BASICS
HIV is spread mostly through four body fluids
semen
vaginal fluid
blood
breast milk
HIV is NOT spread through:
Tears
sweat
feces
urine
How is HIV spread through sex?
You can get infected from sexual contact with someone who is infected with HIV. Sexual contact that can transmit HIV includes
vaginal sex (penis in the vagina)
anal sex (penis in the anus of either a man or a woman)
oral sex (penis in the mouth)
HIV is a viral infection that can only be spread through specific activities. The most common mean of HIV transmission include unsafe sexual behaviors and needle sharing. Please keep it in mind that only certain body fluids like blood, semen, pre-seminal fluid, rectal fluids, vaginal fluids, and breast milk from an infected person.
It is important that these fluids must come in contact with the mucous membrane or damaged tissue or directly come in contact with the blood stream of an individual. Usually these mucous membranes are found inside the rectum, vagina, penis, and mouth. Hence HIV is known as an STI (Sexually transmitted infection).
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