The theme of the campaign is “Fighting AIDS Together, Focusing on Prevention”. By the end of October 2015, a total of 575,000 cases of HIV infection and patients were reported to be alive nationwide, with 177,000 deaths. Beijing has 12,000 HIV cases in treatment. Currently, 90% of HIV infections are sexually transmitted, and the proportion of teenagers and gay men is rising the fastest, as shown by the number of people attending my clinic. Whenever I see these young and ignorant faces, I feel deeply distressed. If I could get in touch with the knowledge of sexual health earlier and protect myself more, HIV infection, including many STDs, could be avoided.
How to protect yourself from AIDS? First, let’s look at the approximate amount of HIV in various body fluids.
As you can see from the picture, although AIDS is transmitted by body fluids, the viral content of different body fluids is different, so things like normal eating, ritual kissing, mosquito bites, etc. will not infect you with AIDS. So what are the high-risk behaviors that can lead to HIV infection? Look at the chart below (Whether it is high risk, general risk or non-risk, it is actually a behavior and cannot be used as a result of the determination! Just these behaviors in turn have a comparison, so that you have a simple understanding of the chances of infection, but in the end, you still have to rely on reagent testing to determine whether you are infected with HIV! Can not rely on symptoms to determine, there are some people are no physical symptoms, there are also many people are psychological reasons for the symptoms of the reaction, such as fear, fear, stay up late, etc. caused by low immunity to appear some symptoms, so we must believe in science and technology, formal testing is the king.)
From the above, we can see that staying away from high-risk behavior, being clean, and using condoms as much as possible without knowing each other’s health can greatly reduce the chances of HIV infection. In the past, we mainly talked about the ABC principle (abstinence, fidelity, condom). Nowadays, we advocate the principle of ABCDE: A-Abstinence control, say no to high-risk behavior; B-Be Faithful, be faithful to your lover or partner; C-Condom condom, if you have sex, use condom throughout and correctly; D-Decision decision, decide when not to have sex; decide to use condom when you have sex; avoid all unsafe sex. E-estimate Judgment: Different people face different scenarios, but it is important to make health-friendly judgments at all times.
Therefore, protecting yourself from HIV depends more on personal control and judgment, not engaging in high-risk behaviors, being faithful to your partner, and condoms are just the last line of safety. Being clean and keeping to the bottom line is the best way to protect yourself.