chances of HIV?

Question

What are the chances of getting HIV even if we use condoms..and wht are earliest basic symptoms of hiv ...........????????????????
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Answer 1

Latex condoms, when used consistently and correctly, are highly effective in preventing the sexual transmission of HIV, the virus that causes AIDS. However, there's no 100% prevention except absitinence or a purely monogamous relationship.

From the CDC:

Laboratory studies have demonstrated that latex condoms provide an essentially impermeable barrier to particles the size of STD pathogens.

Epidemiologic studies that are conducted in real-life settings, where one partner is infected with HIV and the other partner is not, demonstrate conclusively that the consistent consistent use of latex condoms provides a high degree of protection.

From epigee:

Early Symptoms of HIV
The earliest symptoms of HIV infection occur while your body begins to form antibodies to the virus (known as seroconversion) between six weeks and three months after infection with the HIV virus. Those who do show early HIV symptoms will develop flu-like symptoms. This can include: fever, rash, muscles aches and swollen lymph nods and glands. However, for most people, the first symptoms of HIV will not be apparent.

Although the infection is slowly taking hold of your body, the majority of those infected with HIV will be asymptomatic. Only by being tested for HIV can you know for sure if you have been infected. Yet, despite the absence of HIV symptoms, you are still highly contagious during this time making it very much a possibility to infect others, including your baby.

HIV/AIDS Symptoms
As the infection progresses, people with HIV grow increasingly susceptible to illnesses and infection that don’t normally affect the healthy population. Even though many of these illnesses can easily be treated, those with HIV often have such weakened immune systems that typical cures fail.

Without treatment, people infected with HIV can expect to develop AIDS eight to ten years after HIV infection. Taking HIV medications, however, can slow down this progression. With treatment, it can take ten to 15 years or more before you develop AIDS. In the later stages of HIV, before it progresses to full blown AIDS, signs of HIV infection can involve more severe symptoms. These include:
chronic yeast infections or thrush (yeast infection of the mouth)
Fever and/or night sweats
Easy bruising
Bouts of extreme exhaustion
Unexplained body rashes
Appearance of purplish lesions on the skin or inside mouth
Sudden unexplained weight loss
Chronic diarrhea lasting for a month or more

If you think you may have been infected, please get tested. If you are promiscuous, please get tested regularly.

Answer 2

Very slim. Of course if you're monogamous and both HIV-, then there is a 0% chance of contracting HIV. But you can never know for sure if the other person is being faithful to you. However condoms make sex as safe as it can be - unless the condom breaks, there is little danger. Even if the condom does break, a HIV+ person taking their medication is unlikely to pass on their infection these days.

The first sign of HIV, present in only some, is an extreme fever with a sore throat, rash on the chest, and sometimes sickness etc., occurring about 2 weeks after infection. It is the reaction of your immune system to the virus (trying to fight something it can't fight easily). Not all people experience this stage, about 10% don't, and it is often mistaken for a normal bout of flu or sickness.
This subsides, and then comes a symptomless period which may be six months or ten years long, depending on the individual and also whether or not ARV medication is being taken.
Then you start getting opportunistic infections; becoming frequently ill with things that a healthy person would not usually become ill with.
After a while of this, you get AIDS.

Answer 3

Your chances may be a little better .....if you use Condoms....but safety first .as the possibility of a Bad Condom hightens the risk...
The only way to determine for sure whether you have HIV/AIDS is to be tested for HIV infection. You cannot rely on symptoms to know whether or not you are infected with HIV. Many people who are infected with HIV do not have any symptoms at all for many years.

Answer 4

Just so people know Information on this page is no longer current. The current antiretroviral therapy is effective in suppressing the virus. HIV IS NO LONGER A DEATH SENTENCE! Most people are receptive the the new antiretroviral therapy's'. and as long as positive people fallow the instructions given to them by their doctors they will live healthy lives as fare as HIV is concerned. It should never progress to AIDS. New research shows that the possibility of a cure in the next 10-20 years is a real possibility.

Answer 5

According to some statisticians, your chances of getting HIV while using a condom, assuming your partner is infected is 1 in 250,000 provided you use lube.

You have 5 times that chance of dying in an automobile accident this year.

Answer 6

There are 3 ways to get infected by HIV virus, mother to infant transmission, sharing needles (drug users), and body fluid.

HIV symptoms are like flu symptoms, fever, fatigue, diarrhea, etc. Search on Google to find a test center in your area for a free HIV test.

Answer 7

1 in 350 has HIV

Answer 8

it is likely that the condom can break even thogh you might think you got the good stuff you might be putting yourself at risk.