Safer Sex

Safer sex is a good way to prevent the transmission of HIV. As long as you use condoms when having intercourse with your partner and keep to the other rules for safer sex, you do not need to worry.

In addition, if you are successfully on HIV treatment, only very low levels of the virus are present in your bodily fluids. The chance that you will pass on HIV is therefore much lower than if you are not on treatment.

Even if you know that your partner is also HIV-positive, there may be good reasons in some circumstances to use condoms. Condoms reduce the risk of contracting other sexually transmitted infections such as syphilis, gonorrhea and especially hepatitis C, which is difficult to treat.

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