A Guide to Talking About HIV

Certain words and languages ​​used in the context of HIV and AIDS may be negatively related to people at high risk of HIV infection or people living with HIV. Using these words and words can lead to actual or perceived stigma, discrimination, fear and anxiety, which may prevent some people from undergoing HIV testing or treatment . When talking about HIV publicly, we can choose words to do part of us and choose to use supportive words rather than insulting words.

Why are these words and phrases able to use these words and phrases when talking about HIV, pay attention to the reasons for these words, or make people experience stigma. Their phrases are problematic. Getting it can lead to discrimination, it is incorrectly fraudulent. The fact may be wrong

Only a few body fluids are infected with HIV. "Bodily fluid" covers not only those with HIV infection, but all liquids from the body. Please specify if possible

The word "correspondence to HIV and AIDS" is considered to be militaristic, and people living with HIV may make others believe that people who live with HIV must "fight" or be eliminated.

X High risk group - High risk behavior (The term condoms means that the member X group is doing high risk behavior, needle sharing, etc.)

It can lead to positive HIV diagnosis in certain groups. They may also give erroneous reassurance to those who do not identify with one of these groups.

X AIDS (AIDS itself is not disease, virus, HIV) HIV and AIDS (if mentioned)

When HIV infection weakenens the human immune system, a series of diseases and syndromes may occur.

The term "patient" refers to a permanent state of a disease that can be misleading and potentially frustrating. Outside the clinical setting, a person is not a patient

People / HIV-infected people Some HIV-infected people believe that these terms can not do anything to control their lives. These terms also isolate current HIV-infected persons.

You can not capture or send AIDS. People are infected with HIV. HIV spread but not inherited

If your HIV risk is high, consult your doctor about pre-exposure prevention (PrEP) and take HIV every day to prevent HIV infection. If you are infected with HIV and have sex with a HIV-infected partner you need to consider PrEP. If you are not synonymous with a recently tested HIV negative partner, you should also consider PrEP. Postexposure prevention (PEP) means taking HIV medication after HIV exposure to prevent infection. If you think you are HIV negative or you do not know the status of your HIV and you suspect that you have recently been exposed to HIV in your sexual acts (eg when the condom breaks down), your health care provider Please tell the emergency treatment doctor. Right to leave (within 3 days) It is better to start PEP earlier; every hour is important. If you are a prescription PEP, you need to take it once or twice a day for 28 days.

For PrEP and PEP, please discuss with the medical institution. Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) and postexposure prevention (PEP) reduce the possibility of transmission when people who are not infected with HIV continue to use it. PrEP is best recommended for those living with HIV who are not HIV-infected, but can be used in other situations. Search the PrEP provider's online resources including PrEP Locator and PleasePrEPMe. The place people live is also important. People in the United States and other developed countries are more likely to receive antiretroviral therapy. Continued use of these medications will help prevent HIV from progressing to AIDS. When HIV progresses to AIDS, life expectancy of untreated is about 3 years. In 2017, approximately 29.9 million people living with HIV use antiretroviral therapy

PrEP represents pre-exposure prophylaxis. Prevention means prevention of disease. PrEP is a new HIV prevention option to reduce the risk of HIV-negative people being infected with HIV. PrEP for HIV prevention is the use of antiretroviral drugs (ARV) to reduce the risk of HIV-negative persons. In a large-scale study, it has been shown that PrEP is useful for the prevention of new HIV infections by high risk individuals with HIV infection. The only good study of PrEP is based on the use of concomitant medication Truvada (see Fact Sheet 421). Studies showed that taking HIV infection four times a week reduces the rate of HIV infection by over 90% per day using PrEP. Information on other medicines is inadequate. I do not know if other medications or dosing times (such as several times a week rather than everyday) are a good way to alleviate the risk of AIDS.