Information for HIV infected persons
- Almost all persons will remain infected for life and will develop the disease.
- Asymptomatic patients may also transmit HIV to others.
- Infected person should not donate blood, plasma, body organs, other tissues, and sperm.
- Infection of spreading to others occurs by sexual intercourse (vaginal or anal), by oral genital contact or by sharing needles.
- The use of condom by infected person can reduce transmission of the virus, though prevention is not absolute
- Toothbrushes, razors, and other items that could become contaminated with blood should not be shared.
- Seropositive women are at increased risk of acquiring AIDS, and if they become pregnant their offspring are at high risk of acquiring AIDS.
- After accidents that result in bleeding, contaminated surfaces should be cleaned with household bleach freshly diluted 1:10 in water.
- Devices that have punctured the skin, eg, hypodermic and acupuncture needles, should be steam-sterilized by autoclaving before reuse or should be safely discarded.
- Infected person should inform to medical or dental care providers that they are seropositive, so that appropriate precautions taken to prevent transmission to others.
- Seropositive health care professionals who perform invasive procedures or have skin lesions should take precautions to protect patients from the risk of infection.
- Children with positive tests should be allowed to attend school, since casual person-to-person contact of school children poses no risk. But a restricted environment is advisable for children who lack control of their body secretions, has biting behavior, having oozing lesions.
- Dental instruments should be heat sterilized between patients. Whenever possible, disposable needles and equipments should be used.
