How did everyone contract HIV?

I see there aren't that many comments... Folks, this is anonymous! You're not outcasts, just as sick as people with pneumonia, for example. I don't believe there aren't any such people on the forum. According to statistics, 1 in 128 residents in Russia carries the HIV status...

My neighbor, a local pediatrician, claims that HIV is present in more people than statistics show. And the HIV-infected individuals in her district are drug-addicted mothers and their children, no others... almost all of them also have hepatitis C.

Yeah, my husband says that 1 in 128 is only those who are officially registered. And how many more are carriers who don't even know about it!

A friend of mine is on the verge of HIV/AIDS (he's on therapy) – he got infected as a minor after trying illegal drugs. But for many years now, he's been living a healthy lifestyle, married a girl with the same issue, and they had a completely healthy baby boy. They look good, cheerful, and positive, and you wouldn't guess they have such an illness just by looking at them. None of their friends turned their backs; all their loved ones know and simply take precautions. I had an acquaintance who was dying of cancer – now that was truly awful, whereas with HIV and proper treatment, people live on.

Every hour in Russia, 10 new HIV-infected individuals appear. So, you can't really engage in casual sex left and right—it's very dangerous, as you might just add to the statistics. I don't dabble in drugs.

Notice that those who write here are not writing about themselves! That is, it's difficult for a person to admit their illness even anonymously. And in real life, many men, and probably women too, hide their status. My topic is inspired by a post about a girl who had sex, the condom broke, and then she found out he had a status. Now her friend is worried about her and created the topic.

I have HIV, and I don't know how many years I've had it. I had absolutely no idea about anything; I'm not a marginalized person, let alone a drug user or anything like that. Read the thread here called "HIV, how do you live with it." It's been on this forum since 2008, and there are so many stories; the thread is very kind, without people like those who commented above! You would never guess in your life that, for example, your friend or mother has this virus, but it's there. Personally, I found out by chance when I needed surgery and they took all the tests. Of course, what I went through in that month when I was told the diagnosis is known only to God. How did I get infected? From someone equally unaware, in a serious relationship.

I've heard that cancer is largely a somatic disease, meaning it comes from nerves, stress, dissatisfaction with life. Take care of yourself!

Exactly!!! Thank you for sharing, health to you! Tell me, where did he get infected from, your unaware person?

I appreciate your topic. Thank you!

I've heard that cancer is largely a somatic disease, meaning it comes from nerves, stress, dissatisfaction with life. Take care of yourselves!

That's all nonsense. What nerves, stress, and dissatisfaction with life do little children have? After all, cancer occurs even in newborns. There's even a type of cancer that only develops in children. I forgot what it's called.

From sex, there's practically no other way if you're not a drug addict. Although they say you can get infected during a manicure or at the dentist, but there are no proven facts, so it's considered that only sex and needles.

I've heard that cancer is largely a somatic disease, meaning it comes from nerves, stress, dissatisfaction with life. Take care of yourselves!

That's utter nonsense. My aunt had no stress at all, was completely satisfied with life, but she died of cancer, burned out in 7 months.

As a long-time AIDS-phobic individual, I often visited forums for those infected with AIDS. There's a widespread phenomenon of infection that goes like this: a guy with AIDS becomes a girl's boyfriend. They then live together and have unprotected sex. She gets infected by him. The girl asks why he didn't warn her, etc. He responds with something like, "so you wouldn't leave," and similar nonsense. In short, it's intentional infection.

Thank you and good health to you too!!! Well about nerves even if that's true there's no way out, since in the modern world you can't escape nerves and stress(((

And why infect someone intentionally? As far as I know, there's criminal punishment for that

They've already imprisoned one such person who was spreading panic about AIDS, removed them from all positions, and locked them up to set an example.

There is punishment. The infected girls had plans to punish. I don't know how it worked out for them or not. But the fact that guys intentionally infect is 100% true.

No way, I don't suffer from that nonsense. I'm normal and sensible, I don't just open my legs for any random guy)) And when it comes to serious relationships, I'm not shy about asking for a health certificate either))

And I sincerely wish you good health!

Fortunately, I don't have such an illness myself, but I've always felt immense sympathy for people facing this issue. It's not always about drug addiction or promiscuous sexual behavior. In my city, there was a real case where two people contracted HIV at a private dental clinic. I won't delve into how it was discovered, but the scandal was huge—the whole city was in an uproar. The dental clinic was shut down, but the affected individuals were left to deal with their problems alone. In our country, there's a lack of understanding and compassion. These people often end up becoming outcasts.

Maybe you're overestimating the number of HIV-infected people on the forum and there just aren't that many of them present here?

It's not that easy to get infected; I know a case where the wife didn't catch it from her husband.

I'll add: Everyone acts so "righteous and fluffy"! Come on, has no one ever had a casual encounter in their life? I don't buy it. You were just lucky that your partner wasn't infected. But luck can't favor everyone, you know? What if your husband or wife strayed with someone yesterday, and their partner was infected? Do you ask for a medical report every time before getting close to them, one that might only detect an infection six months later? It's something to think about: we're all at the mercy of fate!

And how did they figure out they got infected there?

I'm also sane and normal. But a certificate doesn't guarantee that a person is healthy. Because this virus only shows up in blood tests six months after infection. And the carrier could be fucking without protection with their certificate, and in the end it turns out both are already sick.

Cases vary, including ones where people live together for several years and one of them doesn't get infected. And sometimes it happens the first time! There are cases where a girl gets married as a virgin, has only one man in her entire life - her husband - and he, unaware of his illness like many others, passes the virus to her. And the people who commented above are labeling her as a *** or saying she spreads her legs for every guy she meets!

The prosecutor's office conducted an investigation. They examined all the data: whether there had been surgery, blood transfusions, checked all partners (the people are very decent), in short, they looked for points of contact where these individuals could have been infected, and that's how they identified the dental clinic where an infected person had received treatment according to card records. This is described briefly in conversations; I can't give you an exact answer. Well, I think to publicize such an accusation and shut down a major clinic, there must have been grounds. By the way, in Podolsk this September, at a blood transfusion station, a case of HIV infection was detected. There's also a scandal and a criminal case has been opened. They somehow identified it there too.

There's nothing complicated about putting on a condom. If neither of you is "at rock bottom."

Blood transfusion too.

My husband has HIV, which he contracted from his ex who was unaware. We are married, and I am currently negative. We are on therapy, and so far, everything is okay.

We lived for several years without protection because we only found out when my husband got tested. I want to say many people live without knowing (few get tested specifically for HIV), so you never know.

What kind of panic?

I don't know how many there are on the forum. I just thought that if 1 in 128 is infected, then by probability theory they should have read the topic, since Woman is very popular. And they did read it! There were responses after all... Unless of course you think that only drug addicts have HIV, who don't even have internet, then yes, there would be few of them here...

Nobody's spreading their legs like that, by the way, you're not the only one like that, but people generally understand that you can't be protected from everything.

I'm sorry to hear that!...What about you, are you not infected?

I haven't had one, plus I think three months is enough, but I'm not saying I'm immune to situations like surgeries with blood transfusions where they didn't test it and gave it urgently directly... for example.

Ah, I see, I read it. Thanks... That's how it is. Exes spread it to exes... And it's not necessarily from drug addicts and sluts

To my great joy, I am healthy. I have never been sick with anything. A couple of weeks ago, I accidentally overheard my neighbor saying he had contracted HIV; he is an alcoholic. I don't know how he got it, most likely through sexual contact.

There are nations that don't like/hate condoms. Fools of course.. Among them are Turks for example. I had one like that... couldn't get him to use one no matter what.. Now I wouldn't take the risk!!!

Just the usual, spreading all kinds of rumors, about AIDS and other nonsense. We're a healthy nation, it was only in the wild 90s that there was a lot of ***, since 2000 everything has been on the decline.

Nonsense))), what rumors are you talking about))) Look at the statistics, the nation is healthy. Brain patriotism is incurable.

It's just that, for some reason, none of my acquaintances have AIDS, probably because, by a strange coincidence, I don't know any prostitutes or drug addicts.

But for some reason, the most short-sighted people judge based on their acquaintances and can't see beyond their own noses, and they put labels on people, thinking they're insured against everything from birth, like they have some kind of policy.

So, if a woman sleeps around with everyone, she's not a prostitute, it's just a label slapped on her, and if a guy shoots up, he's not a drug addict either, just a label. So tolerant, can't say anything about that.

What's with HIV? Just the other day, I found out that my distant cousin's husband died from hepatitis C. He was diagnosed two years ago. In the end, his liver failed and he died—the man was only 42. They never figured out where he caught hepatitis. He wasn't a drug user. They suspect it was from a dentist. I don't know anyone with HIV. A childhood friend of mine, an athlete, recently died from breast cancer at 40. A former classmate also died from cancer at 25.

I don't have any now either, but I used to have a boss, everyone said he was sick... And now I realize that when I walk down the street, every one of the 70 sexually mature men/women walking toward me is sick. But you, Vlasievna, have no chance of getting sick at all, because the country you live in has perfect medicine and has long since defeated HIV! Keep sitting in your basement, eating your potatoes and carrots, and sauerkraut there

Vik, don't be jealous. And don't worry, you'll catch your AIDS, if you haven't already.

As if everyone told you about their illness... For example, my closest friends, parents, and of course colleagues don't know about me. I work in a regular office, no one even suspects - on the contrary, now I'm the one suspecting everyone and anyone.

Nobody here is doing that kind of thing, and all sorts of people get infected, it's just that your thinking is limited to your own little world, that's all.