HIV/AIDS is mainly transmitted through unprotected sex, by sharing needles, and from mother to baby. Rare cases of HIV/AIDS transmission include blood transfusions and eating food that was pre-chewed and contaminated with blood of someone with HIV/AIDS.
In regard to sex, HIV/AIDS is transmitted through semen, pre-seminal fluid, rectal fluids, and vaginal fluids. For the fluids to transmit HIV, the fluids must reach mucous membranes or damaged tissue. The mucous membranes include the inside of the vagina, rectum, penis, and mouth. HIV/AIDS is also transmitted right into the bloodstream by sharing needles. HIV can stay alive on a needle for up to 42 days; the vitality depends on several circumstances, such as temperature. Concerning mother and baby, HIV can be spread from the mother to child while pregnant, during birth, or during breastfeeding.
It is important to know that HIV/AIDS is not transmitted through hugging, sharing bathrooms, sharing utensils, mosquitoes, etc. Only blood, semen, pre-seminal fluids, vaginal fluids, and rectal fluids from an infected person can transmit HIV/AIDS.
2. (5 pts) How did Thailand’s government try to prevent HIV/AIDS from being transmitted sexually, and what was the impact of the intervention?
3. (5 pts) What could …show more content…
It was known that casual sex without a condom was common, especially among young people. Thus, HIV/AIDS was able to spread in other circumstances; sex workers and men having sex with sex workers were not the only ones spreading HIV/AIDS. If the program had not only focused on the sex industry, more people could have been thoroughly educated about sex and HIV/AIDS. Consequently, the prevalence of HIV/AIDS could have decreased more and the government could have spent less money on treating people with