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Being HIV Positive Is A Responsibility

There are a lot of educational programmes that raise awareness about the prevalence and risks of HIV/Aids. In fact, the disease is so very much in the public eye that there are concerns that people are becoming blind to the problem. This is why being HIV positive is such a huge responsibility, it is also a responsibility that many people do not take seriously.

One of the main focuses of these HIV/Aids campaigns is the use of protection during intercourse. This particular slogan is becoming less effective as a result of the anti-retroviral drugs which are available. People feel safer from the disease as a result and feel they have to take fewer precautions. A person who is HIV positive knows the side effects of the anti-retroviral drugs first hand though, and they are not pleasant.

It is your responsibility to know whether you are HIV positive or HIV negative or completely free of the virus. A person who is HIV negative but still has the dormant virus in their system can infect their partner with the virus and they may not be so lucky as to have the virus remain dormant.

If you are HIV positive it is very important that you make all your sexual partners aware of this fact. It may even be better to make sure that you only sleep with other people who are HIV positive. If you already know how debilitating the disease can be once it takes hold of your system then you will not want to infect other people with it.

The virus can only be spread by the exchange of bodily fluids like blood and semen. It cannot be spread by saliva. This is a myth. The saliva of a person is not a good breeding ground for most virus. They require the cells inside a person to reproduce and cannot find all the nutrients that they need inside the human mouth.

Know that you are never truly cured of HIV at the moment. It is kind of like a cancer of the immune system. You can go into a kind of remission where the virus is not longer actively attacking your immune system, but it will always be in your system and can reawaken at any given time and is still transferable.

The problems caused by HIV are really widespread, particularly in your third world countries. Children are orphaned by the passing of their parents and left to fend for themselves as best they can or taken in by an older family member. Children suffer needlessly as a result of HIV positive women infecting their babies. Help to bring the disease under control by being responsible if you are HIV positive and even if you are not. We should not have the problems we do with the disease. All it will take is for every person on the planet to be responsible for their actions and to make the decision to be faithful to their partners and to practice full disclosure as far as their HIV status goes.