Hey there!
Hope you guys are doing well and hanging on tight in school. Today, we will be discussing about the different preventions of HIV.
In general, the most effective way to prevent HIV infection is to remain faithful to your spouse / partner and avoid casual sex or having sex with workers. If needed to engage in high-risk sexual behaviour (such as having multiple sexual partners or engaging in casual or commercial sex), we advise that you use condoms to reduce the risk of having infections. Condoms should be used consistently and correctly during EVERY single sexual encounter. To those that are engage in high-risk sexual behaviour are advised to go for early and regular HIV testing. This is to allow patients who are infected with HIV to have early treatment, care and counselling on how to protect their partners from getting infected. In addition, to prevent HIV infection, make sure that you only use clean, sterile needles and also choose a reliable service provider when getting piercing, tattoo or injection. Also, accept only HIV-screened blood for blood transfusion.
Is there any vaccine that prevents HIV infection? NO, there is no vaccine that prevents HIV infection or to treat those who have been infected. HOWEVER, there are medicines used to prevent HIV infection. These medicines are used for post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP) and to prevent mother-to-child transmission of HIV.
- For PEP, it is used to reduce risk of HIV infection after a possible exposure to HIV. PEP may be used after a person had sex without a condom with a person who is infected with HIV or after a healthcare worker is accidentally exposed to HIV in the workplace. For it to be effective, PEP should be started within 3 days after the exposure.
PEP is only right for you if:
1) Your partner is HIV positive
2) HIV negative and either you or your partner has sex with anyone whose HIV status is unknown
3) You are gay or bisexual man who has had anal sex without condom or you have been told you have STD in the past 6 months
4) You are heterosexual man or woman who does not use condom every time you have sex
5) You have injected drugs in the past 6 months and have shared needles during treatment for IV drug use in the past 6 months
6) For mother-to-child transmission, pregnant HIV-infected women take HIV medicine during pregnancy and childbirth to lower the risk of passing HIV to their babies. The new born babies must also receive HIV medicines for 6 weeks after birth. This will reduce the risk of infection if any HIV was entered in the baby’s body during childbirth.
In addition , Health Promotion Board (HPB) has also initiated some programmes for the Youth to avoid them from getting infected. Some key initiative include: Breaking down barriers, peer-led initiatives, programmes for at risk/ out-of-school youths,working with partners and even media initiative which will help to increase awareness of HIV and preventing them from getting infected.
As HIV patients, your immune system will be weakened and you will be at a greater risk for contracting food-borne illnesses (e.g Food poisoning due to cross contamination). To prevent this from happening, it is essential to follow certain safety standards in consuming or preparation of your food. For instance, HIV patients should abstain from eating raw food and always ensure that their water used for cooking/drinking has been boiled.( Raw food and contaminated water carry various parasites/ bacterias that may potentially cause illnesses in a patient with an already weakened immune system due to HIV)
We hope that from this post, you will get to know more about HIV infection prevention , how to avoid getting infected and certain lifestyle changes that a HIV patient has to make in order to prevent contracting infections.
Ok, we are going to sign off now. All the best for school guys! Do continue to follow our blog for our last few posts on fun facts discovered about HIV and also about recent discoveries/claims on foods and herbs that may potentially reduce effects caused by HIV.
Picture sharing time:
Picture below shows a patient’s blood taken to be screened for HIV:
Till then,
Stay cool, stay healthy
TERESA AND NERISSA
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OH,interesting information,is it possible to get HIV even when you have protection?
ReplyDeleteGreat question! Well u see all these "protection against HIV" methods only help to reduce the risks of contracting HIV. Hence, there is still a possibility that u will contract HIV even with protection .
DeleteThis virus is real clever, isn't it? Sneaky sneaky!! I can't believe we still can't find the vaccination for it!
ReplyDeletecan people with HIV still lead normal lives if they take all the precautions u mentioned and take their medications consistently?
ReplyDeleteThey can definitely still continue to lead normal lives with medication to control the symptoms. However, they would have to be very careful in taking care of their health, for instance ensuring that they have a strict healthy diet. This is because, they will overall still have a weaker immune system than normal healthy people and will be more prone to opportunistic infections. Hope this helped:)
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