If your using a dirty or used syringe, an std could enter your bloodstream when you shoot up.
HIV risk is not linked to blood groups, it is linked to life style.
Needle sharing for drug use involves the most direct risk of infection with HIV. People exchanging sex for drugs are also at high risk.
Intravenous drug users who share needles.
by injection of heroin
Hepatitis C and HIV are different infections caused by different viruses. They do share many risk factors for infections.
The only family planning methods that lower the risk of HIV are abstinence (100% effective) and condoms. Other birth control methods do not lower the risk of HIV.
Gender equality reduces the risk of HIV infection. Gender inequality increases the risk by limiting women's choices to have a safe sex life.
Do not engage in high risk activity such as intravenous drug use and unprotected anal sex. Wear a condom.
Yes, the HIV virus can be spread by sharing needles used for intravenous (IV) drug use. This is considered by experts to be a high-risk activity. HIV can be spread by contact with blood and can also be sexually transmitted.
Well...if you got the virus before...you are still not cured. YOU CAN encounter a more dangerous strain of the virus. Technically, you can get it twice, without ever losing it the first time...if that makes sense
Pregnant women on combined antiretroviral therapy are at a 1-2% risk of transmitting HIV to the fetus.
Which drug you use doesn't matter. Any IV drug use that involves sharing a needle with another person places you at risk for HIV infection.