cherie
You would fully transmit the disease to the sexual partner: Just because it is undetectable, doesnt mean it isnt in your system and it also doesnt mean that u are cured.
a d
to great to take a chance. i think its a felony to knowingly infect another person
Olga
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Nah Z
ANY risk is stupid. You can still transmit HIV at any time regardless of what your bloodwork says. Use a condom and some common sense.
BJC
As a rule of thumb, the lower a person's blood viral load the less likely they are to transmit HIV. So a person with a viral load of 100 000 / mm3 is more infectious than a person with a viral load of 1000/mm3.
If you are undetectable it means that you have a viral load of less than 50 /mm3. Here is the catch.....
Your blood viral load is not the viral load of your semen or vaginal fluids. There are cases where a person can have an undetectable blood viral load and a detectable semen/vaginal fluid/anal fluid viral load. For example. If you have a sexually transmitted infection in the genital region, your blood viral load may say undetectable, but the STI (and your immune response to it) can make the semen/vaginal fluid viral load jump. (Even if you have no symptoms of the STI and are not aware you have it, it can still increase your viral load)
There are some who argue that if you are HIV+, in a monogomous heterosexual relationship, have no STIs, have had an undetectable viral load for >6 months, are fully adherent to your meds, and are regularly seen by an HIV specialist then you are sexually non-infectious. This may be the case, but with the data we have right now we can't say that for sure (we don't have enough data). There is a major trial currently underway to address this (it was advertised at the last International AIDS Conference) but it won't have enough data to be statistically significant until 2016. And, realistically, the caveats mentioned above are very restricting and there are few people who would fit this mold anyway.....so even if this is true...it is more "good news for a few people" than great news for all people with HIV.
So, the recommendation of condoms for all sexual activity still stands. Just because you have an undetectable BLOOD viral load doesn't mean your semen or vaginal fluids are undetectable. And, no, your doctor won't be able to do a semen/vaginal fluid viral load on you (it is too expensive and only available in research labs)
Hope this helps. And you really should be asking this to your HIV healthcare workers or your AIDS Service Organization
Take care
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