The Facts About HIV

HIV is spread by 4 bodily fluids - semen, vaginal fluids, blood, and breast milk.

These 4 fluids are related to 4 ways that HIV is spread - sex, sharing needles, contact with blood, and mother-to-baby. Sex includes vaginal, oral, and anal sex. Sharing needles can be for drug use or for tattooing or body piercing. Contact with someone else's blood can be unsafe, but donating blood or receiving a blood transfusion is safe because all blood has been tested for HIV since 1985. If a woman is pregnant and has HIV, she can spread it to her baby, or by breastfeeding.

These 4 fluids and 4 ways that spread HIV are the only ones. It is very important to know how HIV is and is not spread so we can protect ourselves.

There is no cure or vaccine for HIV or AIDS.
read more