Will wearing a condom cause HIV infection?

AIDS is a highly contagious sexually transmitted disease. There is currently no complete cure, so prevention is the best method. In daily life, we should avoid high-risk sexual behaviors and keep ourselves clean. Many people have the misunderstanding that as long as they wear condoms, they will not be infected with AIDS. In fact, this is a certain misunderstanding. Although wearing condoms can greatly reduce the chance of contracting AIDS, it is not foolproof.

Condoms can effectively prevent the spread of sexually transmitted diseases, but it is not 100% effective. It is just that the possibility of transmission is very low. This is also possible. For example, if you have a minor wound at the base of your penis, it may be contagious! It is recommended to go to the local AIDS testing agency for testing 6 weeks after the high-risk experience.

HIV prevention

1. Healthy sex life can prevent AIDS

Sexual intercourse is a way of transmitting AIDS, therefore, a healthy sex life can block this transmission and prevent AIDS. Generally speaking, good quality condoms can effectively prevent the exchange of body fluids, thus greatly reducing the possibility of HIV infection. But in the final analysis, the only way to safely prevent and control AIDS is to keep oneself clean, not engage in prostitution, not visit prostitutes, not have promiscuous sex, not have sex with people infected with HIV, and maintain a healthy sex life.

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2. Understand the routes of HIV infection

Generally, you will not be infected with the HIV virus through contact with AIDS patients, such as shaking hands, going to public toilets, using public telephones, swimming, showering, talking, eating together, etc. Therefore, to prevent AIDS, we must understand the routes of AIDS transmission.

Experts say that sexual intercourse, blood transmission and mother-to-child transmission are the main routes of HIV transmission. For example, when kissing, if both parties have problems such as oral bleeding, the virus may enter through damaged mucous membranes or tongue, thereby infecting the person with HIV.

3. Homosexuals are more susceptible to HIV infection

Sexual behavior between gay men has its own special characteristics, so it is easy to cause injury and bleeding. Therefore, if the other person's semen containing the virus enters the body through the damaged area, it will cause infection. Therefore, homosexuals should take safety measures during sexual intercourse to avoid HIV infection.