if breastmilk gives you hiv or aids i dont remember how come babies dont have aids/hiv?

Answer 1

Mothers who are HIV+ are counseled not to breast feed their babies, to instead feed them formula. All of the bodily fluids in a person with the virus has a small amount of virus in it, but not enough to infect another person. Breast milk has HIV in it, not enough to infect an adult, but enough to make a baby sick.

Babies are most often infected with HIV when they are in their mother's wombs. Since they share fluids, the HIV passes through the placenta and makes the baby sick. However, if a mom knows she has HIV, has access to medications, and cares about her baby, there are medications she can take and the likelihood of the baby being born with the disease goes down to about 5%. The largest # of American babies with HIV right now are the children of immigrants, particularly of Africa--places where there isn't the access to the medication during pregnancy. (Or anytime, really.)

Answer 2

Only when the mother has HIV. There are ways how HIV and AIDS may spread to her babies, one called vertical transmission, meaning the virus could cross over the placenta and get to the baby's circulation, infecting it. But there have been cases where HIV positive parent gave birth to healthy children, then in these cases the mothers aren't encouraged to breastfeed, because HIV is believed to pass through breast milk too. But actually, when a patient is diagnosed as HIV +ve, they will be given counselling about all these issues.

Answer 3

some babies are born with it