How is HIV transmitted?

Which body fluids can transmit HIV/AIDS?   Human Immunodeficiency Virus is a microorganism transmitted through contact with an infected person’s body fluids. The body fluids infected by the virus and that when exposed to a healthy individual can actually spread the virus to that person are blood, semen, breast milk, cerebrospinal fluid, amniotic fluid, and synovial fluids. These are potential body fluids of an HIV infected person which can actually transmit the virus to a healthy individual.   Human Immunodeficiency Virus can only infect a person by getting into the body’s circulation. There are several means how the virus can get into the system. Some of the ways are as follows:   Break in the skin’s integrity: a healthy skin is actually a good barrier against HIV because the virus cannot penetrate the skin if it is intact. But, if an HIV infected fluid such as blood gets in contact with an injured skin the virus can get in because there is direct access to the body’s systemic circulation. This is one way HIV or AIDS is spread from one person to another. For high risk individuals such as medical professionals, it is important to know this for safety promotion and careful interactions with potential HIV infected clients. Sexual contact: semen and vaginal fluids are highly infective of the HIV. Through sexual contact a person can transmit the virus to his or her partner and this is one major method of spreading the virus. For those people who are sexual...
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