Module 6: HIV, Drugs, and Injection Drug Use
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Module 6: HIV, Drugs, and Injection Drug Use
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Ingrid Asks Laurie What She Knows
About HIV Transmission
Ingrid: Laurie, I don’t want to tell you things you know. So would you tell me what you already know about how HIV is transmitted from person to person?
Laurie: The basics—like you get it from sex and from sharing needles, right?
Ingrid: That’s right. Can I add a little, to make sure we’re on the same page?
Laurie: Sure.
Ingrid: HIV is transmitted through five fluids: blood, cum, precum—the stuff that comes out before cum, vaginal secretions, and breast milk. If you get any of those fluids into your body from someone who has HIV, you could get HIV yourself.
Laurie: That’s what I thought.
Ingrid: OK. So knowing that, how might you have come into contact with the virus?
Laurie: Well, if I got it, it’d be from sex.
Ingrid: What kind of sex?
Ingrid Asks Laurie What She Knows
About HIV Transmission
Ingrid: Laurie, I don’t want to tell you things you know. So would you tell me what you already know about how HIV is transmitted from person to person?
Laurie: The basics—like you get it from sex and from sharing needles, right?
Ingrid: That’s right. Can I add a little, to make sure we’re on the same page?
Laurie: Sure.Ingrid: HIV is transmitted through five fluids: blood, cum, precum—the stuff that comes out before cum, vaginal secretions, and breast milk. If you get any of those fluids into your body from someone who has HIV, you could get HIV yourself.
Laurie: That’s what I thought.
Ingrid: OK. So knowing that, how might you have come into contact with the virus?
Laurie: Well, if I got it, it’d be from sex.
Ingrid: What kind of sex?