10/09/2019
☢️How HIV spreads☢️
To become infected with HIV, infected blood, semen or va**nal secretions must enter your body. This can happen in several ways:
🔳By having s*x.
-You may become infected if you have va**nal, a**l or oral s*x with an infected partner whose blood, semen or va**nal secretions enter your body. The virus can enter your body through mouth sores or small tears that sometimes develop in the re**um or va**na during s*xual activity.
🔳From blood transfusions.
-In some cases, the virus may be transmitted through blood transfusions. American hospitals and blood banks now screen the blood supply for HIV antibodies, so this risk is very small.
🔳By sharing needles.
-Sharing contaminated intravenous drug paraphernalia (needles and syringes) puts you at high risk of HIV and other infectious diseases, such as hepatitis.
🔳During pregnancy or delivery or through breast-feeding.
-Infected mothers can pass the virus on to their babies. HIV-positive mothers who get treatment for the infection during pregnancy can significantly lower the risk to their babies