Information from: Center for Disease Control

HIVthe Human Immunodeficiency Virusis a virus that kills your bodys CD4 cells. CD4 cells (also called Thelper cells) help your body fight off infection and disease. AIDSthe Acquired Immuno Deficiency Syndrome is the disease you get when HIV destroys your bodys immune system. Normally, your immune system helps you fight off illness, but when your immune system fails you can become very sick and can die.

You can get HIV:

By having unprotected sex

with someone who has HIV. The virus can be in an infected persons blood or semen; It can enter your body through tiny cuts or sores in your skin, or in the lining of your vagina, penis, rectum, or mouth. By sharing a needle and syringe to inject drugs or sharing drug equipment used to prepare drugs for injection with someone who has HIV. From a blood transfusion or organ transplantation Babies born to women with HIV also can become infected during pregnancy, birth, or breast-feeding.

You cannot get HIV: By working with or being around someone who has HIV From sweat, spit, tears, clothes, drinking fountains, phones, toilet seats, or through everyday things like sharing a meal From insect bites or stings From donating blood From a closed-mouth kiss

Dont share needles, syringes, or other equipment used to inject drugs, steroids, vitamins, or for tattooing or body piercing. Many people have been infected with HIV or other STDs due to sharing needles and other equipment. The surest way to avoid transmission of sexually transmitted diseases is to abstain from sexual intercourse, or to be in a long term monogamous relationship with a partner who is uninfected. For people whose sexual behaviors place them at risk for STDs, correct and consistent use of the male latex condom can reduce the risk of transmission. The more sex partners you have, the greater your chances are of getting HIV or other diseases passed through sex. Condoms used with a lubricant are less likely to break. Condoms must be used correctly and consistently to be effective and protective. Dont share razors or toothbrushes because of they may have the blood of another person on them. If you are pregnant and have HIV, drug treatments are available to help you and they can reduce the chance of passing HIV to your baby.

You might have HIV and still feel perfectly healthy. The only way to know for sure if you are infected or not is to be tested. Talk with a knowledgeable health care provider or counselor both before and after you are tested.
Here are a list of centers in our New Brunswick! Eric B. Chandler Health Center 227 George Street New Brunswick, NJ 08901 (732) 235-6700 Middlesex County STD Program 596 Jersey Ave., Suite 8 New Brunswick, NJ 08901 (732) 565-3788 Planned Parenthood of Central New Jersey New Brunswick 10 B Industrial Drive New Brunswick, NJ 08901 (732) 842-9300 Robert Wood Johnson AIDS Program 1 Robert Wood Johnson Place, MEB 322 New Brunswick, NJ 08901 (732) 235-6142 or (732) 235-7074 RWJMS HIV Counseling Testing & Referral 1 Robert Wood Johnson Place, Ambulatory Care Building, Suite 1 New Brunswick, NJ 08901 (732) 235-6142

TRUE FALSE If a person is positive on the blood test for the HIV, that means the person has AIDS Anyone having sex with only one other person cannot get the HIV Using a latex condom is thought to be an effective way to keep from getting HIV A person cannot get the HIV from works/rigs bought on the street in a sealed wrapper A Person cannot get the HIV by shaking hands or touching someone who has AIDS A person can get the HIV from donating blood or plasma A woman with the HIV can give her unborn child AIDS Cleaning works/rigs with just water is enough to kill the HIV A person can get the HIV from eating in a restaurant where the cook has AIDS Cleaning works/rigs with bleach is thought to be an effective way of killing the HIV T T T T T T T T T T F F F F F F F F F F

A person can avoid getting the HIV by just having oral sex A person can get the HIV by using public toilets
A person can get the HIV from having sex with a man who has had sex with other men A person can get the HIV from having unprotected sex with someone who has AIDS A person can get the HIV from sharing dirty works/rigs with someone who has AIDS

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