can you get aids by just touching someone, like giving them a hug or anything like that?

Answer 1

absolutley not, and if they have aids, i recommend you give them a hug, they need it the most

Answer 2

The AIDS virus can be spread in many ways. AIDS can be transmitted by direct contact of bodily fluids from an infected male or female. The three most common methods of transmission are: sexual activity such as sexual intercourse (blood to semen contact), oral or anal sex; blood transfusions of infected blood; and the sharing of intravenous needles which may have contaminated blood still in them.

The virus cannot be contracted in many of the ways people think it can. There is a very low concentration of the virus in tears and saliva, so these cases of transmission are very rare. There are no known cases of transmission through mosquitoes or any other animals.

Another common way of AIDS transmission is mother to child transmission. The virus can be transmitted to the child from the mother before or during the delivery of the baby.

Answer 3

Only if there is direct exchange of body fluid from them to you. Like if they have Carposi Sarcoma & the sores are open or weeping & you have a cut or open sore on you where there could be a direct exchange of body fluids; THEN there could be transmission of contracting AIDS.
However, having said that? I used to volunteer in an AIDS ward in NY city. I have carried individuals; lifted individuals; even cleaned up their vomit...& NEVER got the virus.
If you were loving on a person with AIDS; bless you. Both of you deserve all the love & support you can get.

Answer 4

NO, here is some info

How HIV is Transmitted

HIV is spread by sexual contact with an infected person, by sharing needles and/or syringes (primarily for drug injection) with someone who is infected, or, less commonly (and now very rarely in countries where blood is screened for HIV antibodies), through transfusions of infected blood or blood clotting factors. Babies born to HIV-infected women may become infected before or during birth or through breast-feeding after birth.

In the health care setting, workers have been infected with HIV after being stuck with needles containing HIV-infected blood or, less frequently, after infected blood gets into a worker’s open cut or a mucous membrane (for example, the eyes or inside of the nose). There has been only one instance of patients being infected by a health care worker in the United States; this involved HIV transmission from one infected dentist to six patients. Investigations have been completed involving more than 22,000 patients of 63 HIV-infected physicians, surgeons, and dentists, and no other cases of this type of transmission have been identified in the United States.

Some people fear that HIV might be transmitted in other ways; however, no scientific evidence to support any of these fears has been found. If HIV were being transmitted through other routes (such as through air, water, or insects), the pattern of reported AIDS cases would be much different from what has been observed. For example, if mosquitoes could transmit HIV infection, many more young children and preadolescents would have been diagnosed with AIDS.

All reported cases suggesting new or potentially unknown routes of transmission are thoroughly investigated by state and local health departments with the assistance, guidance, and laboratory support from CDC. No additional routes of transmission have been recorded, despite a national sentinel system designed to detect just such an occurrence.

Answer 5

No, it has to be body fluid contact like sex, blood, and saliva.
If you had an open wound and they cut themselves and the blood got on to your cut, then you could but even that is a 50/50 chance.So you fine to hug and touch them.
xxx

Answer 6

No. The HIV virus can only be spread through direct blood to blood contact or through body fluids - virginal and anal sexual activity. It is not passed on in saliva (unless the carrier has a bleeding/ weeping mouth sore and so do you). hugging, sharing food etc won't infect you.

Answer 7

Nope

Answer 8

Nope

Answer 9

No. Definitely not. Go ahead and give them a hug or a handshake.

Answer 10

Absolutely not. There are only a few, very specific ways in which to transmit this disease. Check out this website for clearer facts:

http://www.tip2000.com/health/aids.asp