is there any threads or parts of the forum where i can read about aids prevention, and like what not to do to make sure you dont get aids like..getting dome do i need to wear a condom or what and also about thai women and how to figure out how old they are, whats acceptable like i dont wanna bang a 13 year old girl but asians are kinda hard to tell sometimes are there ways to find out cause i know theyll lie and stuff
No, there are no threads in the forum about how to prevent AIDS. But I'll tell you.
Be careful who you ****. Don't shoot (or take, for that matter) drugs. Tattoos are for people who have no other way of expressing themselves; the dangers are not worth the eventual risks. Try not to get blood transfusions in China. OK, that's it.
Maybe it's time we talked a bit about AIDS. My history with it goes back to the days before it was called that; have I got stories about the things that I've seen way back when. But, another time. Here's a little ditty about AIDS that might put it all together for you. Part of a very good medical journal article that discusses the incidences of people with AIDS and sexually transmitted infections (and vicey versey)
HIV is most commonly spread by people who have not yet tested HIV positive and therefore do not know that they are HIV infected.The majority of individuals diagnosed with HIV avoid exposing sexual partners to the virus. HIV-positive persons who do engage in unprotected sex with unknown-status or HIV-negative sexual partners more often do so when they believe they are not infectious. Although HIV transmission can occur at any point in the HIV disease process, infectiousness is greatest in the very earliest stages of infection, for example during acute infection and later during symptomatic HIV disease. At all stages of HIV infection, antiretroviral treatments effectively suppress HIV replication, reduce concentrations of virus and potentially decrease infectiousness. Undetectable viral load in blood plasma appears to be fairly stable, suggesting that infectiousness may not vary substantially between viral load tests in clinical care. Consensus is building around the concept of reducing infectiousness with HIV treatments for HIV prevention. Indeed, the Swiss Federal AIDS Commission officially stated that people living with HIV/AIDS who have effectively suppressed HIV replication, as demonstrated by repeated undetectable viral load test results, can be considered noninfectious, alleviating concern about HIV transmission.
Potential reductions in HIV transmission risks resulting from effective HIV treatments are unfortunately negated by several factors, including antiretroviral drug penetration into the genital tract and viral shedding caused by co-occurring sexually transmitted infections (STIs). In addition, migration of immune cells to the site of genital tract infection can increase concentrations of HIV-infected cells, potentially enhancing cell-associated viral transmission. Because blood plasma viral load remains unchanged during STI episodes, coinfection of an HIV-infected person with other STIs results in that person being far more infectious than they could possibly know. Studies suggest that STI prevalence is high among people living with HIV/AIDS. For example, Rieg et al. reported that 14% of HIV-positive men who have sex with men (MSM) attending HIV clinics in Los Angeles had an asymptomatic STI. A population-based study of people living with HIV/AIDS in New York City found a 2.4% annual incidence of STIs, with the highest incidence (8.4%) among persons aged 13–24 years. Dougan et al. reported that 42% of MSM diagnosed with syphilis in 11 Western European countries were HIV positive and in England and Wales 32% of MSM with gonorrhoea were HIV positive. High rates of STIs have also been reported among people living with HIV in the Caribbean, Thailand and southern Africa. Should HIV treatments for HIV prevention prove efficacious, prevalent STIs among people living with HIV/AIDS will undermine their protective benefits.
The current study investigated the behavioural characteristics of people living with HIV/AIDS who had recently been diagnosed with a new STI. We tested the association between sexual behaviours with non-HIV-positive (i.e. serodiscordant) sexual partners and knowledge of one's own viral load and recent STI diagnosis. In this same framework, we examined HIV infectiousness and treatment optimism beliefs that are commonly associated with increased sexual risk behaviours among people living with HIV/AIDS in relation to knowledge of viral load and having been diagnosed with an STI.
Potential reductions in HIV transmission risks resulting from effective HIV treatments are unfortunately negated by several factors, including antiretroviral drug penetration into the genital tract and viral shedding caused by co-occurring sexually transmitted infections (STIs). In addition, migration of immune cells to the site of genital tract infection can increase concentrations of HIV-infected cells, potentially enhancing cell-associated viral transmission. Because blood plasma viral load remains unchanged during STI episodes, coinfection of an HIV-infected person with other STIs results in that person being far more infectious than they could possibly know. Studies suggest that STI prevalence is high among people living with HIV/AIDS. For example, Rieg et al. reported that 14% of HIV-positive men who have sex with men (MSM) attending HIV clinics in Los Angeles had an asymptomatic STI. A population-based study of people living with HIV/AIDS in New York City found a 2.4% annual incidence of STIs, with the highest incidence (8.4%) among persons aged 13–24 years. Dougan et al. reported that 42% of MSM diagnosed with syphilis in 11 Western European countries were HIV positive and in England and Wales 32% of MSM with gonorrhoea were HIV positive. High rates of STIs have also been reported among people living with HIV in the Caribbean, Thailand and southern Africa. Should HIV treatments for HIV prevention prove efficacious, prevalent STIs among people living with HIV/AIDS will undermine their protective benefits.
The current study investigated the behavioural characteristics of people living with HIV/AIDS who had recently been diagnosed with a new STI. We tested the association between sexual behaviours with non-HIV-positive (i.e. serodiscordant) sexual partners and knowledge of one's own viral load and recent STI diagnosis. In this same framework, we examined HIV infectiousness and treatment optimism beliefs that are commonly associated with increased sexual risk behaviours among people living with HIV/AIDS in relation to knowledge of viral load and having been diagnosed with an STI.
- HIV is most commonly spread by people who don't know that they are infected. Another way to read that, is, you might find HIV amongst people that you least expect, ie, they look and act healthy, and, worse, they think that they're pure and unadulterated and infected. The skanky ones are always the easiest to avoid (unless you're drunk or otherwise mentally altered). It's the healthy looking ones that are going to get you.
- The majority of people infected with HIV avoid infecting their partners; ie, there's some sort of affection or love involved. Not so with some honey looking to make a buck to feed her five children, the sick mother, and the dying water buffalo back in her village. She won't care.
- HIV infected individuals more often have unprotected sex with partners when they think they're not infectious. OK. Surprise, they're always infectious. Being on antiviral medication might diminish the serum viral load, and therefore possibly decrease the "infectiousness" of that individual, but, hey, it don't take many strands of viral RNA to send you to an early grave. Oh, and not to be demeaning or anything, but if you're talking about Thai women in a bar, we're not talking about PHD candidates. Grammar school education, maybe some high school. They're not going to know what a virus is, other than something that makes your nose run.
- OK, the last italic part; not in the first three sentences. Sorry. But it's an important one. It mentions that people who have HIV, and ALSO have a sexually transmitted disease, such as chlamydia, syphilis, etc, might be MORE infectious because of the increase in inflammatory factors in the genital region. Imagine a Thai bar girl, who sometimes has more than two partners a day, not having a concurrent genital infection. Or, in other words, show me a Las Vegas stripper that doesn't have an STD, and I'll show you a nun who gives great head.
More to follow.
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