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- What is AIDS?
- Symptoms of AIDS
- Causes of AIDS
- Prevention of AIDS
- Risk factors for AIDS
- Complications of AIDS
- When to see a doctor about AIDS
- Diagnosis of AIDS
- Conventional treatment of AIDS
- Alternative/complementary treatment of AIDS
- Living with AIDS
- Caring for someone with AIDS
The only way to prevent AIDS is to not get a HIV infection in the first place by not engaging in risky behaviour:
- Do not have unsafe sex with untested partners - always use a condom for vaginal or anal sex or use other methods of safe sex instead (such as cuddling, kissing, mutual masturbation, touching, massage)
- Do not share needles with others
- Do not have unprotected oral sex with a new and untested partner - while this is a less common way to get a HIV infection, it still does occur
There is no known way to prevent a HIV infection from turning into AIDS. Scientists do know that some people who do get a HIV either do not get sick and do not ge AIDS for a very long time, or in a very tiny percentage of people who do get a HIV infection, they do not go on to get AIDS at all.
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< 3: causes of AIDS 5: risk factors for AIDS > Last reviewed: 24 August 2007 || Last updated: 15 March 2009
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Disclaimer: This guide is not intended to be used for diagnostic or prescriptive purposes. For any treatment or diagnosis of illness, please see your doctor.
