genital warts, vaginitis, viral hepatitis and HIV (the virus that causes AIDS).
Without treatment, these diseases can lead to major health problems such as sterility (not being able to get pregnant), permanent brain damage, heart disease, cancer, and even death.
If you think you have been exposed to a sexually transmitted disease, you and your sex partner(s) should visit a health clinic or doctor for testing and treatment.

 

[Sally Sexting]

You may have been exposed to an STD and should get tested if you have ever:
• had sex (vaginal, anal or oral) without using a condom with someone who
has an STD or HIV, or whose status you do not know;
• had sex without using a condom with someone who has ever injected drugs; or
• had many sex partners.
You can lower your risk for becoming infected with a
disease spread during sex by:
using a latex male condom or female condom the right way, every time you
have sex;
• using the female condom which may offer better protection than the male condom against herpes and genital warts because it covers more of a woman's external genitalia and is very resistant to tears;
• not using drugs and alcohol; they can get in the way of you protecting yourself;
• having only one sex partner, whose status you know;
• not having sex with a person who shoots drugs or who ever did.
Remember:
Most people who have an STD have
no symptoms. Therefore, you can’t tell by looking if a person is infected with a disease that can be passed to you during sex. Protect Yourself!

 

[Sally Sexting]

Hepatitis
Hepatitis B is a liver disease caused by a virus carried in the blood, saliva, semen
and other body fluids of an infected person. Like HIV, it is spread by sexual contact or sharing works to shoot drugs. It can also be passed from mother to baby around
the time of delivery. Symptoms may include tiredness, poor appetite, fever, vomiting, joint pain, hives, rash, or jaundice – a yellowing of the skin and whites of
the eyes. Doctors prescribe bed rest for those with hepatitis B. Most people recover, but some become long-term carriers of the virus, and can spread it to others
through sex and needle sharing. Hepatitis B vaccine is recommended for anyone at
risk. Hepatitis B vaccine is required by New York State Public Health Law for all children entering kindergarten or the seventh grade. It is recommended that adults
who are at “high risk” for hepatitis B (they have had unprotected sex or shared needles, syringes or other works to inject drugs) get the hepatitis B vaccine. Most doctors or clinics have this vaccine.
Having oral sex after anal sexual contact can also spread Hepatitis A, another viral liver disease. Hepatitis A can be prevented by vaccination. A combined hepatitis A and B vaccine is also available for those at risk. However, sexual transmission of hepatitis C does occur in populations such as HIV infected men who have sex with
men (MSM).

 

[Phoebe]

STIs on the rise in Germany, but testing still hard to come by | DW | 15.11.2019

Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) are making a comeback across the country after years of low rates. But unlike in many other countries, most people face obstacles if they want to be tested without showing symptoms.

www.dw.com

A very good read.

 

[SilverSurfer44]

New stats

 

[John Smithl]

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HIV diagnosis rates for straight men in WA now greater than for gay men

Middle-aged straight men picking up HIV in Asia leads to unusual rise in WA infection stats

For the first time since the AIDS crisis in the 1980s, the number of straight men in WA being diagnosed with HIV rises above the diagnoses for gay men, and having unprotected sex while travelling overseas is largely the cause.

www.abc.net.au

 

[Phoebe]

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HIV diagnosis rates for straight men in WA now greater than for gay men

Middle-aged straight men picking up HIV in Asia leads to unusual rise in WA infection stats

For the first time since the AIDS crisis in the 1980s, the number of straight men in WA being diagnosed with HIV rises above the diagnoses for gay men, and having unprotected sex while travelling overseas is largely the cause.

www.abc.net.au

Because they are going to south east Asia on sex holidays and not using Condoms.... the headline stinks it should be re-worded...... It should be:

HIV in WA is on the rise , because of straight men having unprotected sex in asian brothels, and bringing it back home... or words to that effect.

 

[Farm Boy 2]

Because they are going to south east Asia on sex holidays and not using Condoms.... the headline stinks it should be re-worded...... It should be:

HIV in WA is on the rise , because of straight men having unprotected sex in asian brothels, and bringing it back home... or words to that effect.

Why bother to go to Asia when someone will give it to you in Perth for a extra $50 .

 

[Phoebe]

Why bother to go to Asia when someone will give it to you in Perth for a extra $50 .

You see, that my friend is the best way to think... the extra that keeps on giving...

 

[Goodstuff36 Bon truc in french]

That will teach them for going to Asia if they spent the money on aussie girls they would not have aids and had a lot more fun after a few drinks at happy hour after shopping at the market

 

[Goodstuff36 Bon truc in french]

PS I forgot to say.
Don't do it without a dinger.
For the safety of you and me

 

[SilverSurfer44]

I think maybe unprotected sex with partners in third world, partner no tested and/or not faithful.