Ways of HIV transmission
HIV is transmitted mainly through 3 routes:
Blood transfusion: sharing needles, contacting open wounds with viruses or blood transfusions ...
Transmission through sexual contact: Sex without using a condom while a sexual partner is infected with HIV.
Maternal-to-Child Transmission: HIV-infected mothers are passed on to their babies during pregnancy, childbirth (blood and vaginal fluids during labor) and while breastfeeding.
HIV infection among men
Men who have sex with men have a higher risk of acquiring HIV infection than homosexuals. The ways in which men have sex with men will be: Oral - genital, penis - anal, oral - anal, penis - penis.
Penis-anal sex: Anal sex is most likely to cause HIV transmission due to the thin anal mucosa, rectal mucosa with many capillaries, easily damaged, easily bleeding due to There are sebaceous glands to lubricate. Through these scratches, the HIV virus will invade from an infected person to a healthy person
Penis-penis relationship: The HIV virus is abundant in semen, so when the sexual contact between the two genitalia and direct contact with the secretion there is a risk of transmitting the HIV virus to the other person.
When two penises come into contact with each other, do not scratch or bleed but are secreted, they are likely to become infected with HIV or not, if one of them is infected, there is definitely a risk of infection by following factors:
- When an HIV-infected person secretes secretions, his / her genital fluid contains HIV virus, which has a relatively high number of viruses.
- There is an invasive pathway due to the fact that the tip of the penis is a point that is only protected by a thin mucosa rather than the normal skin, further during the process of rubbing during cuddling, sensual activation between 2 The penis can produce scratches and injuries that are not visible to the naked eye. In addition, the flute opening at the tip of the penis is also thought to be the point where the virus can penetrate.
Oral-genital relations: Oral sex is considered to be the least contagious, but the possibility of transmission is still possible if the person has mouth sores and bleeding. root, ... the HIV virus of the enemy's genital can directly penetrate into the opponent's blood.
Oral - anal relations: When the oral organs have sores, bleeding teeth and have open and scratched wounds in the anus, the HIV virus can still enter the body through these injuries. .
The risk of HIV infection among women