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HIV Prevention and Testing => Do I Have HIV? => Topic started by: Midwesteastcoast on June 19, 2013, 06:57:00 pm
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Hello-
I am looking for help. I am having a difficult time not engaging in risky sexual behavior on occasion where HIV and other diseases can possibly be transmitted. I am always the top and have only had unprotected sex with a few partners, but I know this is a few too many. I have tested within the last month and came back negative but I know I am playing a dangerous game. I know better but the compulsion that occurs sometimes is scary and i have difficulty not giving in. Please help.. Any advice given is much appreciated.
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We give risk assessments for HIV , so the best I can do is tell you that you are playing a dangerous game . I have been poz 30 years ... you do not want to be poz , this I can promise you .
You have admitted you have a problem and asked for help , kudos for that . You need to be in therapy or counseling and the sooner the better .
To agree to have unprotected intercourse is to consent to the possibility of being infected with an STI. Sex without a condom lasts only a matter of minutes, but hiv is forever.
Anyone who is sexually active should be having a full sexual health care check-up, including but not limited to hiv testing, at least once a year and more often if unprotected intercourse occurs.
If you aren't already having regular, routine check-ups, now is the time to start. As long as you make sure condoms are being used for intercourse, you can fully expect your routine hiv tests to return with negative results.
Don't forget to always get checked for all the other sexually transmitted infections as well, because they are MUCH easier to transmit than hiv. Some of the other STIs can be present with no obvious symptoms, so the only way to know for sure is to test.
Use condoms for anal or vaginal intercourse, correctly and consistently, and you will avoid hiv infection. It really is that simple!