HIV and AIDS Introduction:
People living with HIV or AIDS can have many different reactions to their diagnosis that can affect their sexual relationships. Some think that HIV means an end to their sex lives,and vow to remain celibate. Others discontinue safer sex practices because they think that once they have HIV, they don't need to worry about anything else. Still others are so concerned about transmitted the virus to another person that the stress affects sexual functioning. A diagnosis of HIV does not at all mean that a person's sex life needs to end. This channel talks about safer sex precautions people with HIV can take to reduce the risk for HIV transmission to a partner, HIV reinfection, co-infection with other STIs, and more. It also discusses how the physical symptoms that accompany HIV disease can affect sexual functioning, and what people living with HIV can do to combat these in order to experience sexual pleasure and intimacy.

Answered Disability and Illness - HIV and AIDS Questions: