Only one in two people would agree to have sex with a condom with an HIV-positive person, explains Public Health France after a KABP survey. But did you know that you can be HIV positive without being able to transmit the virus, even by having unprotected sex?
In a photo campaign, on the occasion of World AIDS Day, Santé Publique France recalls that “living with HIV is first of all living“. We can be in a couple, have a family, go out, enjoy life… Without ever transmitting the virus! Because a person on effective treatment, who sees his viral load undetectable, can no longer transmit the virus.
Treatments that allow you to live normally
This effect of the treatment is called TasP (treatment as prevention) and remains unknown. Several studies carried out on mixed couples (one seropositive and one seronegative) show that no case of transmission has been observed. On the other hand, these treatments now allow HIV-positive people to have a life expectancy identical to those who are HIV-negative! And to be healthy. This information is also little known…
In 2019, 6.2 million HIV tests were carried out in France by laboratories. But the coronavirus epidemic and confinement have slowed down screening. You have to keep getting tested, because knowing your serological status means getting access to antiretrovirals earlier. They make it possible to preserve his health but also to erase the fear of transmitting it afterwards.
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