what is ur own opinion concerning HIV.?
957386
over rated.\ngays\nmonkeys\nafricans\ndrug addicts\nTell us how it affects the "real", nice clean society, today, 2006?\n(not toilet loitering, or oh, stood on a needle?)
791677
As soon as the HIV virus leaves the body, it is pretty much dead.  The concern would be more for HPV or herpes with genital secretions.
522329
The reason for the spread of HIV, where ever a person might live, is pretty much the people's own actions.  With the info we have now, barring blood transfusions (and even then rare since blood is tested) and freaky things like a maniac poking someone with an infected needle, the disease is almost 100% preventable. It is quite simple.  Don't hop into bed with everyone you see.  Don't do intravenous drugs.  How hard is that?
775098
No one has ever accomplished that. With treatment someone who is HIV positive can avoid AIDS but can never get rid of the HIV itself.
439596
No! Where have you been for the past 25 years? HIV is a virus; you cannot cure a virus. There are treatments that can prolong your life if you are infected, but they don't always work for everyone. If you become infected, it is very unlikely that you will live out your normal lifespan, even if you have the drugs. And the drugs are too expensive for most people in the poorest countries where they have the highest rates of infection. There is no "cure" for AIDS!!!
17605
There are conflicting views on the percentage of people who have contracted aids via oral sex. \n\nHaving any kind of sexual relations with someone who is infected with the disease definitely increases the liklihood of contracting it.\n\nUnfortunately, Yahoo restricts what can be said about certain topics and so I can't go in to too much detail. However, the sites listed below offer good guidelines and advice. \n\nThe bottomline, it is better to be safe than sorry, so use protection, especially if you don't know much about your partner's sexual history.
856658
almost all with hiv !!\n\n:> peace
901965
its just your hormones, but you should get tested for hiv if your at risk.
149673
My job is doing HIV prevention so I do the same thing for a living. So I think its great the Brazilian gov are the ones handing out the condoms. Its nice to know what some place in the world the gov't is realistic and supportive and trying to be most effective in preventing HIV and STDs...unlike the U.S....come on how many people in this day and age are gonna really wait until marriage to have sex? They never even really did it before!
1003854
Yeah there is a lot of debate on where it originally came from. This is all I could really find:\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aids#Origin_of_HIV\n\n(I can't believe that person copy and pasted the whole article from Wikipedia!! lol)
672761
You are in charge of your health. You should want to know if you have HIV anyway.
337014
AIDS IS ABOUT ATTACKING YOUR IMMUNE SYSTEM AND LIFE...LEAVING U DESTITUTE AND UNLOVED...THE MOST HORRIBLE DISEASE IN THE WORLD
178511
Well, assuming you found out through a doctor or medical prof.  then you should already be under docotr's care.  You should've been encouraged to contact previous partners about it, but there are services out there to help you do that really difficult job.  Remember that most times, people were unaware that they had HIV, and didn't try to give it to anyone.  Though there may be anger, you need to focus on other things right now. Your doctor will also tell you about how important it is to take care of yourself.. eat right, excercise, etc..  Then you need to get on with your life, with a bit more care than before.
1149234
HIV/AIDS in Southern Africa is primarily a heterosexual disease; and many factors contribute towards it : low education levels, male-oriented societies with multiple partners and wives the norm, traditional healing/witchcraft beliefs (eg belief that sleeping with a virgin cures AIDS, discouragement of condoms), poverty/malnutrition and concomitant illnesses accelerating HIV progression, slow governmental reaction and lack of political leadership and will (South Africa), lack of money for adequate anti-retrovirals (and poor compliance due to lack of education), and a blind eye turned on the problem by the rest of the world when compared to ridiculously insignificant global problems (comparatively speaking) such as bird flu etc.\n\nIt is an absolute tragedy, and has decimated many communities (and continues to do so).
989845
It's not hateful, but AIDS is considered taboo, and the use of a condom is an admission of being infected.  Unfortunately, the mindset of the people needs to change before organizations who have this idea can make a difference.  Also, many countries have been missionized, and the people have been taught that the use of birth control is a sin.
152343
HIV does not survive well outside of the human body. This really smells like an urban legend.
940313
I want to know who are any of you to judge this person. I bet if we followed you'd have some issues also. The first person who posted is right. And just so you know smartass a baby is not automatically born with HIV if the mother has it.