Help with HIV question !! No stupid or rude answers please!!?

Question

After having been infected with HIV, how long does it take for you to infectious towards others?

Answer 1

While you must be careful pretty much as soon as you are infected with HIV, infection rates actually depend on your viral load in relation to your CD4 count.

The viral load is the number of HIV particles within the plasma of your blood, defined by the number of the RNA of HIV per millilitre of blood. If your viral load is still low then the chances of passing on infection are slim, say a lower change of getting someone pregnant if you dont use a condom. But as the chances of getting someone without using a condom is quite high again I will stress you must be extremely careful about safe sex. People with a high viral load obviously are more likely to be passing on HIV than those with a low load.

Answer 2

Although a HIV antibody test may come up negative if you are in the primary stage, you may still be infectious because of partial conversion of the antibodies.

There's a great page that explains staging here: http://www.avert.org/hivstages.htm

also, there is a great table at the page below explaning age of infection (time in weeks since host was infected) and reinfection of others. "New infections transmitted by recently infected persons, in stage 1, contribute much more to the spread of HIV "
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/eid/vol7no3_supp/levin.htm

Answer 3

If you have unprotected sex with a person infected with the HIV virus can take from 30 days up to 6 months to show on a blood test.I believe that once you test positive to HIV you can infect others.

Answer 4

When the virus is in the blood stream, you are theoretically potentially infectious to others.

You do become more infections as time goes on as the CD4 cell count drops and the immune system works poorly - there is a larger viral load in the blood stream, generally.

Answer 5

I think it's immediately after you've been infected. Even though it may take a while to show up in your system, I believe it's infectious immediately. I think this is why there's a vicious cycle of people who don't know they have it, unfortunately.

Answer 6

Once you have been infected, you are immediately infectious toward others. That's why so many people infect their partners without knowing that they are already infected themselves.

Answer 7

You are infectious now
The majority of HIV infections are acquired through unprotected sexual relations. Sexual transmission can occur when infected sexual secretions of one partner come into contact with the rectal, genital or oral mucous membranes of another.

Answer 8

i don't believe there is a lag time. I'm not an expert, but I understand that once you have it you are infectious and need to be very careful with sexual partners. Speak to your doctor about safe ways to be intimate. You can still have very fulfilling experiences, but safety becomes very important.

Answer 9

Well, it´s quickly once you have been infected you can infect others because the virus is alredy in your body.

Answer 10

instantly if you are infected with HIV and remmeber even if you are, there are different strains so you can still get it again even if you already have it.