●Learn the right way to use an external condom (sometimes called a male condom) and an internal condom (sometimes called a female condom). Take PrEP ●PrEP (pre-exposure prophylaxis) is medicine people at risk for HIV take to prevent HIV. ●If taken as prescribed, PrEP is highly effectiv...
5.Use Additional Protection: Consider using additional forms of contraception, such as birth control pills or long-acting reversible contraceptives (LARCs), to prevent unintended pregnancy. 6.Avoid Alcohol and Drugs: Avoid mixing alcohol or drugs with sex, as t...
Unless you and your partner(s) are sexually monogamous and have all been tested recently, you should use condoms (or dental dams for oral) during anal sex to reduce the risk of sexually transmitted infections and HIV, Natasha Chinn, M.D., a New Jersey-based ob-gyn, tells SELF. Yup, ...
It could be worth taking PrEP if: Your partner is HIV positive. You have multiple sex partners. You don't use condoms when you have sex. You've had a sexually transmitted infection (STI). You are an injection drug user. You have other reasons to think you are at risk for HIV. Today...
A pillar of the federal government's plans to fight the HIV epidemic is PrEP: pre-exposure prophylaxis. For someone who is HIV-negative but at risk of becoming infected, this means taking anti-retroviral drugs before possible HIV exposure.
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If you’re on ART, you will need a blood test every 3-4 months to monitor your viral load. Some people may never reach undetectable viral levels. Use Condoms Condomsworn by both women and men greatly lower the chances that you’ll pass on or catch HIV. ...
How well does PREP work? Unraveling the divergent results of PREP trials for HIV prevention. AIDS 2012; 26. doi: 10.197/ QAD.Ob013e3283522272.van der Straten A, Van Damme L, Haberer JE, Bangsberg DR. Unraveling the divergent results of PrEP Trials for HIV Pre- vention. AIDS. 2012;26...
Like all viruses, HIV treads the fine line that separates living things from nonliving things. Viruses lack the chemical machinery that human cells use to support life. So, HIV requires a host cell to stay alive and replicate. To reproduce, the virus creates new virus particles inside a host...